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Senior QA Automation Engineer

Luxoft

Toronto, CAN

Full-time

Senior

Discovered 2 weeks ago

Core Skills: • Proven experience in software quality engineering, including functional, regression, and integration testing • Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Pytest, or similar) • Solid understanding of API testing (REST) and ability to write and maintain automated test suites • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build/release workflows • Proficiency in Python or equivalent scripting language for test development • SQL proficiency for data validation, test data setup, and backend verification Domain Experience: • Familiarity with financial services or trading platforms is strongly preferred • Experience testing event-driven or message-queue-based systems (e.g., SQS, Kafka) is an asset • Understanding of trade lifecycle and order management systems is a plus

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Skills

Core Skills: • Proven experience in software quality engineering, including functional, regression, and integration testing • Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Pytest, or similar) • Solid understanding of API testing (REST) and ability to write and maintain automated test suites • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build/release workflows • Proficiency in Python or equivalent scripting language for test development • SQL proficiency for data validation, test data setup, and backend verification Domain Experience: • Familiarity with financial services or trading platforms is strongly preferred • Experience testing event-driven or message-queue-based systems (e.g., SQS, Kafka) is an asset • Understanding of trade lifecycle and order management systems is a plus

Responsibilities

Design, build and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts with independence improving efficiency and test coverage to enable business capabilities, working in an Agile environment that includes business and T&D partner teams. Drive a shift-left approach to software validation, guiding the team to apply automation themselves vs handing to "QA/QE" to automate Participate in product design and development to ensure that quality is built in from the beginning. Monitor the effectiveness of test automation and drive improvements through insights gained via analysis at various stages of test automation to ensure stability, efficiency, and scalability. Define and execute test plans, test cases/scripts, identify defects, analyze test results and partner with developers to ensure that products or services meet quality standards. Apply advanced understanding of engineering best practices and drive continuous improvement across the team through coaching and influencing Adhere to Agile SDLC and execute related duties as required. Foster collaboration and mentorship promoting a culture of feedback, learning and professional growth Maintain strong relationships with business partners, peer IT teams and vendor partners.