Senior Software Test Engineer
Coursera is hiring a Senior Software Test Engineer in Toronto, Canada. It pays $124k-$155k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Coursera.
Level's read on this job
- Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Test Automation, CI/CD and software testing.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 30 other open roles at Coursera.
AI in this role
Senior software test engineer focusing on test infrastructure, tooling, and researching AI-augmented agentic solutions for automated testing.
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Job Overview:
As a Senior Software Test Engineer (Test Infrastructure and Tooling) at Coursera, you’ll play a key role in helping teams produce high-quality software for millions of learners across the world. Actively seeking out opportunities for test coverage, infrastructure, and framework improvements, you’ll be an enabling force; allowing developers to deliver value to our customers quickly and safely.
You’ll work closely with Infrastructure, and SRE teams to optimize build and test pipelines for speed, coverage, and reliability. Collaborating with Engineering leaders and fellow Test Engineers, you’ll help define effective test strategies and process improvements to help quality at Coursera scale.
Responsibilities:
- Build software and solutions that empower Engineering teams to solve problems and deliver high-quality software
- Research and identify AI augmented agentic solutions and lead large-scale test automation initiatives
- Monitor test environments and provide support when errors and incidents occur
- Contribute to e2e test strategy, analyze requirements, build test plans, and design test cases for new features, integrations (regression, performance, load)
- Lead quality initiatives of one or more teams to ensure higher bar of quality
- Actively seek out areas for improvement in our tech stack and find creative ways to break our product and systems
- Use quality metrics and performance metrics to drive change and improve quality
Basic Qualifications:
- 7+ years of testing experience, ideally testing web applications
- 7+ years working directly with product teams in an agile environment
- 6+ years of experience in UI and API automation
- 1+ years of experience in developing AI augmented agentic testing frameworks, evals for AI driven applications
- 6+ years of experience working with CI/CD build pipeline with a focus on test automation (Github actions, Circleci, Kubernetes)
- Experience with development and maintenance of test automation tools using popular open source technologies(Puppeteer, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium), MCP servers,
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous startup experience and testing in an Agile development life cycle is a plus
- Experience with API testing frameworks (Postman, REST-assured, Pact)
- Programming or scripting language proficiency (JavaScript, Java, Python)
- Experience with Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
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CompensationCoursera offers competitive pay and fair compensation practices across all regions. Job titles may span multiple career levels, and the targeted hiring base salary range for this role in Canada is CAD $124,000 - $155,000. Actual compensation will depend on factors such as experience, education, transferable skills, business needs, and location. This range may be adjusted over time and may include eligibility for variable pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits. #LI-C
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How we rate this
Senior Software Test Engineer at Coursera rates 55 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where software testing was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where test infrastructure was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where automation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where quality assurance was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Test Automation in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Software Testing, Test Infrastructure, Automation, Quality Assurance, and Test Automation. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.
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