Quality Assurance Specialist

X2O Media provides technology to build remote and hybrid collaboration spaces and unified visual communication solutions for forward-thinking global corporations and higher education institutions.

X2O Media solutions enhance human outcomes by improving the digital visual experiences of high-performing individuals and teams globally. Its X2O OneRoom solution creates engaging hybrid and remote collaboration spaces to connect in-room and remote attendees in one equal learning experience. X2O Media offers a range of unified visual communication solutions that enable organizations to create and visualize vast amounts of data into unique content.

X2O Media, part of the STRATACACHE family of marketing technology companies, is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

The X2O benefits package includes:

• Highly competitive base salary with an annual bonus
• Generous vacation entitlement starting at 18 days
• Four pre-scheduled California Fridays each summer
• Hybrid 3 days/week, flexible hours
• A paid week off between Christmas and New Year for everyone to recharge their batteries
• Paid personal days for illness, bereavement, or emergencies.
• Group insurance package fully funded by the company
• Employee Assistance Program
• RRSP matching program
• Hybrid work environment: you choose when to come into the office
• Daily snacks in the lunchroom, along with free tea and coffee
• Corporate social events
• Opportunity to work for a successful and growing SaaS company
• Work on innovative, leading-edge products with an amazing team
• Located in beautiful downtown Montreal steps away from the metro.

Position Responsibilities

Working within the development team, the Quality Assurance Specialist will execute core tests for our software products being developed and deployed on Azure & On-Premise environments. The QA specialist will ensure that defects that have made it past our Unit & Integration Tests & our Automated QA Environment are caught before software being released to production. Testing in the production environment is also possible. It is expected that the candidate will develop a deep understanding of our applications. The QA specialist may work in the following manner.

• Perform free-format testing.
• When appropriate develop and execute test cases for new features during development Sprints.
• When appropriate develop and execute regression tests for software releases in production.
• Track and report testing progress during release cycle.
• Participate in the development of automated unit tests.
• Determine migration of manual test cases to automated testing
• Work with the development and configuration management team to ensure that the X2O software is utilizing the latest development test & bug tracking
• Collaborate with developers to identify, troubleshoot and resolve issues contributing to enhancement of product quality
• Ensure that product API’s are thoroughly tested and can be relayed upon by our developers, partners and vendors
• Help with defect triage and escalation path between development & support
• Help reproduce problems reported by the support

Position Requirements

• Bachelor degree in software engineering or computer science
• 5+ year’s professional experience in quality assurance within Product oriented companies.
• Experience evolving in Agile/Scrum development cycle, building and delivering high quality software on time.
• Deep understanding of ProAv platforms (Video, Audio, Streaming)
• Deep understanding of Web-Based products deployed on the Cloud & on-premise
• Multi-platform experience an asset: Mac OS, Windows, IOS, Android.
• Knowledge of automated front-end testing tools (Selenium, JMeter, Blazemeter, nUnit)
• Knowledge of software security coding standards required for SOC-2 compliance
• Scripting skills

Additional Competencies & Attributes

• Self-motivated and passionate about building highly engaging products using cutting edge technology with excellent hands-on skills and someone that enjoys delivering products
• Solid communicator, comfortable sharing knowledge with other team members
• Result-oriented, able to communicate in a team environment
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to work in fast paced start up Agile development environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in French and English

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS:  As a condition of employment, all successful candidates are required to consent and successfully pass mandatory background screening prior to first day of employment.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and diversity is valued at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability status. All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

NOTE: Local candidates only. No relocation or immigration assistance is available for this position. No recruiters or third parties. We thank all candidates for their interest, but only candidates selected for follow-up will be contacted.