Test Automation, Senior Specialist

interac; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation & wellness days

Employer-paid benefits coverage

RRSP program

Flexible hybrid work model

Employee assistance program

Parental leave top-up

Charitable donation matching

Job summary

Interac is hiring a Senior Test Automation Specialist to lead advanced automation testing for Money Movement products and services. You will design integration automation frameworks, optimize test coverage, and reduce maintenance costs while ensuring scalable automation across releases.

The role requires 5+ years in software automation testing, strong knowledge of C#, JavaScript, Selenium, API testing, and CI/CD pipelines, with experience in microservices architectures and database integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years direct experience in software development with hands-on automation testing experience.
• Experience building and optimizing automation frameworks and test reporting.

Responsibilities

• Perform automation testing for Interac products with focus on Money Movement.
• Review specs to understand testing scope and how to test it.
• Design and document Integration Automation Framework and best practices.
• Evaluate scripts and recommend changes per requirements.
• Enhance automation strategy for microservices and end-to-end flows.
• Define automation metrics and monitor automation efficiency.
• Develop non-functional automation tests for service interactions and DB integration.

Skills

C#

JavaScript

Selenium WebDriver

API testing

CI/CD

JUnit/NUnit

Git/Stash

Jenkins

Bamboo

Load testing (JMeter)

SQL/NoSQL databases

Agile / Kanban

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

JMeter

Git/Stash

Jenkins

Bamboo

Job description

Who We Are:

Every transaction matters. Every Canadian matters. At Interac, we protect both - driving trust, security, and inclusion, so our digital economy thrives.

Founded in 1984, Interac connects Canadians through secure digital payments, advanced identity verification and industry-leading fraud protection. Connecting banks, businesses, and individuals, Interac enables millions to send, receive, and manage money safely and effortlessly every day - across both digital and physical environments.

As the backbone of Canada's financial ecosystem, Interac facilitates over 20 million transactions daily, supported by trusted partnerships with government and financial institutions. Consistently ranked as Canada's most reputable financial technology brand, Interac is deeply embedded in the daily lives of Canadians.

Who You Will Work With:

The Test Automation, Senior Specialist role will report to the Leader, Product Foundation, Money Movement. The Test Automation, Senior Specialist leads advanced automation testing for Interac's products and services, with a strong focus on online and integration‑heavy solutions. This role designs and evolves integration automation frameworks and best practices to maximize test coverage while minimizing execution time and maintenance effort. The Senior Specialist enhances automation strategies to support microservices‑based architectures, end‑to‑end user flows, and database integrations, and develops non‑functional automation tests to validate service interactions, timeouts, and retries. Through definition of automation metrics and continuous evaluation of scripts, the role drives efficiency, quality, and scalability of automation across releases.

What You Will Do:

• Perform the automation testing functions & support for Interac Corp. products and services, with a focus on the Money Movement product.
• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of what we build and how to test it.
• Design and document the Integration Automation Framework / document Integration Automation best practices with the goal of maximizing of test coverage and minimizing test cycles time via automation but reducing automation maintenance efforts/costs.
• Evaluate all scripts and recommending changes as per the requirements.
• Enhance the automation test strategy to incorporate microservices automation test strategy where it is relevant regarding Integration and end to end user process flow including all services dependencies and DB integration.
• Define automation metrics and the process for collecting and validating these metrics, monitor efficiency of the automation activities of the Integration team.
• Develop NFR automation tests targeting interactions between different services and components, timeouts, retries should be design per releases as and when needed

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years direct experience in software development with strong, hands‑on experience in software automation testing, test case development, test execution, test results analysis, and test optimization.
• Experience in the creation, maintenance and optimization of automation frameworks including management of test reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in NUnit or JUnit.
• Experience working within a formal CI/CD pipeline.
• Strong knowledge of C#, JavaScript.
• Knowledge of Selenium WebDriver.
• API testing using POST man or similar.
• Knowledge with web applications architecture, APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with load testing using JMeter or similar.
• Knowledge and experience with Git/Stash
• Knowledge and experience with Jenkins, Bamboo
• Knowledge and experience of micro-services architecture regarding integration and functional automation tests
• Agile team and methodology experience; Kanban experience is desirable
• Eligibility to work for Interac Corp. in Canada in a full‑time capacity.

What We’re Offering:

The hiring range for this position is $90,000.00 - $105,000.00, and you will also be eligible for our short-term incentive plan. The exact amount will depend on factors such as skills, experience, and job‑related knowledge, but Interac's commitment goes beyond compensation. Our Total Rewards package is designed to support your well‑being and future, and includes:

• Generous vacation and wellness days to help you recharge
• Comprehensive employer‑paid benefits coverage for peace of mind
• Market‑leading employer‑funded RRSP program to invest in your future
• Flexible hybrid work model for better work‑life balance
• Access to a free and confidential 24/7 employee & family assistance program to offer support for you and your immediate family
• Pregnancy and parental leave top‑up to support growing families
• Charitable donation matching with United Way to amplify your impact

Why Join Us?

At Interac, the impact we make, and the people who drive it, is profound. When you become part of our team, you're joining a purpose-driven organization that's shaping the fut