Junior QA Developer

Let’s build something amazing together!
At CadMakers, our QA and Development teams work hand-in-hand to push the boundaries of what’s possible in construction technology. We’re looking for a Junior QA Developer who’s eager to grow their career in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, someone with 1–3 years of experience (or at least 4 months of hands-on work in QA or software development) who’s ready to dive in, learn how we do QA at CadMakers, and make an impact from day one. 

If you’re resourceful, enjoy solving problems, and working hand in hand with the team to make sure we consistently ship reliable features, you’ll thrive here. This is your launch pad to a meaningful career with a startup-minded team that values growth, sharing ideas, teamwork, and quality in everything we build. 

Who Are We?
Founded in 2014, CadMakers is an industry-leading digital construction and manufacturing technology company headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦. We are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge digital solutions to the global construction industry 🏗️ tackling the most complex yet common problems in the field, empowering our clients with transformative tools and expertise.

Our Product
cmBuilder.io is our fast-growing flagship product 🚀, first released in 2020, and is rapidly becoming the new industry standard for 3D site logistics planning and 4D simulations. This high-performance, web-based tool is designed to be accessible, intuitive, and easy to use, enabling 100s of construction companies—primarily General Contractors—to win more projects and plan them effectively.

Our Values

• Innovative: We embrace change, leverage technology, and craft smarter solutions.

• Hard-Working: We tackle challenges with our best effort to achieve results.

• Humble: We celebrate team success and strive to learn and grow.

• Customer-Focused: We listen, understand, and deliver trusted solutions.

• Performance-Driven: We aim high, measure success, and make an impact.

• Team-Oriented: Collaboration and diverse views lead to shared success.

About the Role

Day to Day!
• 💬 Participate in team meetings to provide status updates on tasks and share insights.
• 📋 Gather data and document processes and procedures to support team knowledge sharing.
• 🎨 Create documentation to support QA team initiatives and showcase testing results.
• 👥 Coordinate with different team members and provide QA feedback to keep everyone on the same page and ensure great results.
• 🛠️ Step in to assist with various tasks and projects as needed to keep things running smoothly.

Bug Management
• 🐛 Assist in troubleshooting bugs to generate reproduction steps, as well as tracking and documenting them.
• 🔍 Dig into tricky issues, whether performance or functional glitches, to identify root causes and pinpoint problems.

Testing
• ✅ Manually test product releases to ensure quality deployment, making sure everything runs smoothly before launch.
• 🗂️ Create and follow testing plans to keep things organized.
• 🤝 Support the team, learn, and contribute to maintaining the existing automated testing framework.

Automation
• 📜 Write scripts to automate repetitive tests and save time.
• 🤖 Create and iterate on prompts for AI-generated test scripts
• 🚀 Spot opportunities to streamline testing tasks where possible and boost efficiency.

What You Bring

Required:
•💻 Completed a Computer Science degree, or other relevant program or certification.

•🏢 Ability to work (and interview) in our head office in Vancouver, BC.

•🧠 1–3 years of experience in QA or software testing (minimum 4 months of hands-on experience in QA or software development required to be considered).

•🧩 General understanding of software testing principles and the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

•🤝 Comfortable working closely with development teams to identify, reproduce, and resolve issues; collaboration is at the core of how we work.

Skillset:

• 🌱 Embracing Feedback and Owning Mistakes: Being receptive to feedback and unafraid to admit mistakes is a sign of strength. Keep your energy on improving the outcome, not defending your image.

• 🧠 Strong Critical Thinker with Good Judgement: Able to lay a solid foundation for decision-making and build on each piece of the puzzle with precision. Can take initiative when the challenges arise.

• 🔍 Attention to Detail and Quality: Always inspecting the blueprint and making sure every piece fits perfectly to avoid any cracks in the project.

• 🗣️ Excellent Communication and Collaboration Skills: Bridging the gap between teams and stakeholders, ensuring everyone’s on the same page and working towards the same goals—like a well-oiled machine.

• 🔧 Demonstrated Ability to Learn and Apply New Technologies Quickly: Always ready to break ground with new tools and technologies, adapting swiftly to changes in the digital construction space.

•💪 Resourceful and Hardworking Mindset: Brings dedication and creativity to every challenge. Comfortable stepping in and maybe wearing an extra hat (or two). We work hard together, tackle obstacles with our best efforts, and take pride in achieving results as a team. 

• 🚀 Thrives in a Fast-Paced, Team-Oriented Environment: Enjoys collaborating, sharing ideas, and building great solutions together in a startup-style setting where everyone contributes. 

• 🌟 Eager to Learn and Grow into Mastery: We don’t do ego here — just curiosity, teamwork, and the drive to keep getting better. You don’t need to have all the answers, what matters is the willingness to ask questions, learn, grow, and build great things together. 
 

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with Selenium, Playwright, or Puppeteer for automated testing. 
• Familiarity with .NET Core, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C# beyond the required basics. 
• Exposure to 3D tools or game engines (helpful, given our work in 3D construction visualization). 

Salary 

Starting at $55,000 during the initial 3-month probationary phase

Why Work with Us?

• Rewarding Impact: Solve complex construction challenges and see your work transform projects globally.

• Career Growth: Your performance drives our success, opening doors for advancement.

• Innovative Culture: Share ideas, challenge norms, and optimize everything in our monthly Innovation Day events.

• Development Support: Access and funding for resources to grow and #getbettereveryday.

• Amazing Team: Enjoy events, contests, and a fun, collaborative culture.