Software Engineer in Test

3 days ago

Mississauga ON, Peel Regional District, ON; Ontario, Canada Kelly Full-time

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.

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