About the Role
Fitch Group is seeking a hands-on Transformation Engineer with strong expertise in software development, AI-enabled engineering, and modern quality practices. This role will focus on building intelligent engineering solutions that improve how teams design, develop, test, and deliver data-intensive platforms and applications. The ideal candidate is a strong developer who can apply AI, automation and engineering best practices to accelerate delivery, improve platform reliability, strengthen quality, and help evolve traditional QA into a more proactive, engineering-led quality model.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable engineering solutions that use AI and automation to improve software delivery, testing, and platform reliability.
- Develop production-grade frameworks, services, and utilities in Python and related technologies to support intelligent validation, automation, and quality controls.
- Partner with engineering teams to embed quality engineering and validation practices early in the development lifecycle and drive shift-left transformation.
- Apply AI/ML techniques to improve test generation, coverage optimization, anomaly detection, defect identification, and engineering insight.
- Build and enhance data and platform validation capabilities across ETL pipelines, APIs, microservices, and streaming architecture.
- Integrate automation and intelligent quality checks into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing, quality gates, and release confidence.
- Help modernize legacy QA approaches into developer-aligned quality engineering frameworks and scalable engineering practices.
- Collaborate across Technology, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Emerging Tech to drive consistent engineering and quality outcomes.
- Provide clear reporting and insights on engineering quality, risks, and release readiness, leveraging AI where appropriate.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, data platforms, ETL, or large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong hands-on development experience, particularly in Python, with the ability to build reusable frameworks, services, and automation solutions.
- Experience applying AI/ML or intelligent automation in engineering workflows, especially in validation, testing, optimization, or anomaly detection.
- Strong knowledge of data systems, including ETL, batch/streaming pipelines, APIs, and microservices.
- Advanced experience with SQL and relational databases such as Oracle and PostgreSQL.
- Experience with modern automation and quality tools, including Playwright and/or Selenium, with a strong understanding of how quality engineering supports software delivery.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps, and continuous quality engineering practices.
- Demonstrated ability to influence teams to adopt quality-first and shift-left practices across design, development, and deployment.
- Familiarity with self-healing automation, intelligent orchestration, or AI-assisted validation frameworks.
Skills
- Software Development
- AI-enabled Engineering
- Quality Practices
- AI
- Automation
- Python
- CI/CD
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- SQL
- Oracle
- PostgreSQL
- Playwright
- Selenium
- DevOps
- Self-healing automation
- Intelligent orchestration
- AI-assisted validation
Location
- Chicago
- Toronto
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- CAD $145,000 and CAD $165,000 per year
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Strong work-life balance
- Training
- Certifications
- Conferences
- Clearly defined career paths
About the Company
- Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries.
- Wholly owned by the Hearst Corporation, we are comprised of three main businesses: Fitch Ratings | Fitch Solutions | Fitch Learning.
- Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions.
- At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us.
- Our global network of colleagues comes together to accomplish things greater than they ever could alone.
- Every team member is essential to our business and each perspective is critical to our success.
- We embrace a diverse culture that encourages a free exchange of ideas, guaranteeing your voice will be heard and your work will have an impact, regardless of seniority.
Equal Opportunity
- Fitch Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.
