SDET II: AI-Driven Test Automation Engineer

First National Financial LP; Toronto; On-site; CAD 68,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Career advancement

Job summary

First National Financial LP in Toronto seeks an IT Software Test Engineer II to join the IT Quality Assurance team. You will design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, API, and regression testing in an Agile Scrum environment.

You will leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate test creation, perform code reviews, and mentor junior testers while ensuring quality, security, and coding standards across internal systems and web services.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience as a software development engineer in Test (SDET), or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience using AI powered developer tools for automation test development, code review, and ongoing test maintenance within a professional software delivery environment.
• Experience with AI-powered test automation tools such as Testim.io, Applitools, Mabl, Functionize, or Katalon Studio.
• Understanding of software development methodologies, software testing principles, and quality assurance processes.
• Extensive experience in design and developing robust and reusable automation test framework & infrastructure from scratch.
• Extensive experience with source configuration tool (e.g., Git) and issue tracking tools (e.g., Azure DevOps)
• Proficiency with SQL and an understanding of relational database systems
• Extensive experience using API/service testing tools (SoapUI, Postman)
• Experience in TestComplete, Protractor, Cypress, or Playwright is an asset.
• Development background is an asset.
• Deep understanding of agile practices and the Scrum framework.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test scripts and frameworks for functional, API, and regression testing.
• Create and enhance automated test cases using modern automation tools and frameworks aligned with team standards and best practices.
• Assist with initial on-the-job training for new IT Test Engineers.
• Demonstrated, hands on experience leveraging AI assisted development tools in day-to-day automation test development to accelerate script creation and productivity.
• Review and refine AI generated or AI assisted automation test scripts for correctness, maintainability, and security.
• Execute automated test cases, scripts, and scenarios to validate software functionality and reliability.
• Assist in assessing product quality and release readiness.
• Facilitate creation and execution of automated test suites.
• Analyze test automation failures and determine root cause.
• Identify, report, and track defects using bug tracking tools, and collaborate with development teams.
• Test all programming changes affecting First National's software, b2b connections, webservice calls, documents, underwriting systems, websites, etc.
• Assist with preparing for implementation of software and product changes.
• Complete other duties as assigned by the Manager.

Skills

AI assisted automation

Problem solving

Learning agility

Debugging

Communication

Time management

Education

Computer Engineering, Computer Science, related (technical) degree/diploma.

Tools

Testim.io

Applitools

Mabl

Functionize

Katalon Studio

Protractor

Cypress

Playwright

Git

Azure DevOps

SQL

SoapUI

Postman

Job description

First National Financial LP in Toronto seeks an IT Software Test Engineer II to join the IT Quality Assurance team. You will design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, API, and regression testing in an Agile Scrum environment.

You will leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate test creation, perform code reviews, and mentor junior testers while ensuring quality, security, and coding standards across internal systems and web services.