Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) – Digital Banking

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  Design, develop, and maintain automated UI, API, and integration tests for web and mobile banking applications.

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  Build reusable test automation frameworks and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

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  Develop test strategies, test plans, scenarios, and traceability aligned with business requirements.

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  Execute functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and exploratory testing.

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  Investigate defects, analyze logs, identify root causes, and collaborate with developers to resolve them.

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  Improve test coverage, automation reliability, and quality reporting.

• Validate member-facing journeys, including login, MFA, account balances, transfers, bill payments, Interac e-Transfer, mobile cheque deposit and account servicing.

• Test commercial banking capabilities such as delegated access, entitlements, approvals and business payments.

• Validate integrations between digital banking platforms, core banking systems, payment services, lending applications and CRM systems.

• Support data migration testing, reconciliation and regression testing during platform replacements.

• Participate in system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), release readiness and production validation.

• Collaborate with client business teams to ensure test scenarios reflect real banking operations and member needs.

• Work within Agile delivery teams and contribute to sprint planning, refinement and acceptance criteria.

• Integrate quality engineering practices into development workflows.

• Support performance, security, and accessibility testing in collaboration with specialists.

• Provide clear quality metrics, defect reporting, and release-readiness assessments.

• Help establish automated quality gates for AI-assisted software development.

• 5+ years of professional software testing or quality engineering experience.

• 3+ years of hands-on test automation development.

• Experience testing financial services, banking, credit union or other transaction-intensive applications.

• Strong proficiency with at least one modern test automation framework such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or Appium.

• Programming or scripting experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, C#, or Python.

• Strong API testing skills using tools such as Postman, REST Assured or equivalent.

• Experience testing REST APIs, authentication, authorization and system integrations.

• Experience with SQL, data validation, and troubleshooting integration issues.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or Jenkins.

• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, defect management and risk-based testing.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate directly with client stakeholders.

• Direct experience with Canadian credit unions or digital banking transformation programs.

• Testing digital banking platforms such as VeriPark, Backbase, Central 1 Forge/MemberDirect, Intellect Design, Temenos, Lumin or eBankIT.

• Integration testing with core banking systems, especially Fiserv DNA or CGI RFS360.

• Experience with Canadian payment capabilities, including Interac e-Transfer, bill payments, and payment processing.

• Knowledge of mortgage lending, loan origination, commercial banking or CRM workflows.

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure, and . NET-based enterprise environments.

• Mobile application testing across iOS and Android.

• Performance testing with JMeter, k6, or similar tools.

• Accessibility testing aligned with WCAG standards.

• Experience testing AI-generated code or implementing automated quality controls in AI-assisted development environments.

• Experience supporting banking platform migration, cutover or production hypercare.

Within the first 90 days, you will be expected to:

• Understand the client's digital banking architecture, critical workflows and integration dependencies.

• Establish or improve automated regression coverage for high-priority banking journeys.

• Identify gaps in test coverage and recommend practical improvements.

• Contribute to reliable release-readiness reporting and defect management.

• Reduce manual regression effort while improving confidence in production releases.