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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced QA Lead to oversee functional quality assurance for complex banking and financial applications. This role demands expertise in manual testing, test automation, and database validation, with a focus on leading QA efforts in enterprise implementations. The QA Lead will ensure comprehensive test coverage across backend processes, APIs, integrations, file workflows, batch processing, and data validation, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality releases.
Responsibilities
- Lead functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing for complex applications.
- Analyze business and technical requirements to identify test scenarios, coverage gaps, and quality risks.
- Develop and maintain test plans, test scenarios, test cases, traceability matrices, test evidence, execution reports, and release-quality summaries.
- Perform database and backend validation using SQL.
- Validate APIs and service integrations using tools such as Postman.
- Develop, maintain, and execute automated UI, API, and backend tests.
- Test batch processing systems, scheduled jobs, dependencies, restart/recovery scenarios, and batch reconciliation.
- Validate Kafka message flows, topics, payloads, and event-driven integrations.
- Perform ETL testing, source-to-target validation, transformation validation, and data reconciliation.
- Lead defect analysis, triage, resolution tracking, and retesting.
- Estimate QA effort, plan test execution, identify risks, and communicate quality status.
- Mentor junior QA engineers and improve QA practices, reusable test assets, and automation coverage.
- Contribute to AI-assisted QA and use of GenAI to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
Requirements
- 8+ years of QA experience.
- Strong hands-on functional/manual testing experience.
- Strong test automation experience.
- Experience with batch processing and data-intensive systems.
- Experience with Kafka and event-driven systems.
- Experience with ETL/data pipeline testing.
- Strong SQL and database validation experience.
- Experience with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Rest Assured, Java, Python, or equivalent technologies.
- Experience with Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Exposure to Azure, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud-native environments.
- Experience with API testing, particularly REST APIs.
- Exposure to AI-assisted testing/GenAI testing tools.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and leadership skills.
- Banking or financial services experience is strongly preferred.
Skills
- Functional Testing
- Manual Testing
- Test Automation
- Database Validation
- SQL
- API Testing
- Postman
- UI Automation
- API Automation
- Backend Automation
- Batch Processing
- ETL Testing
- Kafka
- Event-Driven Systems
- Selenium
- Cypress
- Playwright
- Rest Assured
- Java
- Python
- Git
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
- Azure DevOps
- CI/CD
- Azure
- Kubernetes
- Microservices
- Cloud-Native
- REST APIs
- AI-Assisted Testing
- GenAI
- Analytical Skills
- Troubleshooting Skills
- Communication Skills
- Leadership Skills
Location
- Toronto, Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8+ years
About the Company
- Domain: Banking / Financial Services