Job Title: QA Automation Lead
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Duration: Contract
Rate: CAD$50-55/hr INC
Job Description:
We are seeking a strong Automation Testing Lead with 8+ years of relevant experience, preferably within the Banking and Financial Services industry. The ideal candidate will possess a solid background in test automation, mobile and API testing, release management support, and stakeholder coordination. This role requires a proactive leader who can drive regression testing activities, manage offshore teams, and ensure high-quality releases in a fast-paced agile environment.
Key Responsibilities
· Lead and coordinate end-to-end regression testing activities across multiple releases.
· Own regression testing handover activities by collaborating with business and technology squads to understand new features, assess regression impacts, and ensure appropriate test coverage.
· Drive completion and sign-off of mobile regression testing for each release.
· Manage and guide offshore QA team members by assigning tasks, monitoring progress, and ensuring timely delivery.
· Serve as the primary liaison between client stakeholders, release teams, development squads, and offshore teams.
· Participate in defect triage sessions, perform root cause analysis, and track defects through closure.
· Support release deployments, release validation, and post-production testing activities.
· Perform sanity and smoke testing to validate critical business functionality following deployments.
· Coordinate batch executions and other testing activities required for release validation.
· Provide leadership and technical guidance to QA team members and resolve testing-related blockers.
· Continuously improve automation coverage by identifying opportunities to automate manual test scenarios.
· Execute and support API, mobile, and end-to-end automation testing initiatives.
· Track testing metrics, report status, identify risks, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
· Ensure effective planning, execution, reporting, and delivery of quality outcomes for every release.
Required Technical Skills & Experience
· 8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or QA Leadership roles.
· Hands-on experience with Mobile Automation Frameworks.
· Strong experience in API Testing using tools such as Postman, Swagger, and related technologies.
· Experience with Jira, Xray, ALM, or other test management tools.
· Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, batch execution processes, and release validation activities.
· Experience testing mobile applications across iOS and Android platforms.
· Familiarity with defect management, log analysis, and monitoring tools.
· Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and release management processes.
· Prior experience working in a Banking or Financial Services environment is highly preferred.
· Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
