Lead Quality Engineer -Artificial Intelligence

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is looking for a Lead Quality Engineer to enhance their AI-focused projects. The ideal candidate will advocate for quality in project lifecycles and lead the design of automation frameworks while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include providing updates, addressing risks, and ensuring adherence to organizational compliance standards. Join this dynamic team and contribute to delivering outstanding financial solutions.

Benefits

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship

Upskilling opportunities

Competitive Rewards program

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams to encourage innovation and collaboration.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to embrace feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead and enhance test automation frameworks.
• Drive initiatives to streamline Quality Engineering processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for project delivery.
• Conduct root cause analysis of post-production issues.

Skills

Experience with AI

API testing (preferably using Postman)

Leading teams

Attention to detail in testing

Excellent communication skills

Effective organizational skills

Strong analytical skills

Positive and resilient personality

Job description

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Lead Quality Engineer – Artificial Intelligence

Requisition ID: 241586

About the role

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high‑performing culture. Contributes to the overall success of Canadian Banking ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed and delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• Be an advocate for quality in the project lifecycle.
• Enhance test automation framework architecture and implement approaches to maximize automation across all areas. Lead the team to design, develop and maintain test automation frameworks and write moderate to complex code/scripts to enable continuous testing in an agile environment.
• Lead innovation and introduce AI technologies and methodologies for Quality Engineering. Drive initiatives to streamline QE processes and implement best practices, on a continuous basis, to act as an agent for change to the organization.
• Lead testing for projects and initiatives across multiple applications and plan team allocation and capacity management.
• Facilitate communication across team members and motivate the team to achieve shared goals.
• Collaborate with team to plan milestones, successfully execute project delivery, and escalate issues as needed.
• Coordinate the completion of Quality Engineering deliverables on time, as per the schedule, by working in collaboration with cross‑functional teams at all levels of the organization.
• Provide regular status updates and call out risks and issues to release and project timelines, conduct root cause analysis of post‑production issues and plan to prevent them in future.
• Report defects and work closely with the team so that solutions can be determined, prioritized, and scheduled.
• Have in‑depth and up‑to‑date understanding of the organization’s products, applications, systems, environments, processes and tools.
• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day‑to‑day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day‑to‑day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Champion a high‑performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Experience with AI (must have)
• Experience with API testing (preferably using Postman)
• Experience leading teams to encourage both individual and collaborative innovation
• Attention to detail in testing
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence decision‑making across stakeholders
• Effective organizational, planning, and time‑management skills
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Positive and resilient personality – able to embrace feedback and desire for continuous iteration and improvement

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship – We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias‑free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations – We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross‑functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement – no matter where you choose to work, we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

Location(s)

Canada – Ontario – Toronto

Company Information

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

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