Software Developer in Test

RBC; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Software Developer in Test to lead quality assurance efforts through automation. This role involves developing and executing test plans for large projects while collaborating with developers to enhance application quality. You will leverage your expertise in CI/CD principles and various automation tools to drive defect prevention and early detection. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration, offering opportunities for professional growth and a chance to make a significant impact on the quality of software delivery. If you are passionate about technology and quality assurance, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible work/life balance options

Opportunities for professional development

Dynamic and collaborative work environment

Competitive compensation

Coaching and mentorship from leaders

Challenging work opportunities

Stock options where applicable

Qualifications

• 2 to 7 years of enterprise software development experience.
• Hands-on expertise in automation frameworks and scripting languages.
• Strong business domain knowledge for effective testing.

Responsibilities

• Manage project test activities and align with quality engineering practices.
• Implement and maintain DevOps pipeline using GitHub actions.
• Develop project test plans with a focus on automation.

Skills

Application Testing

Decision Making

Detail-Oriented

Group Problem Solving

IT Quality Assurance

Long Term Planning

Predictive Analytics

Programming Languages

Software Product Testing

Test Automation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

Playwright

SOAPUI

Postman

Github Actions

Jenkins

Jira

Qtest Manager

MongoDB

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As a Software Developer in Test, you will be Developer Lead and accountable for driving quality and champion defect prevention/early defect detection by utilizing automation. You will be responsible for developing and executing test plans for ecosystem/program/large projects. You will work in a blend-in role where you will help other developers in developing/deploying applications or lead the technical test effort by exploring and implementing opportunities within our automation processes, provide test infrastructure support and implement opportunities within the DevOps pipeline, including application of CI/CD principles.

What will you do?

• Responsible for managing project test activities and aligning to RBC Quality Engineering practices while partnering across IT and with assigned business lines to plan functional and nonfunctional testing activities and managing project resources and vendor coordination.

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining DevOps pipeline Github actions.

• Participate in design and architectural discussions to understand testability and automation test impact of new features.

• Responsible for test case creation and execution, maximizing automation (Simple/Medium/High complexity).

• Work in a blend-in role to help developers in fixing bugs, implementing enhancements by writing code.

• Effectively communicate and build rapport with team members, stakeholders, and business partners using a variety of techniques and collaboration from initiation to close.

• Provide coaching to team members on QE, Agile, DevOps, and applicable RBC processes, practices, and tools.

• Responsible for developing project/program test plans and strategies with a focus on optimized coverage for assigned programs/projects through the application lifecycle and managing end-to-end quality project activities with a focus on test automation at all levels of testing.

• Responsible for utilizing service virtualization tools to enable early and continuous testing.

• Monitor and report on environment availability and stability of AUT using automation smoke scripts.

• Support and execute Performance Management processes by providing feedback on resources and ensuring development plans & performance reviews are in place and support senior management in the development of workforce skill sets in order to meet transformation needs and achieve strategic goals.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 2 to 7 years of enterprise software development experience, with technical leadership in a variety of environments (cloud, services/APIs, distributed or mainframe, business workflows, and databases).

• Experience in DevOps operations including CI/CD principles, Github actions, understanding of Automated build/deploy process through Jenkins.

• Hands-on expertise in a variety of automation frameworks/tools (e.g., Selenium, TestNG, Playwright, SOAPUI, Postman), and script development using scripting languages (e.g. Python, Java, etc.).

• Hands-on programming experience (e.g., Python, Java, SQL DB querying, & PowerShell) and source code configuration tools (GIT, SVN, MKS).

• Strong business Domain knowledge to ensure the ability to deploy appropriate testing techniques and methodologies to resolve business goals & analyze business logic, processes, data attributes, and business rules.

• Hands-on experience with defining Test strategy and test approach for Agile and Non-agile projects.

• Database technologies (e.g. MongoDB, DB2, SQL, IMS) and strong SQL and Stored procedure experience.

• Document Test artifacts in Jira/Qtest Manager.

• Experience with XML, HTML, and JSON.

Nice to have

• Experience reviewing artifacts including code reviews (application and test automation scripts).

• Experience with non-functional testing (performance, UI/UX, Accessibility, etc.).

• Web, Pega API development experience.

• QA Certifications.

• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.

• Flexible work/life balance options.

• Opportunities to do challenging work.

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.

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Job Skills

Application Testing, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Group Problem Solving, IT Quality Assurance, Long Term Planning, Predictive Analytics, Programming Languages, Software Product Testing, Test Automation

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City: TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-02-07

Application Deadline: 2025-04-21

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

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