Overview
Junior QA Specialist Jobs in Toronto, Canada at QHR Technologies Inc
Position Summary
The Software Engineering department is looking for a Junior Quality Assurance Specialist.
As a Junior QA Specialist, you bring a developing foundation in both functional and automated quality assurance practices. You work closely with your development team to help ensure product quality — reviewing requirements, user stories, technical designs, and acceptance criteria to create practical testing approaches that validate changes across the application stack. You are comfortable contributing through a mix of manual and automation testing, including functional, regression, exploratory, and basic automated coverage.
You are curious, detail-oriented, and motivated to grow your technical skills across code, and data layers. You value teamwork, ask thoughtful questions, and balance speed with quality
Competencies Critical for Success
A genuine dedication to implementing high-quality products
A foundational understanding of functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and automated testing techniques
A passion for learning, continuous improvement, and teamwork
An interest in building full stack QA skills across UI, API, and data validation
Primary Responsibilities
Working with your development team to create and maintain a quality product
Reviewing and analyzing requirements to support effective test strategies, test plans, and test cases for both functional and automation testing
Contributing to automated test coverage and executing manual tests as required, including learning and contributing to automation frameworks and reusable test assets under guidance from senior team members
Testing against requirements and acceptance criteria through scripted, regression, and exploratory testing to ensure solutions meet business needs
Setting up and using testing environments to execute simple to moderately complex tests
Reporting and tracking high quality bugs using Jira
Advocating for quality best practices within your team and aligning with QA specialist from other teams to support departmental quality improvement efforts
Creating and maintaining supporting QA documentation related to products, processes, and testing practices
Supporting validation of front-end, API, and data flows as part of a full stack quality approach
Additional Duties and Expectations
Promote Accuro’ s “Blue Culture” framework to foster a collaborative, positive and efficient workplace
Contribute to the organization’s positive image both internally and externally
Perform other duties consistent with the position, as reasonably directed by your manager
Qualifications, Education and Experience Requirements
Role Requirements
A degree or diploma in Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development, or a related field
1-3 years of total experience in software quality assurance, software development, or a combination of both
Foundational understanding of software testing principles across manual and automated testing
Experience with black box and functional testing
Exposure to test automation concepts and experience creating or maintaining basic automated tests
Awareness of front-end and back-end testing concepts
Exposure to UI testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright
Exposure to API testing tools such as Postman or similar tools
Basic understanding of databases and ability to perform simple data validation using SQL
Experience with version control systems such as Git
Ability to read and contribute to test scripts in languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Java
Ability to create and maintain test cases in a centralized test case management tool such as AIO Tests
Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and willingness to learn
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Extra considerations for Candidate with:
ISTQB Software Tester Certification Foundation Level
Experience with Atlassian products;
Jira and Confluence an asset
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops practices
Experience testing web, desktop, or mobile applications
Testing software in healthcare or clinical healthcare experience
Previous experience in high data security/privacy environments
Product knowledge in any of QHR’s main products
Exposure to performance or load testing tools
Experience in design, development, or implementation of a Quality Assurance Strategy
Compensation and Logistics
Base salary, variable bonus established at the corporate level, competitive benefits package
Hiring Range: $60,000 – $70,000 annual
Final pay for this position may depend on candidate knowledge, skills, experience and location
Full time, permanent
No travel required
Accuro is a dynamic, high-growth Canadian technology company and division of Loblaw Companies Limited. Our mission is to unite Canadian Healthcare, connecting Providers and their Patients to information and each other.
Title: Junior QA Specialist
Company: QHR Technologies Inc
Location: Toronto, Canada
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