Quality Engineering Specialist: Test Strategy & Automation

Jobtailor; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Canada is seeking a QA Engineer to design and execute manual and automated tests across mainframe and frontend applications. You will implement testing strategies, champion quality in agile ceremonies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial data validation.

Proficiency with Tosca, Cucumber, Selenium and Python is required, along with strong SQL knowledge. The role emphasizes shift-left practices, CI/CD, and continuous improvement of testing

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of software QA/quality engineering experience.
• Strong experience creating and executing manual and automated test cases.
• Experience validating business application logic and financial data calculation accuracy.
• Experience with functional, non-functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing of Mainframe and front-end applications.
• Hands-on with Tricentis Tosca, Cucumber, Selenium and Python.
• Understanding of Agile, DevOps, shift-left, in-sprint testing, CI/CD pipelines, Jira/Confluence and qTest or equivalents.
• Ability to troubleshoot and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Insurance domain and finance/accounting knowledge preferred.
• Experience with SQL, MongoDB, DB2 and IMS preferred.
• Familiarity with Java, Python, C# or other programming languages preferred.
• Knowledge of BDD and TDD testing frameworks preferred.
• Demonstrated prompt engineering in generative AI chatbots and agentic AI for testing preferred.
• Enhanced Reliability Clearance is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement effective quality-engineering testing strategies for complex business requirements
• Advocate for quality within agile teams and participate in ceremonies
• Design and develop detailed test cases for complex use cases and functional requirements
• Execute manual and automated tests to validate application logic and identify defects
• Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams on shift-left testing and automation reuse
• Document and track product defects with reproduction steps and expected and actual results
• Contribute to automation and quality-engineering best practices
• Communicate quality, resource and project issues to management
• Navigate complex challenges and involve others to solve problems and achieve goals

Skills

Quality Engineering

Manual Testing

Automated Testing

Tricentis Tosca

Cucumber

Selenium

Python

Agile / DevOps

SQL

Jira/Confluence

Tools

Jira

Confluence

QTest

CI/CD Pipelines

MongoDB

DB2

IMS

Job description

Jobtailor in Canada is seeking a QA Engineer to design and execute manual and automated tests across mainframe and frontend applications. You will implement testing strategies, champion quality in agile ceremonies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial data validation.

Proficiency with Tosca, Cucumber, Selenium and Python is required, along with strong SQL knowledge. The role emphasizes shift-left practices, CI/CD, and continuous improvement of testing