Full Description

Role: Senior Level- QA Engineer

Duration: 06 months contract with possible extension

Location: Calgary, AB (Hybrid 3 days REQUIRED in office)

Experience: 8-12 years (required)

(Candidate is required to go into the office for a Face 2 Face interview with the client)

As an intermediate QA Engineer you will manage QE teams delivering both manual and automated quality testing for financials and securities trading front-end applications. Your understanding of security financial data and securities trading, your experience leading testing of front-end web applications, and your collaborative yet firm approach to getting things done will be critical to your success in this role. This is an individual contributor role requiring hands-on experience in test automation, mobile and API testing along with leadership capabilities to guide and collaborate with offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases for web, mobile and API applications

• Ensure end-to-end quality by implementing testing strategies, automation frameworks, and best practices

• Work closely with developers, product and business stakeholders to align testing efforts with project requirements

• Act as a bridge between onshore and offshore QA teams, ensuring smooth coordination, knowledge sharing and timely issue resolution

• Drive and mentor QA team providing technical guidance and ensuring best QA practices are followed

• Collaborate in Agile environments, actively participating in sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives

• Continuously improve testing processes, identify gaps and implement automation where feasible.

• Ensure production roll testing staffing and attend production rolls as needed

• Coordinate tool enhancement needs with infra/tools team

• Communicate on team's behalf to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Work in an agile environment with various scrum teams, using test management tools such as JIRA / XRAY

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience

• 3-5 years of experience in information technology/software development with a proven ability to ensure high quality results and with expertise in test automation, agile methodologies and QA best practices.