RQ11312 - Automation Developer - Senior

Source Code; Toronto; On-site; CAD 132,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Source Code in Toronto is seeking an Automation Developer - Senior to identify automation opportunities, design and execute QA tests, and develop reusable automation frameworks using Playwright. The role emphasizes UI and API automation, accessibility testing with tools like Axe/Lighthouse, and AI integration in scripting.

You will collaborate with QA analysts and software developers, write TypeScript/JavaScript automation scripts, and contribute to end-to-end automation solutions including

Qualifications

• Identifies automation opportunities within software processes.
• Designs QA tests and automates functionality checks with scripts.
• Develops and maintains test automation scripts (UI/API).
• Designs scalable automation using Playwright and modern frameworks.
• Creates reusable environments, libraries and templates to reduce redundancy across tests.
• Hands-on coding in TypeScript/JavaScript for automation tasks.
• Tests UI, API, and end-to-end automation to ensure quality.
• Collaborates with QA and dev teams to implement automation solutions.
• Experience configuring automation for accessibility testing (WCAG/AODA).
• Familiar with Power Automate, ML, AI models and related tooling.

Responsibilities

• Identify automation opportunities in software processes.
• Design and execute QA tests using automation scripts.
• Write and maintain test automation scripts.
• Use automation frameworks to run tests and investigate issues.
• Collaborate with QA analysts and developers to fix defects.
• Ensure automation solutions improve workflow and documentation.
• Develop reusable automation components and libraries.
• Support accessibility testing with appropriate tools.

Skills

Automation opportunities

QA testing design

Test automation scripting

Playwright framework

Reusable environments

TypeScript/JS

UI testing

API testing

Accessibility testing

Power Automate

ML/AI basics

Team collaboration

Documentation

Tools

Playwright

Power Automate

Angular

Java

Python

REST APIs

WCAG

Axe/Lighthouse

Job description

RQ11312 - Automation Developer - Senior

ONSITE -222 Jarvis Street, Toronto
8+ Months Duration + Possible extension

Must Have:

• Identifies opportunities for automation within software processes
• Designs and executes QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.
• Designs and writes test automation scripts
• Automation Framework Architecture (Playwright): - Deep expertise in designing, building, and evolving scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, including a thorough understanding of architecture patterns (Page Object Model, modular frameworks, hybrid frameworks).
• Reusable Automation Design experience developing reusable environments, shared libraries, templates, while reducing redundancy across test suites.
• Advanced Scripting & Hands-on Development - Strong hands-on coding skills (TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar) to develop, maintain, and troubleshoot automation scripts.
• Experience implementing automation for- UI testing (Playwright) / API testing
• Accessibility experience (AODA tools such as Axe, Lighthouse) and using AI in script
  

Responsibilities:

• Identifies opportunities for automation within software processes
• Designs and executes QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.
• Designs and writes test automation scripts
• Utilizes test automation frameworks
• Investigates problems in software as a result of testing
• Works with QA analysts and software developers to find solutions

General Skills:

• Experience identifying opportunities for automation within software processes.
• Experience designing and executing QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality
• Experience running tests for databases, systems, networks, applications, hardware and software
• Experience identifying and documenting bugs and quality issues in development, service or business processes.
• Experience installing applications and databases relevant to automation
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to understand how automation can improve workflow and creating documentation
• Experience gathering and documenting requirements from end-users to develop the best automation solutions
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience

Additional Skills for RPA/ML Power Automate:

• Demonstrated 5+ experience in developing, testing, and implementing complex system solutions using Microsoft Power Automate Robotics Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning (ML) platform, and Process Mining Technologies.
• Experience in configuring, building, or developing machine learning algorithms and relevant programming experiences such as Java or Python.
• Demonstrated experience and skills in using Power Automate flows cloud and desktop flows, UI Interface, AI builder/ Form Recognizer ML models, and leveraging accelerators and connectors to build end-to-end RPA/ML automation solutions.
• Demonstrated experience and skills to interface and integrate with multiple databases monitoring applications, Power BI, and different services, to implement end-to-end solutions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of OCR, information extraction/classification, and experience in using and training AI models based on business requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in documenting Solution Design Documents (SDD) based on business requirements and planning and executing the development tasks.
• Demonstrated experience in designing secure Restful/Soap APIs web services and microservices with Java/JEE, Spring Framework, SQL/NoSQL database, Message Queue, etc.
• Demonstrated experience in developing frontend applications using Angular, Java Scripts, Groovy, JSON, HTML/CSS/XML/XPath, and Python.
• Good knowledge of IAM, OAuth, authentication, and authorization.
• Has Experience in developing Java applications that follow Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) at the AA level.

AI Disclaimer: Source Code may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in certain aspects of its recruiting and business operations.

Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $70.48/hr - $84.58/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $56.38/hr - $67.66/hr T4