Senior QA Automation Engineer
Alquemy · Ottawa
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Jul 5, 2026
Ottawa
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role focused on building and improving automated test frameworks for enterprise-scale web and integrated applications. Day-to-day work spans designing and maintaining automated scripts for functional, regression, and end-to-end testing, embedding those tests into CI/CD pipelines, and evaluating newer tooling — including AI-assisted options. Some manual, API, and performance testing is also expected. Suits an experienced QA engineer with a strong automation background in Agile settings.
Senior level · 8+ years · National
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What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
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The degree requirement lists a Bachelor's in CS/IT/SE or a related field but explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience,' so no formal degree is treated as a hard gate.
The required automation tools section names Cypress, Selenium, and Playwright as interchangeable options ('such as … or similar'); Cypress is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
CI/CD integration is called out as a firm requirement; specific platforms (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) are listed as interchangeable examples under the same requirement.
API testing (Postman/Rest Assured), test management platforms (Allure TestOps/TestRail), performance testing tools (JMeter/Gatling/LoadRunner), and AI-assisted tools (GitHub Copilot) all appear under the 'Preferred Qualifications' heading.
The '5+ years of hands-on automation framework experience' is a sub-requirement of the overall 8+ years QA experience gate; the overall years minimum is set to 8 (the role-level minimum).
No compensation range is provided.
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