Automation QA Engineer (12-Month Contract)

Foresters Financial; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Toronto is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer on a 12-month contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that systems function correctly through both automated and manual testing. This role involves collaboration with various teams and requires strong experience in automation tools, especially Playwright, as well as a solid understanding of test processes and methodologies. Candidates should have a degree in a technical field and several years of relevant experience.

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Employment

Inclusion and Diversity initiatives

Accommodations for candidates

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of Insurance business experience or testing applications.
• 2+ years of Test Automation experience, specifically with Playwright using TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience integrating automated scripts into CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute automated and performance test scripts.
• Conduct peer reviews of automation test scripts.
• Work closely with project teams to ensure requirements are met.

Skills

Testing applications

Automation testing

DevOps practices

Performance testing

Agile methodology

SQL skills

Education

University Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Postman

Azure DevOps

Playwright

JMeter

GitHub

Job description

A leading financial services company in Toronto is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer on a 12-month contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that systems function correctly through both automated and manual testing. This role involves collaboration with various teams and requires strong experience in automation tools, especially Playwright, as well as a solid understanding of test processes and methodologies. Candidates should have a degree in a technical field and several years of relevant experience.