Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
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20 days ago
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Job Summary
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Drive quality assurance initiatives for large-scale mortgage and lending technology platforms within a major insurance sector transformation. This hybrid opportunity based in Toronto or Waterloo focuses on automation API integration and performance testing in fast-paced enterprise environments supporting complex financial systems and end-to-end lending workflows.
What is in it for you:
Salaried: $52-62 per hour.
Incorporated Business Rate: $62-72 per hour.
8-month contract with the potential for permanent employment.
Full-time position: 37.50 hours per week.
Schedule from 9 am to 5 pm.
Hybrid: 2 days/week in Toronto office.
Responsibilities:
Define and execute comprehensive test strategies covering functional integration performance and non-functional testing for mortgage and lending applications.
Ensure testing approaches align with enterprise quality standards regulatory expectations and delivery timelines.
Collaborate with delivery product and architecture teams to integrate quality practices throughout the development lifecycle.
Design build and maintain automated UI tests using Playwright.
Develop and execute API and service-level tests using Bruno or similar tools.
Perform database validation to ensure data integrity across upstream and downstream lending systems.
Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and early defect detection.
Validate data flows business rules and handoffs across integrated systems supporting end-to-end mortgage journeys.
Execute service and integration tests to ensure system interoperability data consistency and error handling.
Identify and troubleshoot issues related to APIs messaging and system dependencies.
Design and execute performance load and stress tests using JMeter to validate scalability and reliability.
Analyze performance results identify bottlenecks and collaborate with engineering teams on remediation activities.
Contribute to non-functional testing related to reliability resilience and operational readiness.
Validate mortgage and lending workflows including application submission underwriting decisions fulfillment and funding processes.
Ensure technology solutions correctly implement lending rules policies and operational requirements.
Partner with business and business analysis teams to ensure test coverage reflects real-world mortgage scenarios.
Log track and manage defects through resolution including detailed reproduction steps and impact assessments.
Participate in defect triage and prioritization discussions.
Provide quality metrics test status updates and risk assessments to delivery and leadership teams.
What you will need to succeed:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or a related field.
5 to 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance with strong expertise in automation testing and system integration testing.
Experience testing mortgage lending or regulated financial services platforms is strongly preferred but not required.
5 to 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance with strong expertise in automation testing and system integration testing.
Experience testing mortgage lending or regulated financial services platforms is strongly preferred but not required.
Experience with Bruno Playwright Postman API Cucumber or Selenium
Experience performing performance testing using JMeter.
Strong experience testing APIs microservices and integrated systems.
Experience validating data across databases and downstream reporting or operational systems.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution frameworks.
Strong understanding of end-to-end mortgage or credit workflows and supporting systems (an asset)
Experience working in agile or hybrid delivery models supporting complex multi-workstream initiatives.
Ability to work effectively with developers business analysts product owners and external vendors in fast-paced environments.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate defects risks and test results.
Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a cross-functional delivery team.
Strong leadership skills.
Coding experience is considered an asset.
Strong experience testing APIs microservices and integrated systems.
Experience validating data across databases and downstream reporting or operational systems.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution frameworks.
Strong understanding of end-to-end mortgage or credit workflows and supporting systems (an asset)
Experience working in agile or hybrid delivery models supporting complex multi-workstream initiatives.
Ability to work effectively with developers business analysts product owners and external vendors in fast-paced environments.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate defects risks and test results.
Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a cross-functional delivery team.
Strong leadership skills.
Coding experience is considered an asset.
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