At Augmenta, we create software for the construction industry that fully automates the design of buildings - completely transforming the industry and empowering architects, engineers, contractors and developers. We’re a global team, headquartered in Toronto, Canada with a team of brilliant, kind and collaborative scientists, engineers and designers. We are spread across Canada, the US, and Italy, making our workplace a remote-first and distributed environment.

We’ve already built and delivered incredible software, and now we need your help to develop our first product and deliver it to market.

The role

We’re looking for a QA Engineer to join our team at Augmenta. You will be responsible for testing a unique, AI-based technology. In this role, you will be expanding our test suites by developing manual test cases and enhancing the reliability and consistency of our software through automated tests.

What you will do

• Analyze new feature specifications to create test cases
• Reproduce, isolate and confirm reported defects
• Work with software developers and other stakeholders to prioritize issues
• Design and develop test plans for core user workflows
• Interact with the Scrum team to understand and plan for sprints
• Write and execute complete testing plans
• Evaluate results to ensure they meet customer requirements
• Automate manual test cases

About you

• Experience with Playwright, TypeScript, GraphQL
• Exposure to gRPC, protobuf, and Golang
• Experience with API automation (in Playwright or another framework) and manual testing (with tools such as Postman and Insomnia)
• Exposure to automated Visual Regression Testing
• Understanding of software engineering design principles and object-oriented programming
• Experience with Jira and managing a Test Case Management (TCM) system (e.g., Xray)
• Experience testing Desktop and web platform tools
• Experience testing 3D graphical applications
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work well in a cross-functional team environment
• Excellent knowledge and experience in manual testing and testing best practices
• Strong understanding of how to write detailed test cases
• Familiarity with Agile software development

Nice to have

These are the things you’re likely to work on, so if you have any experience in the following, great! If you don’t have experience in the following, we still encourage you to apply.

• Hands-on experience with Revit and BIM
• An understanding of MEP systems in construction

Our Team and Perks

• We are an open, collaborative, and supportive culture including skill shares, design critiques, and a bi-weekly reading group
• We believe that employees should be owners, which is why we provide stock option grants for full time employees 
• We believe in support the health and wellbeing of our team, which is why we offer a competitive health benefits package
• We believe in balance and taking time to rest and recharge, which is why we offer 4 weeks vacation to all full-time employees plus an extra week off at the end of December. 
• As a remote-first team, we believe in the importance of having the right set up, which is why we offer a home office budget
• Learning and development is critical to us, which is why we have a self-directed learning budget

Our location

Our team is remote-first and fully distributed! We have team members across Canada, the US, Italy, and other locations around the world. This means that we often collaborate asynchronously via Slack and Video Conferencing.

Here's how to apply

Please send your resume and a cover letter to careers@augmenta.ai with “QA Engineer Application” in the subject line. Please also indicate where you saw this job posting.

Our Hiring Process

Discover: You discover the opportunity and apply to the role

Talk: You take part in a 30-45 minute screening call with the Hiring Manager to chat about the role and the team.

Meet your team: You have a video call with a few other Augmenta team members.

Offer: You receive an offer to join Augmenta!

Accommodations and Accessibility

Inclusion and equity are the cornerstones of how we recruit, hire, and develop talent. We encourage applications from all candidates, especially those who identify as members of the BIPOC community, LGBTQ++ community, women, caregivers, immigrants, and people living with disabilities. We encourage candidates to include any accommodations you require in your application. We look forward to hearing from you.