Senior QA Automation Engineer

Luxoft; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft in Toronto, Canada is seeking a Software Quality Engineer to join a fast-growing institutional investment client. The role focuses on building and maintaining automated test frameworks and executing tests in an Agile setting.

You will drive a shift-left testing mindset, collaborate with development and business teams, and ensure high-quality software across APIs, data validation, and backend components in a financial services context.

Qualifications

• Experience in software quality engineering, including functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Hands-on test automation experience with frameworks like Selenium and Pytest.
• Proficient in API testing and building automated test suites.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating tests into build/release workflows.
• Proficient in Python for test development and SQL for data validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts in Agile environments.
• Drive a shift-left approach to software validation and automation ownership.
• Participate in product design to ensure quality is built in from the start.
• Monitor test automation effectiveness and drive improvements across scalability.
• Define and execute test plans, identify defects, and collaborate with developers.
• Apply engineering best practices and foster continuous improvement within the team.
• Adhere to the Agile SDLC and related duties as required.
• Maintain strong relationships with business partners, IT teams and vendors.

Skills

QA Engineering

Test Automation

Selenium

Pytest

API Testing

CI/CD

Python

SQL

Financial services domain

Tools

Selenium

Pytest

Job description

Project description

Applying to the position, you may join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. Our client is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds to ensure long‑term sustainability. The company invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed‑income instruments.Client attracts and selects high‑calibre individuals from top‑tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast‑paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts with independence improving efficiency and test coverage to enable business capabilities, working in an Agile environment that includes business and T&D partner teams.
• Drive a shift-left approach to software validation, guiding the team to apply automation themselves vs handing to “QA/QE” to automate
• Participate in product design and development to ensure that quality is built in from the beginning.
• Monitor the effectiveness of test automation and drive improvements through insights gained via analysis at various stages of test automation to ensure stability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Define and execute test plans, test cases/scripts, identify defects, analyze test results and partner with developers to ensure that products or services meet quality standards.
• Apply advanced understanding of engineering best practices and drive continuous improvement across the team through coaching and influencing
• Adhere to Agile SDLC and execute related duties as required.
• Foster collaboration and mentorship promoting a culture of feedback, learning and professional growthMaintain strong relationships with business partners, peer IT teams and vendor partners.

SKILLS

Must have

• Core Skills:
• 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 equivalent scripting language for test development
• SQL proficiency for data validation, test data setup, and backend verificationDomain 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