Software Engineer in Test

Kelly; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelly in Mississauga, ON is seeking a Senior SDET / Quality Engineering Architect to lead quality engineering strategy for high-throughput trading platforms. You will design scalable automation frameworks, integrate AI-driven testing, and establish automated quality gates across global teams.

You will drive shift-left automation, lead API, UI, and data validation testing, and mentor distributed teams across North America and APAC.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in software development and quality engineering.
• 3+ years in Lead SDET / QA Architect role.
• Experience in financial services, capital markets, FinTech, or trading platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, cloud-native test automation frameworks.
• Drive shift-left and in-sprint automation for UI, APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Architect API, contract, and data validation testing.
• Integrate AI/GenAI-assisted testing and self-healing automation.
• Lead performance, load, latency, resilience, and failover testing.
• Embed automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Core Java

Leadership

Automation strategy

Cloud testing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/SE

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST Assured

JUnit/TestNG

JMeter/Gatling

Job description

Job Title: Senior SDET / Quality Engineering Architect

Location: Mississauga, ON (Initially remote then hybrid)

Hiring Event: November 18–19

Role Overview: Senior SDET / Quality Engineering Architect to lead quality engineering strategy for high-throughput, low-latency trading platforms. The role involves designing scalable automation frameworks, integrating AI-driven testing, implementing performance engineering, and establishing automated quality gates across global engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, cloud-native test automation frameworks using Core Java, BDD/TDD, Cucumber, TestNG/JUnit.
• Drive shift-left and in-sprint automation across UI, APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Architect API, contract, and data validation testing using REST Assured, Pact, WireMock, SQL, and NoSQL.
• Integrate AI/GenAI-assisted testing, intelligent test generation, and self-healing automation.
• Lead performance, load, stress, latency, resilience, and failover testing using JMeter/Gatling.
• Embed automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Define quality metrics, dashboards, engineering standards, and automation best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to distributed teams across North America and APAC.

Required Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of software development and quality engineering experience, including 3+ years in a Lead SDET, Principal SDET, or QA Architect role.
• Strong financial services, capital markets, FinTech, or trading platform experience.
• Expert-level Core Java, including multithreading, concurrency, OOP, and design patterns.
• Proven experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Hands-on expertise in Selenium/Playwright/Cypress, REST API testing, Rest Assured, and performance testing.
• Strong SQL/NoSQL data validation and experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, Jenkins/Bitbucket, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Practical exposure to AI-assisted testing and LLM-driven test automation.
• Excellent architectural leadership, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills.

Preferred Skills

• Kafka, RabbitMQ, or IBM MQ; Pact contract testing.
• AWS/GCP, service mesh, and SAST/DAST security testing.
• Relevant ISTQB, cloud, or Java certifications.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or equivalent practical experience.