Role & seniority: QA Lead (platform group); 5+ years in QA/SDET with leadership experience (≥1 year)

Stack/tools: Selenium, Playwright, TestRail; CI/CD integration; API testing; test automation frameworks; QA platforms and tooling

Top 3 responsibilities

Define/maintain QA standards, strategies, and integrate quality gates into CI/CD; drive continuous QA improvement
Lead and mentor QA engineers (manual and automation); plan resources and testing schedules; foster quality ownership
Own test planning, test data strategy, test execution, defect lifecycle, and release readiness (including post-release smoke testing)

Must-have skills

5+ years in QA/SDET or software development testing
Leadership experience guiding QA teams
Expertise in testing methodologies and tools (Selenium, Playwright, API testing, TestRail)
CI/CD collaboration and strong communication across product/eng/DevOps
Proactive, collaborative, and improvement-focused mindset

Nice-to-haves

Experience leading test framework migrations
OWASP/security testing awareness/tools
PXA Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification
Location & work type: Canada-based; full-time role (flexible/remote options noted; benefits and compensation aligned to Canada locale)

Full Description

About impact.com

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 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

Your Role at impact.com

The QA Lead is responsible for defining, implementing, and overseeing quality assurance strategies to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products for the group. This role bridges technical QA execution and leadership, guiding QA engineers while collaborating closely with development, product, and DevOps teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle

What You'll Do

As a QA Lead for the platform group, you will lead a critical function focused on both the technical infrastructure and the human element of Quality Assurance. Your responsibilities will include

Quality Strategy & Process
Define and maintain QA standards, methodologies, and best practices
Establish test strategies for functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing
Ensure quality gates are integrated into CI/CD pipelines
Drive continuous improvement of QA processes and tools

Leadership & Team Management Lead, mentor, and support QA engineers (manual and automation) Plan QA resource allocation and testing schedules Conduct reviews, provide feedback, and support skill development Promote a culture of quality ownership across teams within the group

Test Planning & Execution Own test plans, test cases, and test data strategy Oversee test execution and defect management lifecycle Ensure adequate test coverage and risk-based testing Validate acceptance criteria and release readiness Ensuring coverage for smoke testing post release.

Automation & Tooling Drive test automation strategy and framework selection Ensure effective use of automation tools and test management systems Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD integration Monitor test execution metrics and reporting

Stakeholder Collaboration Partner with Product Managers to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria Work closely with Engineering Leads to resolve quality risks Communicate quality status, risks, and metrics to stakeholders Support release planning and go/no-go decisions Partner with QA platform & enablement to evaluate & implement next gen tools & technologies for the QA function.

QA Lead