LEAD SDET ENGINEER

Acestack; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Acestack is seeking a Lead SDET Engineer in Toronto to define and drive automation strategy across UI, API, mobile, and microservices. You will architect scalable testing frameworks and lead QA teams within Agile/DevOps environments.

You will mentor SDETs and Automation Engineers while advancing AI/GenAI-enabled testing and quality gates to improve delivery performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in test automation architecture and framework design.
• Expertise with automation frameworks and tools including: Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Appium, Robot Framework.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide automation testing strategy, framework architecture, and quality engineering roadmap.
• Design and implement scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, mobile, database, and microservices testing.
• Evaluate and recommend automation tools, frameworks, and technologies based on business and technical requirements.
• Architect CI/CD-integrated test automation solutions using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Drive shift-left testing practices and quality gates within Agile and DevOps environments.
• Establish automation standards, coding guidelines, framework governance, and reusable component libraries.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Product Owners, Developers, Security teams, and DevOps engineers to ensure end-to-end quality.
• Lead POCs and adoption of emerging technologies, including AI/GenAI-enabled testing.
• Define automation metrics, reporting dashboards, ROI measurements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor QA Leads, SDETs, and Automation Engineers on framework design and automation best practices.
• Support performance, accessibility, security, and resiliency testing strategies.
• Drive defect prevention through root cause analysis and continuous quality improvement programs.

Skills

Test automation architecture

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Appium

Robot Framework

CI/CD

Quality engineering

UI automation

API automation

Mobile automation

Microservices testing

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

LEAD SDET ENGINEER

Job Type: Full Time
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Model: Onsite / 4 Days

Primary Skills: Test Automation Architecture, Playwright/Selenium/Cypress, CI/CD & Quality Engineering

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced LEAD SDET ENGINEER to define enterprise-wide automation strategies, architect scalable testing frameworks, and drive quality engineering initiatives across Agile and DevOps environments. The role will provide technical leadership across UI, API, mobile, database, and microservices testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide automation testing strategy, framework architecture, and quality engineering roadmap.
• Design and implement scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, mobile, database, and microservices testing.
• Evaluate and recommend automation tools, frameworks, and technologies based on business and technical requirements.
• Architect CI/CD-integrated test automation solutions using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Drive shift-left testing practices and quality gates within Agile and DevOps environments.
• Establish automation standards, coding guidelines, framework governance, and reusable component libraries.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Product Owners, Developers, Security teams, and DevOps engineers to ensure end-to-end quality.
• Lead POCs and adoption of emerging technologies, including AI/GenAI-enabled testing.
• Define automation metrics, reporting dashboards, ROI measurements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor QA Leads, SDETs, and Automation Engineers on framework design and automation best practices.
• Support performance, accessibility, security, and resiliency testing strategies.
• Drive defect prevention through root cause analysis and continuous quality improvement programs.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• Strong experience in test automation architecture and framework design.
• Expertise with automation frameworks and tools including:
  • Playwright
  • Selenium
  • Cypress
  • Appium
  • Robot Framework
• Strong understanding of UI, API, mobile, database, and microservices automation.
• Experience integrating automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, DevOps, shift-left testing, and quality engineering practices.
• Experience establishing automation standards, governance, reusable components, and coding guidelines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI/GenAI-enabled testing solutions.
• Experience supporting performance, accessibility, security, and resiliency testing.
• Experience defining automation KPIs, dashboards, and ROI metrics.
• Proven experience mentoring SDETs and automation engineering teams.
• Experience in enterprise-scale quality engineering transformation initiatives.

Job Details

• Job Type: Full Time
• Location: Toronto, ON
• Work Model: Onsite / 4 Days