Race Roster Junior QA Specialist (12 month contract)
About the role
About ASICS Apps
ASICS Apps lives by ASICS’ founding philosophy, "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano” or “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body.” We believe in the positive benefits of movement and aspire for people all over the world to live healthful and happy lives in both body and mind.
The ASICS Apps provide digital services and goods focused on helping runners and running events every step of the way. To strengthen our commitment to runners, we are expanding our investment in endurance-related digital services, such as endurance event technology (Race Roster), leading mobile running app (the ASICS Runkeeper app), and other exciting platforms that will help us better serve the endurance industry. Combined, these projects and products makeup ASICS Apps.
Our mission―in the past, today, and into the future―is to contribute to a healthful and sustainable society and to bring joy to the people of the world through movement. Movement is an important element in living longer healthy lives, in feeling more fulfilled, and in crossing national and cultural boundaries to bring the world together. If you are looking to join a fun and innovative company focused on the booming digital health and fitness industry, this is the place for you!
Position Overview:
As a Junior Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist at ASICS Apps, working on the Race Roster product, you are an advocate for our users & stakeholders from varied walks of life and roles. Whether someone is running their first 5K or planning a 100,000 participant marathon, you aim to ensure that every update that we make and every feature that we release is as functional and pain-free as it can possibly be. You will learn the system inside-and-out to help you make more informed decisions and catch possible use cases that may slip through into testing. Your knowledge of the system will help you to educate, elucidate and espouse on all things Race Roster. This position requires flexibility as we respond to new business and customer requirements, while being able to quickly adapt to new strategies and priorities as they evolve.
This is a 12 month contract role.
This position is open to internal and external candidates.
Product Line:
This role will be working on the Race Roster product.
Work Location:
The successful candidate for this role can be either a remote employee (working 100% remotely from a designated location within Canada), a hybrid employee (flexibility to work in the office or from home at a location within 75 km from the London, ON office), or an in-office employee at our London, ON office.
Responsibilities:
- You will work with all members of the Race Roster team to find, log and prioritise bugs.
- You will work closely with the product team to understand the goals and deliverables required from a business perspective.
- You will be testing new features as they are developed, working side by side with software engineers, designers, and product managers to find, log, and prioritize bugs.
- You will follow formal Quality Assurance processes, offering feedback on how they could be improved.
- You will participate meaningfully in daily stand-ups, sprint planning and other agile ceremonies as applicable.
- You will write clear and concise bug reports.
- You will deploy and test code on different types of environments.
- You will automate testing if possible.
- You will act as a point of contact for the Quality Assurance team, reporting any issues that may arise between the team and any project you are working on.
- You will develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual or automated).
- You will perform desktop and mobile browser testing.
- You will write basic SQL queries.
- You will execute different testing methodologies such as: smoke test, exploratory, destructive and functional testing.
- You will meaningfully participate in diversity and inclusion initiatives across the ASICS Apps teams.
Education & Experience:
- 0-2 years Quality Assurance experience
- Strong organization skills
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate
Bonus Education & Experience:
- Automation experience (or relevant experience, as described by you)
- Data management skills
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Relevant industry experience
The successful candidate for this role will become an employee of Race Roster North America Corporation (doing business as ASICS Apps Canada), asubsidiary of ASICS Corporation, a Japanese multinational corporation. Race Roster was founded in London, Ontario in 2011.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, sex, place of origin, ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, creed, record of offenses, genetics, disability, age, marital status, family status, veteran status, or fitness level.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Race Roster Junior QA Specialist (12 month contract)
About the role
About ASICS Apps
ASICS Apps lives by ASICS’ founding philosophy, "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano” or “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body.” We believe in the positive benefits of movement and aspire for people all over the world to live healthful and happy lives in both body and mind.
The ASICS Apps provide digital services and goods focused on helping runners and running events every step of the way. To strengthen our commitment to runners, we are expanding our investment in endurance-related digital services, such as endurance event technology (Race Roster), leading mobile running app (the ASICS Runkeeper app), and other exciting platforms that will help us better serve the endurance industry. Combined, these projects and products makeup ASICS Apps.
Our mission―in the past, today, and into the future―is to contribute to a healthful and sustainable society and to bring joy to the people of the world through movement. Movement is an important element in living longer healthy lives, in feeling more fulfilled, and in crossing national and cultural boundaries to bring the world together. If you are looking to join a fun and innovative company focused on the booming digital health and fitness industry, this is the place for you!
Position Overview:
As a Junior Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist at ASICS Apps, working on the Race Roster product, you are an advocate for our users & stakeholders from varied walks of life and roles. Whether someone is running their first 5K or planning a 100,000 participant marathon, you aim to ensure that every update that we make and every feature that we release is as functional and pain-free as it can possibly be. You will learn the system inside-and-out to help you make more informed decisions and catch possible use cases that may slip through into testing. Your knowledge of the system will help you to educate, elucidate and espouse on all things Race Roster. This position requires flexibility as we respond to new business and customer requirements, while being able to quickly adapt to new strategies and priorities as they evolve.
This is a 12 month contract role.
This position is open to internal and external candidates.
Product Line:
This role will be working on the Race Roster product.
Work Location:
The successful candidate for this role can be either a remote employee (working 100% remotely from a designated location within Canada), a hybrid employee (flexibility to work in the office or from home at a location within 75 km from the London, ON office), or an in-office employee at our London, ON office.
Responsibilities:
- You will work with all members of the Race Roster team to find, log and prioritise bugs.
- You will work closely with the product team to understand the goals and deliverables required from a business perspective.
- You will be testing new features as they are developed, working side by side with software engineers, designers, and product managers to find, log, and prioritize bugs.
- You will follow formal Quality Assurance processes, offering feedback on how they could be improved.
- You will participate meaningfully in daily stand-ups, sprint planning and other agile ceremonies as applicable.
- You will write clear and concise bug reports.
- You will deploy and test code on different types of environments.
- You will automate testing if possible.
- You will act as a point of contact for the Quality Assurance team, reporting any issues that may arise between the team and any project you are working on.
- You will develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual or automated).
- You will perform desktop and mobile browser testing.
- You will write basic SQL queries.
- You will execute different testing methodologies such as: smoke test, exploratory, destructive and functional testing.
- You will meaningfully participate in diversity and inclusion initiatives across the ASICS Apps teams.
Education & Experience:
- 0-2 years Quality Assurance experience
- Strong organization skills
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate
Bonus Education & Experience:
- Automation experience (or relevant experience, as described by you)
- Data management skills
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Relevant industry experience
The successful candidate for this role will become an employee of Race Roster North America Corporation (doing business as ASICS Apps Canada), asubsidiary of ASICS Corporation, a Japanese multinational corporation. Race Roster was founded in London, Ontario in 2011.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, sex, place of origin, ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, creed, record of offenses, genetics, disability, age, marital status, family status, veteran status, or fitness level.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.