Senior QA Lead: AI-Driven Testing (Hybrid, Toronto)

Maarut

Toronto

Hybrid

CAD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Maarut is seeking a senior Quality Assurance lead for systems testing across UI, API, AI-enabled solutions, and cross-platform testing. The role focuses on planning, executing, and leading QA activities, including AI testing and automation within a hybrid work model in Toronto.

You will mentor teams, drive test strategies, and ensure high-quality software delivery aligned with business needs. You will design test plans, create data, and oversee UAT, while coordinating with project managers,

Qualifications

Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 10+ years of experience performing testing for large-scale applications, including on-premise web solutions, cloud-based integrations, and mobile platforms.
Minimum of 3 years of solid experience in AI-assisted testing with hands-on experience in developing AI-powered QA agents using agentic AI, LLM technologies and chatbot applications to create and execute test cases.
Experience using AI tools to increase testing coverage, negative testing, regression testing with knowledge of AI-assisted automation for CI/CD pipelines.
Experience leading and coordinating testing activities in collaboration with project teams and a strong understanding of delivery methodologies: SDLC, Waterfall, Agile (Scrum), Hybrid, DevOps.
Certification in Software Quality Engineering or equivalent is a strong asset.
Excellent analytical skills in business processes, information systems, information management, and web UI design and accessibility.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

Lead testing efforts for assigned projects, including planning, coordination, execution and oversight of QA activities.
Assess risks to quality based on verification and validation results and provide mitigation recommendations.
Implement and maintain quality processes that support development and production change management.
Design comprehensive manual and automated testing processes, including test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
Develop functional, system, regression, integration, load, and performance test scenarios based on project requirements.
Collaborate with development leads and business analysts to design and create test data for test execution.
Perform various types of testing manually and/or using automation tools.
Lead and assist business users in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Manage the full-cycle process for documenting and communicating test discrepancies and defects to stakeholders.
Provide regular updates on testing progress, issues, and outcomes to project teams and management.
Develop and build a Test Completion Report summarizing all testing activities and results for gating purposes.
Maintain detailed records of test results and discrepancies using designated QA tools.