QE Lead, Functional
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
$113,000 to $140,000 CAD / year · Contract
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Job details
- Pay
- $113,000 to $140,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Contract
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, quality engineering, or related field
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, quality engineering, or related field
- Experience operating as a senior technical contributor or SDET
- Strong programming skills (Python, JavaScript, C#, Java)
- Proven experience designing and building and evolving automation frameworks (not just using them)
- Deep experience in API-first testing and reducing reliance on UI-based automation
- Experience with AI-powered testing or test generation: LLMs, agentic and spec-driven automation
- Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines
- Strong experience in automated NFR validation
- Experience with scalable API automation frameworks (REST, event-driven systems)
- Hands-on experience with tools like Playwright, Cypress, Postman, or equivalent
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Familiarity with AWS or Azure, containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
Data-driven approach to measuring and improving quality
- Ability to evaluate quality effectiveness by analyzing automation outcomes and leveraging data to identify patterns and signals
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
• Banking, credit union experience preferrable
Job Description
senior technical role responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of member-facing platforms through hands-on engineering leadership and execution of automation-first practices across the SDLC. This position focuses on designing and implementing quality engineering solutions, leveraging deep technical expertise in automation, API-first testing, AI-driven/agentic techniques, and non-functional validation. This is not a traditional QA Lead role. We are looking for a senior engineer (senior SDET) to lead a team of quality engineers in a dotted line capacity building scalable, code-driven quality solutions, not just manage testing activities.
- Translating quality engineering strategy and technical direction into executable plans and approaches aligned to business and delivery needs
- Collaborating directly with product and engineering partner teams to embed quality objectives within those teams’ delivery contexts
- Designing and implementing scalable, data-driven automated validation approaches that reduce reliance on manual and UI-heavy testing
- Contributing to metrics and quality signals (e.g. automation coverage, test reliability metrics, CI/CD feedback loops) through instrumentation and KPIs
- Implementing and enforcing quality gates (API coverage, performance thresholds, reliability criteria) within Dev-owned CI/CD pipelines
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, quality engineering, or related field
- Experience operating as a senior technical contributor or SDET
- Strong programming skills (Python, JavaScript, C#, Java)
- Proven experience designing and building and evolving automation frameworks (not just using them)
- Deep experience in API-first testing and reducing reliance on UI-based automation
- Experience with AI-powered testing or test generation: LLMs, agentic and spec-driven automation
- Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines
- Strong experience in automated NFR validation
- Experience with scalable API automation frameworks (REST, event-driven systems)
- Hands-on experience with tools like Playwright, Cypress, Postman, or equivalent
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Familiarity with AWS or Azure, containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
Data-driven approach to measuring and improving quality
- Ability to evaluate quality effectiveness by analyzing automation outcomes and leveraging data to identify patterns and signals
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
• Banking, credit union experience preferrable
Job Description
senior technical role responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of member-facing platforms through hands-on engineering leadership and execution of automation-first practices across the SDLC. This position focuses on designing and implementing quality engineering solutions, leveraging deep technical expertise in automation, API-first testing, AI-driven/agentic techniques, and non-functional validation. This is not a traditional QA Lead role. We are looking for a senior engineer (senior SDET) to lead a team of quality engineers in a dotted line capacity building scalable, code-driven quality solutions, not just manage testing activities.
- Translating quality engineering strategy and technical direction into executable plans and approaches aligned to business and delivery needs
- Collaborating directly with product and engineering partner teams to embed quality objectives within those teams’ delivery contexts
- Designing and implementing scalable, data-driven automated validation approaches that reduce reliance on manual and UI-heavy testing
- Contributing to metrics and quality signals (e.g. automation coverage, test reliability metrics, CI/CD feedback loops) through instrumentation and KPIs
- Implementing and enforcing quality gates (API coverage, performance thresholds, reliability criteria) within Dev-owned CI/CD pipelines
More about this job
Responsibilities
The QE Lead will design and build scalable, code-driven automated testing that reduces reliance on UI testing. They will embed quality goals in product and engineering teams and enforce quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.
Requirements
Candidates need 10+ years in software or quality engineering, senior SDET experience, and strong programming in Python, JavaScript, C#, or Java. They must have built automation frameworks, API testing, CI/CD integration, and cloud and container experience.
Skills
- Python
- JavaScript
- C#
- Java
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Postman
- API testing
- CI/CD pipelines
- Non-functional testing
- AI-powered test generation
- LLMs
- Spec-driven automation
- REST APIs
- Event-driven systems
- Microservices
- Distributed systems
- AWS
- Azure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Data-driven quality metrics
- Quality gates
- Test instrumentation
Categories
- Software
- Technology
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- QE Lead
- Senior SDET
- Quality Engineering
- Test Automation
- API Testing
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Postman
- CI/CD
- NFR Testing
- AI Testing
- Agentic Testing
- Microservices
- AWS
- Azure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Banking
- Credit Union
Seniority
Senior
Tools
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Postman
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Azure
Languages
- English