Quality Assurance Engineer - Mobile

Department: Scope AR

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Edmonton, CA, Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable automated test scripts using Appium, Unity, Cypress, and Playwright
• Build out test harnesses to test mobile apps on a variety of device platforms
• Contribute to the design, enhancement, and optimisation of end-to-end, API, and UI test automation frameworks
• Contribute to integrating LLMs into QA workflows (test design, test automation, defect analysis, documentation)
• Leverage AI-assisted testing tools (e.g., self-healing locators, intelligent test generation, failure analysis) to improve automation efficiency and coverage
• Utilise AI-assisted techniques for debugging, test optimization, and failure pattern analysis
• Integrate and maintain automation suites into CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI, Jenkins, or equivalent tools
• Perform root cause analysis for defects, flaky tests, and automation failures, and implement improvements
• Perform API testing and support automation using tools like Postman
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, define test strategies, and ensure comprehensive test coverage
• Work on project management and test management tools like Jira, TestRail, ensuring proper traceability and reporting
• Contribute to quality metrics, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives across projects
• Support compliance with organisation quality standards and processes.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 4–8 years of experience in software testing or test automation
• Hands-on project experience in:
  • Using tools like Cursor, Codex, Claude Code for coding and testing
  • Test automation using Cypress / Playwright frameworks
  • Writing scalable and maintainable scripts in C#/JavaScript/TypeScript
  • API testing, debugging, and validation
• Experience with MCPs or similar AI integration frameworks for:
  • Intelligent test generation
  • Context-aware test execution
  • AI-driven debugging and reporting
• Familiarity with AI-powered QA tools
• Experience to prompt engineering for generating test cases and automation scripts
• Exposure to:
  • Practical understanding of prompt engineering or LLM usage in QA workflows
• Exposure to automation of mobile applications (Native App / Hybrid Apps) using Appium
• Strong understanding of Agile Scrum processes and methodology, and experience with mapping test cases to user stories and acceptance criteria
• Excellent written and verbal communication, problem-solving, analytical, and time management skills

• Appium / Cypress / Playwright
• C# / JavaScript / TypeScript
• Unity
• Postman
• Github
• CircleCi / Jenkins
• Basic knowledge of databases (SQL)