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, 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 Java/Spring Boot development experience. 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. … mais