About this opportunity
We are looking to add a QA & Testing Coordinator to play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, quality, and security of the Digital Health & Discovery Platform (DHDP) as it transitions from platform development to operational delivery. The Digital Health and Discovery Platform, a research initiative led by the Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI), is a federated AI and data-sharing software product for advancing disease research. The DHDP operates by bringing its software to where the data is located, analyzing it there, and delivering the results back to the platform and user.
Reporting to the Senior DevOps Engineer, this role will coordinate testing activities across platform components, support release readiness and compliance efforts, and help establish quality assurance practices across cloud services, federated data environments, and distributed edge deployments. Working closely with Engineering and Data, Product, and Program teams, the QA & Testing Coordinator will help ensure new platform features, updates, and integrations are thoroughly tested and validated before deployment.
This is a full-time, temporary position until March 2027.
About the Terry Fox Research Institute
The Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI), named for Canadian icon Terry Fox, is built on Terry's dream to end cancer through research. Established in 2007, TFRI is a registered charity and invests its funds in cutting-edge cancer research through highly collaborative, team-oriented programs and national research networks. Together with its many research and funding partners, TFRI empowers Canada’s brightest researchers to seek out new transformational and precision medicine discoveries to advance our understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer with the goal of significantly improving outcomes for patients.
Our successful candidate
- Coordinate with the Senior DevOps Engineer, Senior Product Manager, Engineering Team, and UI/UX Technical Designer to develop test strategies for edge node deployments in hospitals, labs, and research environments.
- Coordinate and execute testing across platform components, validating workflows, data integrity, interoperability, and federated data exchange processes.
- Work with the Senior DevOps Engineer to develop testing standards, frameworks, and processes that support a reliable in-house development model.
- Validate core DHDP workflows, including data ingestion, data discovery, cohort building, federated analysis, and partner onboarding processes
- Collaborate with the Senior DevOps Engineer and Engineering Team to ensure test environments are stable, reproducible, and representative of production environments.
- Collaborate with legal, privacy, security, and engineering teams on compliance validation and audit readiness activities aligned with applicable frameworks (e.g., PHIPA, PIPEDA, provincial data residency requirements, HIPAA, GDPR).
- Participate in backlog refinement and planning activities to support testability and clear acceptance criteria.
- Support in validating privacy-by-design and security controls, including access controls, encryption, audit logging, and de-identification safeguards.
- Support testing and validation of accessibility, bilingual (English/French), and user experience requirements, ensuring key workflows function as intended across user groups and comply with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1).
- Support release readiness activities by documenting testing outcomes, identifying risks, and escalating issues that may impact deployment quality in collaboration with DHDP Engineering team members.
- Support continuous improvement of testing practices, tools, and quality processes across the platform.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in QA, software testing, or quality engineering roles.
- Proven experience establishing QA practices in modern, in-house software development teams.
- Strong capability in test automation frameworks and tools (API, UI, integration).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud-based environments.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, data platforms, and API-driven architectures.
- Exceptional time management skills with a strong understanding of security, privacy, and compliance testing in regulated environments.
- Experience testing data-intensive systems, including validation of data pipelines and analytics workflows.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design validation.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, and test management tools.
Benefits of working with us
- Flexible schedule
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick days
- Extended medical and dental coverage
- A work culture that values excellence, creativity, teamwork, learning, fairness, and integrity
- A passionate group of high-performing teammates across Canada
Salary Range: $70,000 - $85,000
How to Apply: If you are passionate about making a difference in cancer research, we invite you to submit your application. This position is open to candidates residing in Canada. Please include a cover letter, resume, and any relevant supporting documents. Applications can be submitted through Indeed or emailed to hr@tfri.ca.
Application Deadline: job requisition will be open until filled.
We appreciate all applications, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
We recognize the importance of diversity and equity in our workforce and encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including Indigenous persons, women, persons with disabilities, minorities, and other underrepresented communities.