Senior Automation Engineer - Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Pozent Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Pozent Corporation in Toronto is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts, working in an Agile environment with business and IT teams.

You will drive a shift-left approach, participate in product design to ensure quality from the start, and monitor test automation. Collaboration with developers will improve stability and scalability while you mentor peers and promote continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software quality engineering, including functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Pytest, or similar).
• Solid understanding of API testing (REST) and ability to write and maintain automated test suites.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build/release workflows.
• Proficiency in Python or an equivalent scripting language for test development.
• SQL proficiency for data validation, test data setup, and backend verification.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts independently to improve efficiency and test coverage, working in an Agile environment with business and IT partner teams.
• Drive a shift-left approach to software validation, guiding teams to apply automation themselves rather than relying solely on QA/QE.
• Participate in product design and development to ensure quality is built in from the start.
• Monitor the effectiveness of test automation and drive improvements through analysis at various stages to ensure stability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Define and execute test plans and test cases/scripts, identify defects, analyze test results, and partner with developers to ensure products meet quality standards.
• Apply advanced engineering best practices and drive continuous improvement through coaching and influence.
• Adhere to Agile SDLC processes and perform related duties as required.
• Foster collaboration and mentorship, promoting a culture of feedback, learning, and professional growth.
• Maintain strong relationships with business partners, peer IT teams, and vendor partners.

Skills

Software quality engineering

Test automation frameworks

API testing

CI/CD pipelines

Python scripting

SQL data validation

Tools

Selenium

Pytest

REST API testing

CI/CD tools

Python scripting

SQL

Job description

Position: Senior QA Automation Engineer

Start date: ASAP

Emp Type: Contract

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts independently to improve efficiency and test coverage, working in an Agile environment with business and T&D partner teams.
• Drive a shift-left approach to software validation, guiding teams to apply automation themselves rather than relying solely on QA/QE.
• Participate in product design and development to ensure quality is built in from the start.
• Monitor the effectiveness of test automation and drive improvements through analysis at various stages to ensure stability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Define and execute test plans and test cases/scripts, identify defects, analyze test results, and partner with developers to ensure products meet quality standards.
• Apply advanced engineering best practices and drive continuous improvement through coaching and influence.
• Adhere to Agile SDLC processes and perform related duties as required.
• Foster collaboration and mentorship, promoting a culture of feedback, learning, and professional growth.
• Maintain strong relationships with business partners, peer IT teams, and vendor partners.

Position: Senior QA Automation Engineer

Location: Toronto, ON (4 days onsite/per week)

Start date: ASAP

Emp Type: Contract

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts independently to improve efficiency and test coverage, working in an Agile environment with business and T&D partner teams.
• Drive a shift-left approach to software validation, guiding teams to apply automation themselves rather than relying solely on QA/QE.
• Participate in product design and development to ensure quality is built in from the start.
• Monitor the effectiveness of test automation and drive improvements through analysis at various stages to ensure stability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Define and execute test plans and test cases/scripts, identify defects, analyze test results, and partner with developers to ensure products meet quality standards.
• Apply advanced engineering best practices and drive continuous improvement through coaching and influence.
• Adhere to Agile SDLC processes and perform related duties as required.
• Foster collaboration and mentorship, promoting a culture of feedback, learning, and professional growth.
• Maintain strong relationships with business partners, peer IT teams, and vendor partners.

Core Skills

Skills - Must Have

• Proven experience in software quality engineering, including functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Pytest, or similar).
• Solid understanding of API testing (REST) and ability to write and maintain automated test suites.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build/release workflows.
• Proficiency in Python or an equivalent scripting language for test development.
• SQL proficiency for data validation, test data setup, and backend verification.

Domain Experience:

• Familiarity with financial services or trading platforms is strongly preferred.
• Experience testing event-driven or message-queue-based systems (e.g., SQS, Kafka) is an asset.
• Understanding of trade lifecycle and order management systems is a plus.

Nice to Have

• AWS cloud testing experience.
• Performance and load testing exposure.