Senior Quality Specialist

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market out? Well… you might just be in the right place!

We’re looking for a Senior Quality Specialist to join our Hospitality team. You will play a key role in building and solidifying our product testing, acceptance testing and test case design strategies, as well as coordinating defect management as part of the wider Lightspeed product team. 

You will have a chance to make an impact in a growing part of the business from day one, and work with some of the most innovative people in the company.

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Playing a key role in the efforts of keeping product quality to the highest standards, making sure our customers have the best user experience. 
• Working 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.
• Designing, reviewing, maintaining and executing manual tests.
• Documenting test plans and procedures.
• Identifying opportunities for test automation; at a later stage you will adjust and maintain existing automated tests as well.
• Participating in Release Management activities.
• Collaborating with a cross-functional team to identify, document and resolve product defects.
• Reporting to the QA Team Lead, and have frequent interactions with developers, quality test developers, designers, product managers and other quality specialists.
• Acting as an advocate for highest quality and ownership throughout the development process.
• Raising the bar and elevate your team by sharing knowledge and best practices, while always seeking improvement and progress.

What you’ll be bringing to the team:

• 5+ years of experience in software QA
• Experience in reports analysis, statistics and mathematical tasks
• Strong analytical skills with a natural curiosity and very high attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise day to day tasks
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously and meet deadlines
• Team player who works collaboratively to achieve a common goal 
• Ability to work on, and break down complex problems into smaller parts
• Ability to lead decisions, provide solutions, and improve existing processes

Even better if you have, but not necessary

• Experience with agile development processes and practices
• Understanding of basic accounting principles, or experience with fintech
• Knowledge of Lightspeed or other POS products
• Working knowledge of hospitality terminology and concepts
• Experience with testing iOS and Mac applications
• Experience with JIRA, TestRail, PyTest
• Experience with Release Management

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs every day;
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy, and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed RSU program (we are all owners)
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Flexible working policy
• Immediate access to health insurance
• Health and wellness benefits
• Paid leave assistance for new parents
• Linkedin learning license
• 1 paid volunteer day annually 

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To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.