QA Engineer

Hiive is redefining how private companies and their shareholders access liquidity. Through its institutional-grade platform Hiive brings together buyers sellers and issuers to facilitate secondary transactions in venture-backed pre-IPO companies introducing efficiency transparency and standardization to an otherwise opaque asset class.

Recognized as one of Canadas fastest-growing companies and backed by leading U.S. investors Hiive is profitable well-capitalized and building a high-performance team to meet growing demand and pursue new market opportunities.

Interested in learning more about life at Hiive Check out our careers page to see how you can grow with us!

As a QA Engineer you will be our last line of defense in shipping bug-free features to our platform. You will collaborate with your fellow engineers and product managers to ensure the delivery of new features to our platform that are bug-free and meet product objectives. You will leverage AI tools to enhance test coverage accelerate bug detection and improve overall QA efficiency. You will maintain an end-to-end test suite in Playwright and verify code before it reaches production. You will work closely with your colleagues to improve test coverage diagnose bugs in new and existing features and build an excellent and supportive engineering culture.

In this role your responsibilities would include:

• Verifying features are bug-free and meet product objectives.

• Identifying and problem-solving potential issues.

• Ensuring product quality and helping to deliver a consistent and reliable user experience.

• Demonstrating exceptional attention to detail and ability to design and execute effective testing strategies.

• Leveraging AI-assisted tools to generate maintain and optimize automated test cases and improve test coverage.

• Using AI to identify edge cases analyze test results and accelerate root cause analysis of defects.

• Evaluating and integrating AI-driven QA tools and workflows to improve testing efficiency and reliability.

• Working closely with cross-functional teams to deploy bug-free software including engineers designers and product managers.

• Assisting in coordinating the QA discipline at Hiive including implementing best practices and mentoring other EITs.

Required Skills:

• Substantial experience building automated end-to-end test suites using Playwright.

• Substantial experience performing manual QA on responsive web platforms.

• Experience using AI tools to enhance QA workflows including test generation debugging and test analysis.

• Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions.

• Ability to create and maintain test documentation including test plans cases and reports.

• Exhibit strong communication and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages.

• Familiarity with ExUnit or other Elixir unit testing frameworks.

Compensation Benefits & Perks:

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums a health and personal spending account.

• If you are based in Vancouver enjoy a dedicated desk in our Vancouver BC HQ in the heart of downtown with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks an onsite gym and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.

• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.

• An engaging social calendar including bi-weekly catered lunches bi-weekly Friday bar team workouts annual summer party and holiday party two onsite all-team retreats each year semi-annual team-building events and Hiive Womens Network events.

• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.

• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.

• Sponsorship immigration and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.

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