Software Engineer in Test

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, Wire Mock, SQL, and No

SQL .

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/Open Shift .

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, Fin Tech, 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/No

SQL 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.