Quality Assurance Specialist Co-Op (Students Only!)

• Please note, ONLY students who are enrolled in a credible university or college are eligible to apply for this position. This role is remote-friendly within Canada. We want you to work wherever you’re most productive!

Shift and Redbrick are headquartered on the traditional Coast Salish territory and we respectfully acknowledge the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ People of this region. With gratitude, we live, work, and learn to be good visitors to this beautiful land.

Shift, a Redbrick portfolio company, is the browser for work, built to help customers optimize their workflows, and collaborate, with focus, and purpose. We believe that managing it all, and getting work done should be simple and intuitive. In just over three years, we've grown from startup to scaleup with an incredibly talented (and fun!) team. In December 2019, we announced the successful closing of our seed round. Shift is 18 people strong and growing fast. After all, we have big goals ahead, and we are not holding back; we are on a mission to make the world a more productive place for everyone.

“The exciting, innovative, and collaborative culture at Shift is matched with brilliant, dedicated people who truly enjoy working together to solve problems and achieve big goals. There are endless opportunities to learn, and you really feel like you are having a meaningful impact each and every day.”

—Dylan, Shift

We are changing the way work gets done, and building an exceptional team is our top priority. We cheerlead your goals and accomplishments and are invested in your future. In line with putting your health and safety first, we have made working in the office fully optional. Most of our team enjoys a blend of home and in office. In-office time brings many perks however we also place an emphasis on planning events and fun that all can enjoy.

What does a day look like in my role?

We get it - You need to know what you’re signing up for before you apply, right? This is what you need to know - As a Quality Assurance Specialist, you’ll be responsible for -

• Reviewing code written by other engineers on the team.
• Fixing bugs and implementing new features.
• Testing changes to our software to ensure a high level of quality.
• Providing technical assistance to our customer success team.
• Reproducing problems reported by our customers.

Halfway Through Your Co-op

• You have made several code changes and they have been merged into the product.
• You can test most changes and be confident you’ve identified any problems.
• Your work-term project is well underway.
• You know our product well and can answer common technical questions about it.

At The End Of Your Co-op

• You are the point person for difficult problems that face our customer success team.
• You are a fully contributing member of the development team.
• Your work-term project is complete.
• You know our product inside and out and are comfortable with the codebase.

What we would like to see in you.

Every Shift team member has three things in common - We’re curious, hungry and good-humoured. We try our best to balance hard work with good, old-fashioned fun. As a Quality Assurance Specialist with Shift, there are extra superpowers we’re on the lookout for -

• Manual or automated testing experience.
• Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, and web technology.
• Dynamic web applications.
• Git and Github experience.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as JavaScript and Python.
• Comfortable in an Agile (Scrum or Kanban) environment.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Desktop applications.
• Knowledge of or experience developing or testing at least one of -
• Thoughtful about the end-user experience.
• HTTP APIs using JSON.

Please note - This co-op is listed as ideally an 8-month co-op but will consider a 4-month co-op.

What next?

If you’re picking up what we’re putting down, applying is easy as 1, 2, 3.

• Apply with your cover letter and resume and take this opportunity to tell us your story and why you’d be a good fit on our team.
• Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Linkedin, and Instagram for all that is happening at Shift!
• Download Shift -- we want to hear what you think!

Shift and Redbrick are committed to having a diverse environment where everyone can be their true authentic selves. We value all differences as they are essential for a thriving, happy, and productive workplace. Come join us and help build a disruptive company where we are all proud to belong.