Quality Engineer

Requisition ID: 242862

Join a purpose driven winning team committed to results in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Quality Engineer will drive comprehensive testing strategies across the entire software delivery lifecycle. This role ensures that all components from front end to back end integrations and user workflows are thoroughly validated for functionality performance and reliability. You will lead a team of QA professionals and collaborate with cross-functional teams and champion quality standards throughout the organization.
The applicant should have excellent problem-solving skills and ability to review the requirements or stories and define and develop test strategy test plan test cases defect management and maximizing automation (API/UI) in compliance with governing regulations internal policies and procedures to support our product and platform teams.
The identified candidate will work with multiple software development groups to help them deliver on high-quality products. The candidate should be able to create test automation strategies following industry best-practices continuously increase the level of automation and play a part in reducing the time-to-market of new features as a result.
Excellent communication skills are required and the ability to capture and present status reports test results functional testing result and carry out ongoing reporting.
The candidate must have experience of QA processes agile delivery and testing processes testing methodologies and procedures. The candidate must have the ability to work with technology focused peers and work on multiple projects concurrently.
For this role the candidate should ideally have worked on agile and waterfall projects in the past and be capable of thriving in a fast paced challenging environment and must be proactive and dynamic and demonstrate initiative and eagerness to learn.
The candidate must have experience in providing QAT time and effort estimation based on business requirement.

Is this role right for you In this role you will:

Own the end-to-end testing strategy for complex applications and systems
Lead and mentor QA teams ensuring best practices in manual and automated testing.
Conduct and adjust testing methods and practices to assess and evolve product
Design and implement test plans covering functional integration regression performance and user acceptance testing.
Identify opportunities to use test automation with ability to create automation scripts using Selenium etc. and align test cases to requirements and user stories.
Write clear and concise defect reports and work as an empathetic advocate for the customers quality experience.
Identify and remove testing blockers ensuring smooth execution of test cycles.
Triage and prioritize defects for remediation with the development team.
Conduct exploratory testing during each sprint to detect defects not captured by conventional methods and facilitate testing workshops.
Automate processes within mainframe applications to improve efficiency and accuracy
Wherever possible conduct functional test and ensure their readability (clear succinct and using common business jargon) as well as tests must be maintainable (built with reusable domain specific testing language components)
Build and design testing for automation
Analyze industry best practices to recommend improvements to methodology test environments and workflow to promote an efficient and cost-effective UAT process.
Collaborate actively with the development team
Embed with development teams and infuse quality in every phase of the software development lifecycle by providing continuous feedback from QA standpoint regarding standards user experience possible performance issues and future bugs.
Participate in product design and requirements analysis work with the team during project planning to accurately estimate work (data creation test cases/acceptance test design test execution framework design/improvements scripting tasks setup environments etc.) and scope release deliverables (prioritizing defects and bugs).
Lead user-centric testing initiatives and provide product team insights to help improve the product
Create and execute acceptance criteria based on requirements assessing usefulness of test cases and adjusting approach where required.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role Wed love to work with you if you have:

University or College Degree or equivalent experience in IT
5 years of QA lead experience
4 years of automation skills in VB script Java (Selenium)
3 years of API automation
6 years of testing experience within the capacity of Software Quality Assurance
Working knowledge with Java JavaScript and Python and other scripting languages
Knowledge of testing background in the Canadian financial services industry
Transfers knowledge and provide guidance to support business objectives.
Contributes to an environment of continuous learning including the sharing of experience and learning across team members peers Scotia partners and management as appropriate.
Participate in identifying personal development needs and pursue development/career opportunities.
Adhere to established guidelines of conduct.

Whats in it for you

Diversity Equity Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential respected for who they are and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities ethnicity race age ability & veterans.
Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
Upskilling through online courses cross-functional development opportunities and tuition assistance.
Competitive Rewards program including bonus flexible vacation personal sick days and benefits will start on day one.
Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: for every future we help our customers their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice products and services including personal and commercial banking wealth management and private banking corporate and investment banking and capital markets.

At Scotiabank we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including but not limited to an accessible interview site alternate format documents ASL Interpreter or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.