Hybrid Intermediate QA Engineer Intermediate QA Engineer
Rival Technologies · Vancouver, BC (Remote) · nan, · Hybrid
About the job
We're looking for an ambitious and coachable Intermediate QA Engineer to join our Engineering Team. You'll be reporting to the VP of Engineering and responsible for designing, developing and implementing automated test scripts and suites for various software components and systems using different frameworks.
Who are we?
When you join Rival Group, you're not just accelerating your career—you're also helping shape the future of customer insights and market research.
We're a forward-thinking, results-driven organization obsessed with helping innovative brands get closer to their customers in a way that feels fresh, organic, and fun. Rival Technologies, the tech arm of our business, is the world's best conversational research platform and one of Vancouver's fastest-growing tech companies. 🚀 Reach3 Insights, our consulting side, is an award-winning 🏆 market research agency with offices in Chicago, Toronto, and Vancouver. Together, we're helping brands like Coca-Cola, Kellogg's, Dell Technologies, REVOLT TV, and Roblox get better insights they can use to deliver better products, create more impactful marketing campaigns, and improve the end-to-end customer experience.
Our customers LOVE our tech and services. We're growing fast—and we're inviting great people to join us on the ride 🎢
If making measurable, immediate impact while having fun sounds like your jam, then we invite you to apply! 👇
What you'll do:
💵 Fair compensation
We're committed to pay equity/fair pay practices and closing the gender salary gap.
According to a survey of our employees conducted by an independent agency:
If you think you're a good fit, please connect with us ASAP with your resume. You must be eligible to work in Canada to be considered for this role. At Rival, we value the unique qualities and experiences that each candidate brings to the table. We believe in a personal approach to hiring and take the time to thoroughly review each resume ourselves. Rest assured, we do not use AI or automated systems to review or filter resumes. Every application is carefully reviewed by our hiring team to ensure a fair and personalized evaluation process. If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that individuals in underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Rival provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Rival is also committed to fostering a culture of belonging, which includes ensuring an accessible work environment and employment practices. If you require accommodation at any point in the selection process, please email [email protected]
Finally, we know from time to time emergencies happen and you may need to reschedule an interview — we understand and encourage you to be in communication without worrying about losing the opportunity or your credibility.
Please note given our security and compliance certifications, final applicants will be required to undergo a background check.
No recruiters and no phone calls, please!
Who are we?
When you join Rival Group, you're not just accelerating your career—you're also helping shape the future of customer insights and market research.
We're a forward-thinking, results-driven organization obsessed with helping innovative brands get closer to their customers in a way that feels fresh, organic, and fun. Rival Technologies, the tech arm of our business, is the world's best conversational research platform and one of Vancouver's fastest-growing tech companies. 🚀 Reach3 Insights, our consulting side, is an award-winning 🏆 market research agency with offices in Chicago, Toronto, and Vancouver. Together, we're helping brands like Coca-Cola, Kellogg's, Dell Technologies, REVOLT TV, and Roblox get better insights they can use to deliver better products, create more impactful marketing campaigns, and improve the end-to-end customer experience.
Our customers LOVE our tech and services. We're growing fast—and we're inviting great people to join us on the ride 🎢
If making measurable, immediate impact while having fun sounds like your jam, then we invite you to apply! 👇
What you'll do:
- Participate in feature elaboration and requirement specifications
- Document, develop and execute test plans, strategies, and test cases based on requirements and discussions with project team
- Design, develop and implement automated test scripts and suites for various software components and systems using different frameworks
- Perform Exploratory, Functional, Integration, UI, back-end testing, White box/Black box testing
- Identify and debug complex issues
- Coordinate test efforts with outside vendors and internal team members
- Capture and analyze test results and document steps for reproducibility
- Contribute to designing an efficient software development process to ensure working software is deployed
- Train other team members on QA best practices and creating automation test cases
- Test product releases before and after deployment
- Deliver tasks and features end-to-end with minimal supervision
- Articulate technical problems in written, diagram, and verbal form
- High level of comfort developing in a Mac OS X environment
- Experience with penetration or security testing
- Experience performance testing and scaling applications
- Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python
- Bachelor's degree(preferred) in Computer Science or related Engineering field
- 3+ years required software testing experience
- 2+ years required software development/automation experience
- Understanding of SDLC and test automation best practices
- Experience developing use cases, test scenarios and test plans
- Experience implementing unit tests and integration tests
- Capacity to investigate and debug complex issues
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience using Git or any other source code management tools
- Knowledgeable in testing methodology, design, execution and attaining product knowledge
- Familiarity with QA techniques including black box, white box, and gray box approaches for smoke, regression, functional, load testing, user acceptance and exploratory testing
- Hands-on experience with testing REST APIs and GraphQL
- Experience with js, Express, React, Apollo and Redux
- Familiarity with Cloud services like AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience with SaaS application development and testing
- Experience working in an Agile team environment
- Experience using JIRA or other bug tracking tools
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to learn new skills and ramp up quickly
- Passionate, driven, self-motivated, and a team player
💵 Fair compensation
We're committed to pay equity/fair pay practices and closing the gender salary gap.
- Pay range for this role: $75,000 - $85,000 depending on experience
- Stock options
- RRSP plan with employer matching
- Parental leave top up
- Hybrid working model and home office benefits (We are considering Vancouver based applicants only)
- 4 weeks of vacation as the standard
- 100% employer-paid health and dental plan
- Generous sick, personal, and mental health days
- $1,000 annual enhanced mental health benefits
According to a survey of our employees conducted by an independent agency:
- 91% of our people believe management practices are equal and impartial
- 86% have pride in their work and the organization
- 91% agree that their teammates are friendly, supportive and welcoming
- Courage
- Results
- Energy
- Kinship
If you think you're a good fit, please connect with us ASAP with your resume. You must be eligible to work in Canada to be considered for this role. At Rival, we value the unique qualities and experiences that each candidate brings to the table. We believe in a personal approach to hiring and take the time to thoroughly review each resume ourselves. Rest assured, we do not use AI or automated systems to review or filter resumes. Every application is carefully reviewed by our hiring team to ensure a fair and personalized evaluation process. If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that individuals in underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Rival provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Rival is also committed to fostering a culture of belonging, which includes ensuring an accessible work environment and employment practices. If you require accommodation at any point in the selection process, please email [email protected]
Finally, we know from time to time emergencies happen and you may need to reschedule an interview — we understand and encourage you to be in communication without worrying about losing the opportunity or your credibility.
Please note given our security and compliance certifications, final applicants will be required to undergo a background check.
No recruiters and no phone calls, please!
