Quality Engineering, Lead

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.

The vacant Lead, Quality Engineering role will report to the Leader, Fraud Portal, T&O and partner closely with Fraud Product and Development teams.

• Plan, lead, and oversee all testing activities including Test Plan and Joint Test Strategy

• Provide direction and guidance for test targets, test cases and test coverage using testing, technical and product expertise

• Work with team to define test strategy and approach for automated and manual testing

• Analyze and monitor defect metrics within the release and among releases for the product line, identify trends and recommend test effectiveness measures and quality conclusions.

• Constantly evaluate and refine QA processes/methodologies and enforce them within all teams involved

• Participate in and contribute test effort estimates in Sprint/Release planning sessions

• Defining automation metrics and the process for collecting and validating these metrics, monitor efficiency of the automation activities of the Integration team.

• Developing NFR automation tests targeting interactions between different services and components, timeouts, retries should be design per releases as and when needed

• Planning and executing performance testing activities

• Identifying performance bottlenecks and issues

• Collaborating with development and QA teams to optimize application performance Designing and implementing performance test plans

• Executing load, stress, and scalability tests

• Analyzing test results and providing actionable recommendations

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to address performance issues.

• Acquainted with industry trends and emerging tools in performance testing.

• Develop NFR automation tests targeting interactions between different services and components, timeouts, retries should be design per releases as and when needed

• Computer Science Degree or equivalent work experience.

• 5+ years direct experience in software development with strong, hands-on experience in software automation testing, Performance 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.

• Proficiency in performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Load Runner)

• Experience working within a formal CI/CD pipeline.

• Strong knowledge of C#, JavaScript.

• Knowledge of Selenium Web Driver.

• API testing using POST man or similar.

• Knowledge with web applications architecture, APIs, SQL and No
  
  SQL databases

• Eligibility to work for Interac Corp. in Canada in a full-time capacity.

• 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.

The hiringrangefor this position is $105,000 - $115,000, 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’scommitment 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…