Lead Quality Engineer
Lead Quality Engineer
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04-05-2025
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Join a Challenger
Being a traditional bank just isnt our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform whats possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If youre not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future you belong with us. Youll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun ask questions and learn together.
We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 670000 people acrossCanadathrough Equitable BankCanadasChallenger Bank and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Banks whollyowned subsidiary Concentra Bank supports credit unions acrossCanadathat serve more than six million members. Together we have over$125 billionin combined assets under management and administration with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich peoples lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform () one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes Worlds Best Banks list since 2021.
Equitable Interview
As we continue to scale our team candidates selected for our comprehensive interview process may be considered for a different level either higher or lower based on their interview performance. This equitable hiring approach allows us to ensure that talented individuals from a variety of industries are set up for longterm success within EQBs dynamic growing goal is to support candidates in building lasting careers rather than relying solely on perceived experience. The hiring committee will thoughtfully assess each candidates skills and potential and adjust the level of the role as needed to create the best possible fit.
Purpose of Job
The Lead Quality Engineer (L7) is a key member of the team responsible for supporting the planning design and execution of software testing activities within Equitable Bank. Reporting to the Manager of Quality Engineering the QE Lead will work collaboratively within the IT department and with other business units to ensure product quality and endtoend testing with TEMENOS integration including API middleware and microservices. The QE Lead will take ownership for advancing automation frameworks optimizing test stability integrating performance security and resiliency testing into pipelines and ensuring endtoend traceability and auditreadiness. They will also support all testing phases and lead continuous improvements in QE tooling metrics and strategy.
Accountability
The incumbent reports to the Manager Quality Engineering and is responsible for:
Providing regular updates on quality status metrics and risks to stakeholders.
Driving improvements in automation coverage framework stability and feedback loops.
Escalating potential risks related to timelines quality or compliance early with mitigation plans.
Acting as a senior technical and strategic quality advocate within the broader engineering team.
Contributing to the adoption of shiftleft testing mindset advancing automation maturity and enhancing customer satisfaction through improved product quality.
Main Activities:
- Assess business requirements for Digital Banking enhancements or Product Launches under technical and functional lenses providing actionable feedback across multiple teams.
- Review technical/integration requirement documents and collaborate with internal stakeholders for testability improvements.
- Define structured test strategies and scalable test plans for all initiatives ensuring riskbased prioritization.
- Design develop and optimize automation frameworks and detailed test cases covering UI API and mobile layers.
- Configure and maintain automated test suites integrated within CI/CD pipelines ensuring execution efficiency and timely feedback loops.
- Lead and mentor the quality team establishing automation coding standards and performing reviews.
- Oversee crossteam automation initiatives to improve coverage reliability and tooling.
- Highlight potential quality risks and propose mitigation strategies early in the lifecycle.
- Drive continuous improvement of testing documentation best practices and frameworks.
- Develop and evolve quality metrics dashboards analyze trends and drive actionable engineering improvements.
- Participate actively in root cause analysis and contribute to the design of resilient QE systems and tooling.
- Lead configuration and setup of test environments in coordination with vendors and IT teams.
- Lead and facilitate reviews of testing artifacts with project and product teams.
- Define ethical and practical AI usage practices within the testing and automation processes.
- Support UAT activities with business units as needed.
- Deliver training guidance and mentoring for the QE team to grow automation and quality capabilities.
Qualifications and Skill Set:
- Minimum of 8 years experience in Software Quality Engineering with proven experience leading large testing and automation initiatives preferably in the financial services sector.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in developing and maintaining UI and API automation frameworks.
- University Degree in Computer Science Engineering or related technical degree or equivalent experience is required
- Strong understanding of Microservice Architecture and testing strategies for distributed systems.
- Expertise with automation frameworks and tools such as Selenium WebDriver Cucumber (BDD) Postman JavaScript and Appium for mobile.
- Strong programming knowledge in Java and JavaScript with the ability to write automation code from scratch.
- Experience with integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions or similar).
- Working knowledge of service virtualization tools (eg: Parasoft/Smartbear/IBM Rational Tester) and log analysis platforms (eg: Kibana Splunk).
- Experience with database testing and writing complex SQL queries.
- Exposure to cloud testing and security compliance best practices.
- Strong understanding of SDLC processes for Agile delivery models.
- Strong skills in JIRA Confluence Zephyr (or any test management tool) and test management practices.
- Build custom tools/processes to enhance QE workflows.
- Proficiency with performance resiliency and security testing frameworks.
Additional Nice to Have Skills:
- Experience working with Test Data Management tools like Delphix or CA TDM.
- Exposure to cloudnative architectures containerization (Docker)
- Experience piloting and adopting new QE tools plugins or frameworks.
- Experience with Temenos VisionPlus or other core banking platforms.
- Familiarity with AIbased approaches to accelerate and optimize quality engineering activities.
Job Complexities / Thinking Challenges
- Establish and optimize new automation strategies frameworks and best practices across teams.
- Proactively identify gaps in quality automation infrastructure or metrics and propose improvements.
- Maintain focus in a fastpaced environment with multiple competing initiatives.
- Mentor and guide the team on best practices while leading by example on coding standards and automation excellence.
What we offer For fulltime permanent roles
Competitive discretionary bonus
Market leading RRSP match program
Medical dental vision life and disability benefits
Employee Share Purchase Plan
Maternity/Parental topup while you care for your little one
Generous vacation policy and personal days
Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program
A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Banks additional office space located at 220025 Ontario Street Toronto ON.
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyones diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path but personally as well.
We commit to providing a barrierfree recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.
We cant wait to get to know you!
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