Quality Engineering Manager

PYXIDIA TECHLAB; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

A financial technology company in Toronto is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager specializing in Credit and Market Risk. This mid-senior level role requires leading QA strategies, overseeing testing processes, and utilizing tools like SQL, JIRA, and Git to ensure high-quality outcomes in a regulated environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in enterprise financial systems and familiarity with AWS technologies. The role offers a hybrid working environment and focuses on quality assurance in IT services and consulting.

Qualifications

• Experience leading QA/QE for enterprise financial systems, especially in Credit and Market Risk.
• Strong SQL skills for data validation across risk applications.
• Familiarity with API and microservices testing and AWS deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead E2E QA/QE strategy and reporting.
• Oversee testing of complex system integrations.
• Drive test automation and establish quality metrics.
• Collaborate with technology, product, and business stakeholders to ensure quality and release readiness.
• Establish and track quality metrics, KPIs, and defect trends for senior stakeholder reporting.

Skills

Leadership in Quality Engineering

Test Automation

SQL

API Testing

AWS

Non-functional testing

CI/CD

Stakeholder reporting

Tools

JIRA

Zephyr/Xray/ALM

Git

Job description

Quality Engineering Manager – Credit & Market Risk

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Quality Engineering Manager to lead QA/QE planning, execution, and reporting for end‑to‑end testing across Credit Risk, Market Risk, and Global Trade Desk technology platforms. This role involves managing complex upstream data dependencies and ensuring quality across a diverse portfolio of enterprise business applications within a regulated financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage E2E QA/QE strategy, planning, execution, and reporting across Market Risk and Global Trade Desk platforms.
• Oversee testing across complex system integrations, upstream/downstream data feeds, and multiple dependent applications.
• Drive test automation, data validation, and integration testing initiatives.
• Collaborate with technology, product, and business stakeholders to ensure quality and release readiness.
• Establish and track quality metrics, KPIs, and defect trends for senior stakeholder reporting.

Mandatory Requirements

• Authorization to work in Canada.
• Proven experience leading QA/QE for enterprise‑scale financial systems, preferably in Credit Risk, Market Risk, or Trading domains.

Highlighted Technical Skills

• Quality Engineering Leadership: E2E test strategy, test planning, execution, defect management, and quality reporting across large application portfolios.
• Test Automation & CI/CD: Strong SQL skills, validation of market and credit risk data (P&L, VaR, sensitivities, exposures), testing of upstream data feeds and downstream calculations.
• Knowledge of Market Risk, Credit Risk, Global Trade Desk workflows, and the trade lifecycle across Front Office, Middle Office, and Risk platforms.
• Integration & Messaging: API and microservices testing (REST, JSON, XML), messaging systems such as Kafka, MQ, or JMS.
• Hands‑on experience testing applications deployed on AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS).
• Non‑Functional Testing: Performance, load, resilience, and availability testing in high‑volume trading environments.
• Tools & Platforms: JIRA, Zephyr/Xray/ALM, Git.

Nice to Have

• Experience with regulatory‑driven testing (Basel, FRTB, stress testing).
• Exposure to vendor risk platforms (e.g., Murex, Calypso, FIS).

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Quality Assurance

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting