Senior Quality Engineer (QE)- Automation Testing

Artech LLC; Toronto; Remote; CAD 41,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join a dynamic technology team. You will lead test planning, build automated and manual test suites, ensure high coverage, and help maintain data compliance across environments.

Responsibilities include test design, automation implementation, data handling, and defect management. This full-time, remote role offers a competitive hourly salary in Canada and opportunities to lead QA initiatives within an enterprise

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of total QA/software testing experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on test automation experience using Java, Selenium, and Cucumber.
• Strong proficiency with Agile methodologies, Jira, ALM tools, and testing processes.
• Hands-on experience with SQL query building and API testing.

Responsibilities

• Test Strategy & Planning: Lead test planning at the team level, ensuring in-scope and out-of-scope items are clearly defined, and stories in Scrum refinements contain clear acceptance criteria.
• Test Design & Execution: Develop detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test cases based on functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements; execute both manual and automated test suites.
• Automation Implementation: Identify automation opportunities, implement testing frameworks, and develop automated scripts for various test types.
• Test Data & Compliance: Condition and generate test data, design compliant test data setups, and assist in identifying and managing sensitive data across all test environments.
• Defect Management & Traceability: Record and communicate test results, participate in defect triaging, create/manage forward and backward traceability to requirements, and assist with code promotion steps to higher environments.
• Test Suite Maintenance: Catalog and maintain organized test suites across all testing phases (Smoke, Integration, Regression, etc.).

Skills

QA Testing

Automation

Java

Selenium

Cucumber

Agile

Jira

ALM Octane

SQL

API testing

Tools

Jira

ALM Octane

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join a dynamic, collaborative technology team. In this role, you will be responsible for testing and delivering complex software requirements to achieve key business outcomes. You will lead test planning, build robust automated and manual test suites, ensure high test coverage, and help maintain data compliance across all environments.

Contract & Working Hours

Full-time

Part-time

Location

Remote

Salary

CA$30.00–CA$60.00 hourly

Responsibilities

• Test Strategy & Planning: Lead test planning at the team level, ensuring in-scope and out-of-scope items are clearly defined, and stories in Scrum refinements contain clear acceptance criteria.
• Test Design & Execution: Develop detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test cases based on functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements; execute both manual and automated test suites.
• Automation Implementation: Identify automation opportunities, implement testing frameworks, and develop automated scripts for various test types.
• Test Data & Compliance: Condition and generate test data, design compliant test data setups, and assist in identifying and managing sensitive data across all test environments.
• Defect Management & Traceability: Record and communicate test results, participate in defect triaging, create/manage forward and backward traceability to requirements, and assist with code promotion steps to higher environments.
• Test Suite Maintenance: Catalog and maintain organized test suites across all testing phases (Smoke, Integration, Regression, etc.).

Qualifications

• Experience: 5–7 years of total QA/software testing experience.
• Automation Expertise: 5+ years of hands‑on test automation experience using Java, Selenium, and Cucumber.
• Methodologies & Tools: Strong proficiency with Agile methodologies, Jira, ALM tools, and testing processes.
• Technical Skills: Hands‑on experience with SQL query building and API testing.

Desired Qualifications

• Prior experience within the Banking / Financial Services domain.
• Core Java development experience.
• Familiarity with Micro Focus ALM Octane.

Advantages

• Competitive Pay: High-value contract/full‑time compensation package based on experience.
• Cutting‑Edge Tech Stack: Work with modern automation frameworks, microservices, and Agile tools.
• Hybrid Work Flexibility: Enjoy a balanced schedule with remote work options.
• Career Growth: Opportunity to lead QA initiatives, implement framework improvements, and collaborate with enterprise‑level stakeholders.

Summary

If you are a detail‑oriented QA Automation professional with strong Java/Selenium expertise and a track record of driving quality in Agile environments, we want to hear from you!

EEO and Inclusion Statements

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity‑seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non‑binary/gender non‑conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.