QA Test Developer

About the role

At ZayZoon, we're on a mission to empower employees with financial wellness tools that actually make a difference. We are looking for a QA Test Developer who is passionate about quality and excited to help us build reliable, high-performing products that impact real lives. In this role, you will play a key part in maintaining and growing our mature automation framework while embedding quality into every stage of development across multiple development pods. You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and the broader engineering team to ensure we deliver seamless experiences across web and mobile. Your work will directly support our mission to save hardworking employees billions in financial fees while reducing stress and improving daily outcomes. You will help translate business requirements into robust test strategies that protect our users and our product. This is an opportunity to own the quality of products that are used by employees around the world.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Extend and maintain our mature WebdriverIO automation framework using a component-based Page Object pattern.
• Write and execute automated tests across web and React Native mobile applications (iOS and Android) using WebdriverIO and cloud-based device testing platforms.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing to validate critical user journeys.
• Integrate automated testing into our CI/CD pipelines to support fast, reliable, and secure releases.
• Debug issues, analyze results, and provide actionable insights to improve product stability and user experience.
• Partner with developers to define effective test strategies for new and existing features, ensuring alignment on quality goals.
• Champion best practices in test automation, including scalability, reliability, maintainability, and code review standards.
• Contribute to sprint planning, stand-ups, and grooming sessions to ensure strong test coverage and risk mitigation.
• Create and maintain clear test plans, test cases, and reporting documentation that communicate quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Promote quality, automation, and testability throughout the software development lifecycle, influencing process improvements.
• Collaborate across multiple development pods, balancing priorities and maintaining quality standards simultaneously under fast delivery pressures.
• Support shift-left testing practices to catch issues earlier and reduce downstream risk, improving team efficiency.
• Leverage cloud-based device testing platforms to execute tests on real mobile hardware and operating system combinations.
• Validate performance, accessibility, and security-related quality attributes through coordinated testing efforts.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in QA automation or software development, with a track record of delivering quality outcomes in complex products.
• Strong hands-on experience with WebdriverIO, using a component-based architecture or Page Object patterns, or equivalent depth in Playwright with the ability to ramp up quickly on WDIO.
• Experience with integration testing and Node.js-based test frameworks, including writing and maintaining test suites in a Node environment.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js, with practical experience working within Node.js-based frameworks and tooling.
• Experience testing React Native applications (iOS and Android) using WebdriverIO or Playwright and cloud testing platforms such as BrowserStack or similar.
• Experience running and monitoring automated tests within CI/CD pipelines, including interpreting logs and diagnosing test failures.
• Solid debugging and troubleshooting skills with a proactive approach to problem-solving and root cause analysis.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Mocha, Supertest, Postman, or similar, to validate service layer behavior.
• Strong understanding of databases and SQL, including writing queries to inspect data and verify test state.
• Experience with Git, GitHub, Jira, and Agile development practices, including working in iterative delivery cycles.
• A sharp eye for detail, strong analytical skills, and a collaborative mindset focused on shared outcomes.
• Willingness to engage in continuous learning and adapt to new tools, frameworks, and testing methodologies as the product evolves.
• Commitment to inclusive hiring practices, recognizing that strong candidates may not meet every listed criterion but can still succeed in the role.

Nice to have

• Previous experience contributing to open source projects or automation libraries.
• Familiarity with financial services or payroll-related products and regulatory considerations around employee data.
• Exposure to shift-left testing, test-driven development, or behavior-driven development practices.
• Knowledge of performance testing tools and methodologies.
• Experience with containerized test environments and infrastructure as code concepts.

Practical notes

This role is fully remote, and you may be based anywhere in Canada or the United States. The position is full-time, and we expect availability during standard business hours to support collaboration across development pods. No specific visa sponsorship details are provided in this posting. There are no published compensation figures attached to this role in the source material.