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Position Title:

Android Senior Quality Automation Developer (English Services) (Telework/Hybrid)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2024-09-19 11:59 PM

At the CBC, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours?

If you share our passion for Canadian storytelling and you wish to help us engage with individuals and communities across our various digital platforms, this is where you’ll want to be!

Every day, you will have an opportunity to shape the way in which Canadians see themselves reflected in our digital services. Your work will have a direct impact on how millions of Canadians from various communities connect with our products, with one another, and with the diverse voices that make our country so unique.

You will have the opportunity to play a part in enlightening and entertaining Canadians through our innovative work in building the mediums that deliver our content. We are an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions. Our product teams are vibrant and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We believe that hiring people with different career paths and backgrounds is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy and highly performant teams. When you join our mission, you are not only shaping the vision of the CBC, but the future of our country.

This is a hybrid role with a mix of in-office and remote work. Work arrangements will be discussed with hiring managers per departmental guidelines.

Why is this role important?

If you want to enter the world of digital media and be part of the change and growth of one of Canada’s long-established and respected broadcasters, this is your chance. CBC Digital Strategy and Products is looking for an Android Senior Developer - Quality Engineering, to work with the Native Apps team to support the continued success and evolution of our CBC native apps. The CBC News and CBC Sports apps are used by millions of loyal Canadians across the country. We need someone committed to ensuring our Canadian audience has the best media experience possible. This is a level of exposure and impact that few other roles provide.

As part of the Agile team you will push the boundaries of quality engineering, work alongside iOS and Android product developers and stay abreast of the latest tools and technologies for quality engineering for mobile development. You will have the opportunity to take a deeper dive into the technical areas you find most exciting, pushing the limits of the tools to ensure a quality end user experience.

We welcome people who are strong collaborators and feel they can contribute in non-traditional ways. If you're passionate about Canada and you love technology, learning and bringing out the best in others, you’ll love working in the Native Apps team at the CBC.

Here’s why we should work together:

Our digital teams’ values - collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement - embody who we are as a people-focused, digital-forward employer. We follow lean startup principles and use an Agile approach. Our dedicated people managers work closely with every individual to ensure we are leveraging their strengths, championing their ideas and supporting their pursuit of new skills and their desired career progression.

Here at CBC Digital Strategy & Products, we want you to be happy and feel good at work. It is essential that work be a safe space where our employees are able to share their authentic selves with one another and to push each other to challenge conventions.

Perks you can look forward to:

• Flexible work schedules, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work

• Work from home opportunities

• Competitive total rewards package

• 20% of time for innovation, learning and development; wherever your interests lie

• Opportunities to work with cutting edge technology

• Opportunities for continued learning and professional development

• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups

• Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent

• A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected

• A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity

• An environment which favours experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation

How you will make an impact:

You are an experienced mobile automation developer or developer with a Quality Engineering mindset looking to apply and build upon your skills in:

• Building a first-class Mobile News app that audience members want to spend time on.

• Understanding the importance of accessibility and knowing what it takes to meet the needs of all users.

• Be involved in wireframes and design (UX/UI) reviews.

• Having an opportunity to join a company with a mission, value set, and tech-forward approach that aligns with your own; a place where knowledge-sharing guides your learning.

• Wanting to be part of a fun team, engaged in a continuous learning culture, where you can take on new challenges and be a significant contributor to engaging our national audience.

What you bring to our team:

• Three or more years of experience in a mobile quality engineering role or a mobile development role with a focus on automated testing and delivery pipelines

• Possess a degree (BA, BSc) or diploma in a Software Development, Science or Engineering related discipline, delivered by a recognized learning institution

• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and improvements on overall quality processes

• Experience in and ability to implement and drive end to end quality management, including developing and monitoring quality standards and measurements

• Experience using software development skills to design and enhance test automation frameworks and approaches as well as developing test strategies for product teams

• Be able to analyze the tradeoffs between investing in manual or automated testing and guide the team in understanding when each is appropriate

• Experience coaching teams to adopt a quality mindset and practice quality engineering

• Experience helping developers understand how to write testable code and perform unit testing

• Knowledge of different types of functional and non-functional testing (eg. cross device, cross browser cross platform)

• Experience developing test pipelines in a CI/CD/CT environment

• Knowledge and experience in using multiple programming languages (Note: examples given are the tools currently in use by the team or tools we would like to try):

• Kotlin & Java

• Continuous Integration Platforms (e.g. CircleCI)

• Firebase

• Debugging Proxies (e.g. Charles, Postman, etc)

• Mocking Frameworks (e.g. Mockito)

• Unit Testing Frameworks (e.g. JUnit)

• UI Testing Frameworks (e.g. Espresso)

• Cross platform frameworks like Kotlin Multiplatform

• Automation Testing frameworks (e.g. Appium)

• Build Tools (e.g. Gradle)

• Browserstack for Native Mobile Apps

Assets:

• Have exposure to test automation for a variety of deployment environments, devices and platforms.

• Possess broad skill sets on various types of tests, their design and execution patterns.

• Have experience in automating testing of high-traffic, media-rich mobile apps, including performance and load testing.

• Have ability to lead and connect with people inside and outside of the team (eg. other product teams, stakeholders as necessary).

To Apply:

At the CBC, we recognize that not everyone takes the same path when it comes to building their skills. We value diversity of thought and of experience, and we are excited to hear from you! Hands-on experience, intelligence, innovation, a passion for learning, and a team-focused approach can combine to form the best set of qualifications. If you feel you meet most of the qualifications and you are excited by the possibility of adding to the rich culture of the CBC, take a chance and express your interest by applying now!

If you’re interested in reading more about the various backgrounds of the talented people that make up our teams, our exciting new projects, and what we’re currently working on, check out our Digital Labs (https://medium.com/cbc-digital-labs) blog on Medium!

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/working-with-us/jobs/diversity-inclusion-cbc-rc) of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca .

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/values-ethics/conduct) . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/human-resources/conflicts) . In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time

At CBC/Radio-Canada (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en) , we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.