Senior QA Automations Engineer, Core Apps

Location: Canada | Remote
Department: Engineering
Reports To: Sean Yang, Director of Engineering

Type: Permanent | Full-Time

Vacancy Status: This is an active role and we are currently hiring for this position.

At Solink, our mission is to safeguard what matters most. We provide businesses with the tools to know sooner and act faster by transforming video security into real-time operational insights.

Our cloud-based platform integrates seamlessly with your existing cameras and systems, turning them into intelligent sensors that detect and interpret key moments. This empowers teams to make data-driven decisions, enhance security, and improve operational efficiency.

Trusted by over 30,000 locations across 32+ countries - including brands like McDonald’s and JYSK - Solink delivers clarity when it counts. Our solutions help businesses reduce shrink, optimize performance, and respond proactively to potential threats.

We're growing rapidly, earning industry recognition, and scaling with purpose. We’ve been recognized by Deloitte’s Fast 50™ and Fast 500™, Business Intelligence Group, and as one of Ottawa’s Best Places to Work. And we’re just getting started!

The Core Apps team owns Solink’s primary application framework and the most business-critical user experiences in the product — including the dashboard, event search, and video investigation. We are responsible for the performance, scalability, and reliability of the Solink web application, and for providing a stable foundation that other product teams (AI, alarms, reports, etc.) can safely build on.

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer on Core Apps, you will help protect and evolve this foundation. You’ll design and own automated testing across the application framework, shared components, and end-to-end investigation workflows that are exercised constantly by customers at scale.

This is a highly hands-on and strategic role. You’ll work closely with engineers and product partners to identify risk early, define quality standards for core experiences, and ensure that performance, stability, and user trust are not compromised as the platform evolves.

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test coverage for the Core Apps application framework, shared UI components, and critical end-to-end user journeys

• Own regression and smoke test strategies that protect the stability of the Solink web application as multiple teams ship features on top of Core Apps

• Identify high-risk areas in the framework and core workflows, and ensure they are well covered by reliable, maintainable automation integrated into CI/CD

• Validate core user workflows including dashboards, event search, filtering, permissions, and video investigation across browsers and environments

• Test backend APIs and services that support Core Apps, ensuring correct behavior under load and across tenant-specific configurations

• Actively contribute to performance and scalability testing by identifying slow paths, regressions, and edge cases in performance-sensitive areas such as video playback and large result sets

• Partner with engineers to improve testability, observability, and reliability in performance-critical parts of the system
  

• Own test planning, execution, and risk assessment for Core Apps initiatives and releases

• Work closely with engineers throughout the development lifecycle to shift testing left — influencing design decisions to improve quality and long-term maintainability

• Help define quality standards for teams building on top of the Core Apps platform, ensuring changes do not introduce regressions or degrade performance

• Mentor and support other QA and QA Automation Engineers by contributing patterns, utilities, and best practices to shared automation frameworks
  

Automation & UI Testing

• Python, Pytest

• Playwright (end-to-end and cross-browser testing for complex user workflows)
  

API & Service Testing

• REST API testing with Postman or equivalent tools

• Contract and integration testing for services supporting the Core Apps experience
  

Test Management & Quality Tooling

• Testmo (test planning, execution, and reporting)

• CI/CD integrations for automated test execution
  

Application & Collaboration

• GitHub (version control, PR workflows)

• Jira (story tracking, test planning, release validation)
  

Platform & Infrastructure

• AWS (cloud and serverless services that support the Core Apps platform)

• Linux-based environments

• Observability and debugging tools used to investigate performance, reliability, and production issues

• 5+ years of experience in QA automation, with a strong focus on web applications, shared application frameworks, and backend services

• Strong proficiency in Python-based automation frameworks (Pytest) and modern end-to-end testing tools (Playwright)

• Experience testing complex, stateful user workflows across UI, APIs, and services

• Proven experience validating performance-sensitive features and identifying regressions in scalability, reliability, or responsiveness

• Ability to design and evolve automation strategies that balance coverage, confidence, and maintainability in a fast-moving platform team

• Proven ability to independently drive test strategy, planning, and execution for business-critical features

• Strong sense of ownership, with the ability to lead quality efforts for core platform areas without heavy oversight

• Pragmatic problem-solver who is comfortable working in large, evolving systems with many stakeholders

• Clear, thoughtful communicator who collaborates effectively with engineers, product managers, and other platform teams

• Candidates must undergo a criminal records check upon hire;

• Be a Canadian Citizen (dual citizens included), or eligible to work in Canada;

• Be willing to comply with Solink’s own security policies and standards.

We do things the Solink way:

• Act with URGENCY – Our customers move fast, so we do too.

• Deliver with QUALITY – We sweat the details and hold a high bar.

• Win with TEAM – No egos. Just outcomes, built together.

• Lead with TRUST – We earn it through clarity, consistency, and care.

These aren’t just words—they shape how we hire, lead, and grow.

We’re not just building tech - we’re building a place where great people do great work.

• Clarity and trust: Where the role allows, we support flexibility in how and where work gets done - and we’re upfront about what’s required.

• Meaningful equity: Every full-time, permanent employee has a stake in our growth.

• Comprehensive benefits: Fully paid health & dental (no waiting period) + $500 health spending account.

• Wellness support: Monthly reimbursement for fitness, wellness, or mental health programs.

• Growth through merit: Advancement is based on contribution, initiative, and the ability to raise the bar - together.

• Candid culture: Clear expectations, honest feedback, and no politics.

• Social connection: From So-learns to Solink-o and So-lunches, we stay connected in ways that actually feel fun.

We respect your time and value transparency. Here’s a general idea of what to expect:

1. Intro call with our Talent Team

2. Interview with the Hiring Manager

3. Role-relevant task or case (if applicable)

4. Final interviews with cross-functional team members

5. Reference Checks

6. Offer & onboarding 🎉

Submit your resume and a short cover letter via our [Careers Page]. Let us know what excites you about this role, and how you’d help move Solink forward.