QA Automation Engineer (UI + API Automation)

Cognizant; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Toronto is seeking a hands-on Full Stack QA Automation Engineer to ensure quality, reliability, and performance across backend and web applications. You will design and maintain automation frameworks, build API, UI, and E2E test suites, and integrate tests into CI/CD within a hybrid Toronto office model.

The role requires 6–8 years of testing experience, strong Java automation, and knowledge of Selenium/Playwright, API testing with Rest Assured and Postman, SQL, and Git.

Qualifications

• 6 to 8 years of professional software testing and automation experience, ideally in trading or financial domains.
• Strong hands-on Java automation experience.
• Proficiency with Selenium and/or Playwright.
• Extensive experience with API testing tools including Rest Assured and Postman.
• Solid working knowledge of SQL for backend validation and Git for version control.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and Agile development teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain automation frameworks.
• Build API, UI, and E2E test suites.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams.
• Execute functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Perform root cause analysis

Skills

Automation testing

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Rest Assured

Postman

Git

Docker

Azure

Job description

About the role

Seeking a hands-on Full Stack QA Automation Engineer to ensure quality, reliability, and performance of trading platforms across backend and web applications.

In this role, you will

• Design and maintain automation frameworks.
• Build API, UI, and E2E test suites.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams.
• Execute functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Perform root cause analysis

Work Model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

What you need to have to be considered

• Experience Level: 6 to 8 years of professional software testing and automation experience, ideally within trading or financial domains.
• Programming & Frameworks: Strong hands-on Java automation experience.
• Web Automation: Proficiency with Selenium and/or Playwright.
• API Testing: Extensive experience with API testing tools including Rest Assured and Postman.
• Technical Stack: Solid working knowledge of SQL for backend validation and Git for version control.
• Pipelines & Methodologies: Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and working within Agile development teams.

These will help you stand out

• BDD tools (Cucumber)
• Financial domain knowledgePerformance testing (JMeter)
• Azure knowledge (AZ-900 certification is a plus)
• Docker

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Total compensation

We regularly assess market data to ensure we offer a competitive compensation package for our associates. The base salary for this position ranges between CAD 70,000 – 90,000 per year. Where the successful candidate may fall within the range depends on relevant education, work and/or management experience and other business-related and job-necessary qualifications. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual performance-based bonus, as well as benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.