QA Automation Intern, Spring 2027

About Coalpath:

Clients range from single-location retailers to franchise groups with hundreds of stores, all running our point-of-sale and loyalty software. Most of what we build is back-office software for property managers, including lease tracking, work orders and tenant payments. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

Overview:

Remote testing internship that starts with manual testing and moves into automation with Selenium or Playwright once you know the product. You can work from home anywhere in Canada. We have no office requirement. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

What you'll do:

• Retest fixed bugs and close them only once verified.
• Report test results in a short summary before each release goes out.
• Join bug triage calls and help decide priority.
• Run manual regression tests on web, Android and iOS builds before release.
• Test APIs in Postman, checking status codes, response bodies and error handling.
• Verify data in the database with simple SQL queries after test runs.
• Explore new features without a script and look for edge cases.

Who can apply:

• Eligible to work in Canada.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Based in Canada for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Willing to test on the occasional weekend during major releases.
• Clear written English, since bug reports are read by the whole team.
• Some programming in Java, Python or JavaScript.

What you'll learn:

• Writing bug reports that developers take seriously.
• Good performers are offered a junior QA role.
• How a release process works, from code freeze to go-live.

Duration: 16 weeks

Start date: Spring 2027

Stipend: $20.00 - $26.00/hr

Perks:

• Company laptop.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Duration: 16 weeks. Start: Spring 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Coalpath.