Senior SDET

Aquanow; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company is seeking a Senior SDET to enhance software quality in the digital asset space. You will build automation frameworks, mentor team members, and support greenfield projects. Candidates need extensive experience in automation and testing methodologies, especially with TypeScript and Playwright. This is a hybrid role based in Vancouver, offering competitive compensation between CA$100,000.00 and CA$125,000.00 annually.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development or testing with a strong focus on automation.
• Proven experience in an SDET or QAE role, with a deep understanding of QA methodology, tools, and automation strategy.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering managers and product owners to analyze new requirements.
• Build and maintain automated and manual tests.
• Perform regular test coverage audits.

Skills

Automation testing

API testing

UI testing

Leadership skills

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

Agile workflows

Load testing

CI/CD

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Job description

Senior SDET

This range is provided by Aquanow. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

CA$100,000.00 / yr - CA$125,000.00 / yr

About us

Aquanow is a trading and technology company powering the next generation of financial services. We’re at the forefront of the rapidly evolving digital asset space, empowering businesses to navigate the complexities of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. As a leading provider of infrastructure solutions, we offer innovative services in cryptocurrency trading, liquidity management, and secure digital asset storage. Our platform is built to deliver seamless, scalable, and reliable solutions that cater to the needs of institutional clients and businesses seeking to unlock the potential of digital finance. Aquanow is committed to driving growth and shaping the future of the digital economy by offering unparalleled opportunities for innovation and advancement in the world of digital assets.

With rapid global expansion, we have established offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Dubai, Malaysia, Turkey, and beyond. Our international customer base includes some of the world’s fastest-growing fintech companies and leading financial institutions.

Your Contribution to Our Growth

As a Senior SDET at Aquanow, you’ll play a critical role in raising the bar for software quality as we expand our digital asset infrastructure. You'll work closely with engineering managers and product owners to assess testing feasibility early in the development cycle, and take ownership of managing test strategy across multiple releases and teams. From building reliable API automation using Playwright and TypeScript, to mentoring QA team members and training developers on quality best practices, your contributions will help make quality a shared responsibility across the org.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you'll not only reduce automation debt and improve test coverage, but also influence how quality is integrated into our development lifecycle. You’ll support greenfield projects across Market Operations, Treasury, and Trading, and take part in evolving our automation framework as we move to a monorepo setup. If you enjoy working across frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers, and want to help shape the future of quality in a fast-paced crypto environment, this is a unique opportunity to lead from the front.

This is a full-time, permanent, hybrid role either out of our Downtown Vancouver or Downtown Toronto office.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with engineering managers and product owners to analyze new requirements and assess testability of new requirements before development begins.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive, well-documented suite of automated and manual tests, ensuring visibility across product and engineering teams.
• Perform regular test coverage audits and work with stakeholders to prioritize and integrate automation into the development lifecycle.
• Lead testing efforts across software releases, maintaining high confidence in system stability and reliability.
• Create robust and scalable API test suites using Playwright and TypeScript
• Mentor other QA team members and support developers in adopting better testing practices.
• Help evolve our automation framework and workflows to support long-term scalability and quality.

We’d Love to See

7+ years of experience in software development or testing with a strong focus on automation.

Proven experience in an SDET or QAE role, with deep understanding of QA methodology, tools, and automation strategy.

Demonstrated leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Strong technical experience in API and UI testing methodologies.

Proficiency in TypeScript / Node.js and experience with Playwright or similar frameworks (e.g. Cypress).

Hands-on experience with testing across frontend, backend, performance, and security domains.

Solid understanding of AWS services and how it can be leveraged in testing environments.

Familiarity with Agile workflows, including story refinement and sprint planning.

Experience with load / performance testing tools and techniques.

Knowledge of CI / CD and QA automation tooling such as GitHub Actions.

Background in fintech, trading, payments, or a strong interest in crypto and decentralized finance.

These are not strict requirements to thrive in this role. We believe that people can learn and understand technologies if they are willing. We encourage you to still apply if some of the requirements are missing or lacking.

At our offices you will find a group of people that embrace diversity and value performance over pedigree. Every day we draw value from the diverse experiences of our team whose backgrounds include top financial institutions, tech companies and untraditional backgrounds. Our success comes from identifying exceptional people and providing them with the platform to reach their true potential.

Aquanow is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, qualified veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other unlawful criterion or circumstance.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Quality Assurance, Engineering, and Information Technology

Industries

Financial Services and IT Services and IT Consulting

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