Senior Automation Engineer - Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Position

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Location

Toronto, ON (4 days onsite/per week)

Start date

ASAP

Emp Type

Contract

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts independently to improve efficiency and test coverage, working in an Agile environment with business and T&D partner teams.
• Drive a shift-left approach to software validation, guiding teams to apply automation themselves rather than relying solely on QA/QE.
• Participate in product design and development to ensure quality is built in from the start.
• Monitor the effectiveness of test automation and drive improvements through analysis at various stages to ensure stability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Define and execute test plans and test cases/scripts, identify defects, analyze test results, and partner with developers to ensure products meet quality standards.
• Apply advanced engineering best practices and drive continuous improvement through coaching and influence.
• Adhere to Agile SDLC processes and perform related duties as required.
• Foster collaboration and mentorship, promoting a culture of feedback, learning, and professional growth.
• Maintain strong relationships with business partners, peer IT teams, and vendor partners.

Skills - Must Have

Core Skills

• Proven experience in software quality engineering, including functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Pytest, or similar).
• Solid understanding of API testing (REST) and ability to write and maintain automated test suites.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build/release workflows.
• Proficiency in Python or an equivalent scripting language for test development.
• SQL proficiency for data validation, test data setup, and backend verification.

Domain Experience

• Familiarity with financial services or trading platforms is strongly preferred.
• Experience testing event-driven or message-queue-based systems (e.g., SQS, Kafka) is an asset.
• Understanding of trade lifecycle and order management systems is a plus.

Nice to Have

• AWS cloud testing experience.
• Performance and load testing exposure.