Intermediate SDET

Aquanow; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquanow in Toronto is seeking an Intermediate SDET to enhance the testing infrastructure for our digital asset platform. This role involves developing and maintaining automated tests in a collaborative environment, focusing on both frontend and backend systems, and contributing to the overall quality assurance process.

The successful candidate will have knowledge of QA methodologies with hands-on experience in automated testing frameworks. This full-time, hybrid position offers opportunities to grow in the fast-paced fintech space.

Qualifications

• Experience in an SDET or QAE role.
• Experience with software testing across multiple domains – frontend, backend, performance & security testing.
• Creative, independent, self-motivated and quick to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain an automated test infrastructure for a multi-platform product.
• Integrate with CI infrastructure to establish a continuous build and test cycle.
• Manage QA and automation workflows with a mindset of continuous improvement.

Skills

Knowledge of QA methodology and tools

Experience with automated software testing

Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks such as Playwright or Cypress

Experience working with AWS

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Tools

GitHub actions

CI/CD systems

Job description

Your Contribution to Our Growth

As an Intermediate SDET at Aquanow, you’ll play a hands‑on role in helping us scale and strengthen the testing infrastructure behind our digital asset platform. Working alongside developers, product managers, and QA leads, you'll contribute to building and maintaining automated tests that support a multi‑platform environment. You'll help drive quality throughout the development cycle by increasing automation coverage, and supporting regular sprint activities with thoughtful planning and execution.

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in fast‑moving environments and is looking to take the next step in their QA career. You’ll work across frontend and backend systems, write clean and reliable integration tests, and gain exposure to real‑world financial use cases in trading, payments, and digital assets. If you're eager to grow your skills, contribute to real impact, and help shape quality practices as part of a collaborative engineering team, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a Full‑Time, Hybrid position based in either Downtown Toronto or Vancouver.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain an automated test infrastructure for a multi‑platform product that will be used to validate all aspects of product operation.
• Increase the automation of tasks and expand test coverage through both new and existing infrastructure.
• Integrate with CI infrastructure to establish a continuous build and test cycle.
• Be part of the agile team; help thoroughly define, plan and test each task that is part of the sprint.
• Manage QA and automation workflows with a mindset of continuous improvement and scalability.
• Develop integration tests that reflect real‑world business logic and use cases.

We’d Love to See

• Knowledge of QA methodology and tools, with experience in an SDET or QAE role.
• Experience with software testing across multiple domains – frontend, backend, performance & security testing.
• Experience with automated software testing.
• Experience with Agile workflow – working with product owners defining, and refining user stories.
• Hands‑on experience with automated testing frameworks such as Playwright or Cypress.
• Knowledge of QA workflow automation tooling, such as GitHub actions, CI/CD systems
• Experience working with AWS.
• Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools, with demonstrated QA experience in an SDET or QAE role.
• Background in digital payment/financial industry and/or interest in cryptocurrency.
• Creative, independent, self‑motivated and quick to learn new technologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

These are not strict requirements to thrive in this role. We believe that people can learn and understand technologies if they are willing. We encourage you to still apply if some of the requirements are missing or lacking.

At our offices you will find a group of people that embrace diversity and value performance over pedigree. Every day we draw value from the diverse experiences of our team whose backgrounds include top financial institutions, tech companies and untraditional backgrounds. Our success comes from identifying exceptional people and providing them with the platform to reach their true potential.

Aquanow is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, qualified veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other unlawful criterion or circumstance.