Automation Tester

Nexus Systems Group Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech consulting firm in Toronto is seeking an experienced Automation Testing Specialist to enhance digital banking applications through automated testing frameworks. The candidate will collaborate closely with a team on microservices, utilizing tools like Java, Postman, and various testing frameworks. A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science is preferred, along with extensive experience in automation testing. This opportunity offers a chance to work in a dynamic environment and contribute significantly to innovative projects.

Qualifications

• 6-7+ years of overall automation testing experience.
• 3+ years in Java programming.
• Experience in testing for RESTful microservices APIs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with backend API developers and system analysts.
• Develop automated test scenarios for production software.
• Create testing solutions for new features and analyze issues.

Skills

Automation testing

Java

Testing RESTful APIs

Load Testing

JUnit, TestNG, RestAssured

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Postman

Locust

LoadRunner

SQL

Job description

Overview

Contract Duration: Oct 1st to 03/31/2026 - 5 months. Possibility of extension & conversion to FTE. Number of Positions: 1. Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week. Reason: New project.

Story Behind the Need

Business group: Client Engineering – Microservices – team is responsible to work on microservices for mobile and web digital banking applications. Project: Instant Banking Access – it is related to product onboarding (how new and existing customers can onboard products digitally).

Candidate Value Proposition

Not only will this candidate gain experience at a Big 5 bank, but they will be working daily with some of the most disruptive and emerging technologies, making real impact at the bank and its deliverables. The candidate will be part of a collaborative software engineering team working on Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, NoSQL, Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes.

Typical Day in Role

• Collaborate closely with a team of backend API developers, business system analysts, developers, and architects to work on both new features and incremental improvements
• Develop and update automated test scenarios
• Bring new ideas on how to improve the test framework
• Create robust, repeatable automated testing solutions for our production software
• Develop both positive and negative test scenarios while working with business system analysts, developers, and technical leads to test new features
• Help triage any issues automated tests uncover or any issue raised by production support, and communicating closely with the development team

Candidate Requirements / Must Have Skills

• 6-7+ years’ overall automation testing experience
• 3+ years of experience in Java
• 3+ years of testing for RESTful microservices APIs on Postman
• 3+ years of experience in Load Testing (preferably with Locust and LoadRunner)
• 5+ years’ experience in developing Unit Tests and Integration Tests using testing frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, and RestAssured

Nice-To-Have Skills

• 3+ years of experience testing Spring Boot applications
• Python Scripting
• Familiarity with OpenAPI Specification (OAS)/ Swagger, YAML, JSON
• Working knowledge of SQL, SOAPUI
• Experience working in a DevOps environment
• Experience with Java Build Tools: Maven or Gradle
• Automation Test Lead experience

Soft Skills Required

• Excellent communication skills including ability to distil technical details into simple terms; ability to influence decision making across stakeholders
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple complex initiatives
• Natural Problem Solver
• Must be reliable, proactive, results-oriented, customer-focused and attentive to details
• Must be flexible to adapt to a dynamic environment, make quick and sound decisions under pressure
• Strong organizational skills, excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Education

Bachelors or equivalent in computer science or related field is preferred

Best vs. Average Candidate

Ideal candidate has all the must have requirements and 2/3 nice to haves; someone who has initiative, wouldn’t be waiting for instructions to proceed; a contributor self-starter type. Not only manual testing, strong need for expertise in automation.

Candidate Review & Selection

1 round – 1 hour MS Teams video interview – HM + other team members – technical interview, basic Java problem solving. Need to share screen; 1 question towards end of interview.

Hiring Manager’s Availability to Interview

ASAP – off on some Mondays and Fridays.