Senior Quality Automation Engineer

UST; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

UST is seeking a hands-on Senior Quality Engineer based in Toronto, Ontario, who will play a critical role in validating AI solutions and data pipelines. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in a QE environment, focusing on automation and delivering high-quality software. This role offers a hybrid work model and rewards innovative thinking while contributing to impactful projects.

Benefits

Minimum 10 days of paid vacation

Supplemental Healthcare coverage

Paid sick leave

Company-paid life insurance

Paid bereavement leave

Paid jury duty

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in a QE/Agile environment.
• Hands-on experience with data engineering tools (e.g., Spark, Databricks).
• Strong QA or Development background.

Responsibilities

• Implement best practices in Quality Engineering and support QE processes.
• Create and maintain end-to-end test automation frameworks using Python.
• Train and mentor junior members of the team.

Skills

QA Automation

Python Coding

PySpark

CI/CD Pipelines

Education

Undergraduate degree in Technology

Job description

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Who We Are

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

Role Description

Sr. Quality Engineer

Specialist I - Software Engineering

Who We Are

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.

With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.

Visit us at UST.com.

You Are

We are looking for a hands-on Sr. Quality Engineer with a strong background in Data Engineering and applied Machine Learning, responsible for validating end-to-end AI solutions and data pipelines.

You’ll be part of a team working on GenAI Initiatives, testing systems that orchestrate models, tools and data into intelligent, context-aware pipelines.

The Opportunity

• Hybrid: In office/remote
• Implement and champion best practices in Quality engineering, supporting the implementation of the QE Program and overall QE process and standards through continuous test preparation and execution, leveraging an engineering mindset created by practicing deep, technical and domain expertise.
• Responsible for reviewing requirements and business functions
• Creating and maintaining end to end test automation frameworks on-prem and in cloud using Python.
• Responsible for designing the effective automated test frameworks and data-driven execution approach and test design techniques, suggesting and implementing improvements to the test automation processes and tooling.
• Train and mentor junior members of the team to help solidify their automation and testing expertise.
• Manual testing is to be expected, but emphasis will be placed on devising and implementing test automation.
• Develop standardized procedures - test strategies and plans, regression, integration, end to end testing, automated test cases.
• Working with Data Bricks, Snowflake and Azure, testing data hops through the different stages of transformation.
• Continuously identify potential issues, conflicts, and risks. Analyze, mitigate, and escalate where appropriate.
• Collaborate and contribute on cross-functional enterprise initiatives and manage the effective implementation of assigned deliverables.
  
  

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What You Need

• Must have:
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in a QE/ Agile environment with a focus on technical, automated validations leveraging variety of tools/ technologies/ frameworks.
• Undergraduate degree in Technology.
• Hands-on experience with data engineering tools (e.g., Spark, Databricks, Snowflake) and strong understanding of data pipeline orchestration.
• Strong QA or Development background with focus on delivering excellent, well-tested, quality software into production, taking on the role of gatekeeper to production.
• Practical exposure to validating ML model output, metrics, and predictions using Python and popular libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, MLflow).
• Very good Python-coding skills, with focus on Spark/PySpark.
• Knowledge of ML lifecycle management and model monitoring.
• Must have implemented and be very familiar with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communicator with good organizational and time management capabilities, able to establish good working relationships across teams.
• Deadline-driven and results-oriented; able to meet consistently high-quality standards while handling a variety of tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
• Nice-to-have:
• Post Graduate degree in Data Science.
• Experience working with Models
• Experience developing or testing AI Frameworks.
• Exposure to ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Hugging Face Transformers.
• Familiarity with model drift detection and production monitoring practices.
• Understanding of responsible AI practices (e.g., fairness, explainability).
• Cloud-related experience.
  
  

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Ontario

Compensation Range: $108,000-$132,000

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They and their dependents residing in Canada are eligible for Supplemental Healthcare coverage, as well as Company-paid Employee Only basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year). They and their dependents residing in Canada are eligible for Supplemental Healthcare coverage, as well as Company-paid Employee Only basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.

Part-time regular and temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All Canadian employees who work in a province, territory or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.

What We Believe

We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.

Humility

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

An Equal Opportunity Workplace, Free of Discrimination and Harassment

At UST, we strive to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We are an equal opportunity employer and employment decisions are based on merit and business needs. Our Human Rights Policy further illustrates our stand on this. We are committed to following fair employment practices that provide equal opportunities to all employees. We do not discriminate or allow harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status, or any other legally protected status. At UST, we value diversity and believe that a diverse workplace builds a competitive advantage.

Un lieu de travail à égalité des chances, sans Discrimination et harcèlement

Chez UST, nous nous efforçons de fournir un environnement de travail exempt de discrimination et harcèlement. Nous sommes un employeur garantissant l'égalité des chances et des décisions en matière d'emploi sont basés sur le mérite et les besoins de l'entreprise. Notre politique en matière de droits de l'homme illustre notre position à ce sujet. Nous nous engageons à respecter un emploi équitable des pratiques qui offrent des chances égales à tous les employés. Nous ne faisons pas discriminer ou permettre le harcèlement sur la base de la race, de la couleur, de la religion, du handicap, genre, origine nationale, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, expression de genre, âge, informations génétiques, statut militaire ou tout autre statut légalement protégé. Chez UST, nous valorisons la diversité et pensons qu'un lieu de travail diversifié crée un avantage compétitif.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

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Skills

QA Automation,Python Coding,PySpark,CI/CD Pipelines

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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