Senior QA Automation Engineer

The Company: impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products - Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral) - unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands - including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics - rely on impact.com to power more than 350,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results. Your Role at impact.com: We are a nimble and innovative software engineering team operating within the supportive structure of a larger, well-established company. Our team is responsible for developing and maintaining a sophisticated web application that integrates with APIs from several other teams, making cross-functional collaboration a cornerstone of our success. We pride ourselves on our commitment to quality, excellent documentation, and building reliable, repeatable processes. We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior QA & Automation Engineer to join our team in Victoria, BC. This is a critical role for an individual who excels at evolving and enhancing established systems. We have a solid foundation of quality assurance processes in place; we're looking for an expert who can help us build upon them, increasing our sophistication and test coverage. You will be the cornerstone of our testing efforts, ensuring our web application is robust, reliable, and seamlessly integrates with our partners' services. This is a hybrid role, combining the benefits of in-person collaboration at our office with the flexibility of working from home on some days. What You'll Do: Enhance Data Environments: Take ownership of our Staging environment, evolving and maintaining a rich set of test data to ensure comprehensive coverage. You will use your professional judgment to identify gaps and improve the data sets we test against. Improve Test Automation: Build upon our existing automation frameworks to further improve the efficiency and reliability of data maintenance within the Staging environment. Collaborate on API Integration: Work closely with multiple teams to understand their APIs, define testing strategies for integration points, and diagnose issues that span across different services. Advance Testing Best Practices: Elevate our E2E testing strategy by writing, debugging, and mentoring the engineering team on creating effective tests using Playwright and TypeScript . You will also contribute to and improve our Java -based unit tests and our framework for integration testing. Drive Quality Through Documentation: Champion our commitment to high-quality documentation. You will be responsible for creating clear, concise, and repeatable bug reports and for documenting new testing processes and standards. Contribute to Standards: Help the team adhere to the high standards set by the wider company and contribute your own insights to improve those enterprise-wide standards. What You Bring: A minimum of 5 years of experience in a Quality Assurance or Automation Engineering role. Strong proficiency in writing, debugging, and improving automated test suites. Experience collaborating with different teams and testing API integrations. Proficiency with Playwright and TypeScript for end-to-end testing. Solid understanding of Java for unit testing. A proven commitment to meticulous documentation and clear, actionable bug reporting. A strategic mindset with the ability to analyze existing systems and identify key areas for improvement. Excellent communication skills and a desire to mentor others. Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment in Victoria, BC. Nice to Have: Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA Salary : $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 CAD per year, plus an additional 5% variable annual bonus contingent on Company performance and eligible to receive a Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) grant. *This is the pay range the Company believes is equitable for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Benefits and Perks: At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Strong extended health benefits: Health & Prescription coverage, vision and dental care, virtual health care, out-of-country medical coverage Insurance coverage (life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and more) Health Care Spending Account Two different Employee Assistance Programs Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life. Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health. A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval. Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses. Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver. Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses. Note: Benefits may vary by location and are subject to local regulations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. #LI_Victoria_Canada