Senior Quality Specialist

Summary

Join Lightspeed's Quality Assurance department and contribute to upholding the company's high quality standards. You will play a key role in ensuring software quality through manual testing and collaboration with an agile development team. Responsibilities include designing and executing tests, documenting procedures, identifying automation opportunities, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve defects. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software QA experience, strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. Lightspeed offers a flexible work culture, growth opportunities, amazing benefits, and a chance to be part of a fast-paced, high-growth company.

Requirements

• Extensive prior experience in software QA
• Advanced knowledge and deep interest in common software testing principles
• Strong analytical skills with a natural curiosity and very high attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise day to day tasks
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work autonomously and meet deadlines
• Team player who works collaboratively to achieve a common goal
• Ability to learn and work with complex systems
• Ability to work on, and break down complex problems into smaller parts
• Ability to make decisions, provide solutions, and improve existing processes

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in the efforts of keeping product quality to the highest standards, making sure our customers have the best user experience
• Work as a member of an agile software development team, providing test effort estimates, timely validation and visibility on the testing activities status during each development iteration
• Design, review, maintain and execute manual tests
• Document test plans and procedures
• Identify opportunities for test automation; at a later stage you will have the opportunity to adjust and maintain existing automated tests
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to identify, document and resolve product defects
• Report to the QA Team Lead, and have frequent interactions with developers, quality test developers, designers, product managers and other quality specialists
• Act as an advocate for highest quality and ownership throughout the development process
• Raise the bar and elevate your team by sharing knowledge and best practices, while always seeking improvement and progress

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with agile development processes and practices
• Knowledge of Lightspeed or other POS products
• Experience with fiscal compliance or accounting
• Working knowledge of hospitality terminology and concepts
• Experience with testing iOS and Mac applications
• Experience with JIRA, TestRail, PyTest

Benefits

• Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture including working remotely
• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale
• Exposure to modern and proven technology
• Growth opportunities into technical or people management roles
• Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders and a flexible holiday allowance
• Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story