What is the opportunity?
The Digital Platform & Content Management team is searching for an experienced Quality Engineer to join our team. As a Quality Engineer, you will partner with development, architecture, product, and business teams across RBC's digital properties to design, implement, and execute comprehensive test strategies for our Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) platform and digital ecosystem. You will be accountable for driving quality excellence and championing defect prevention through strategic automation initiatives. You will be responsible for developing and executing test plans for complex digital transformation projects and leading quality-first delivery practices. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to advance your QE leadership skills, work cross-functionally across the organization to deliver exceptional digital experiences for our customers, and shape the future of RBC's digital infrastructure modernization.
What will you do?
- Define comprehensive QA strategies aligned with business objectives and technical roadmaps; develop test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteria in collaboration with product owners, developers, and stakeholders; estimate testing effort and track quality metrics across multiple sprints
- Design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using modern tools (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium); implement Page Object Model (POM) and data-driven testing frameworks; develop and optimize multi-stage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) integrating automated tests
- Design and execute comprehensive tests for Adobe Experience Manager Sites and Assets (DAM); validate multi-tenant author/publish architectures, content workflows, and content fragment delivery; test AEM content replication, dispatcher caching, and CDN performance; ensure seamless integration between AEM, commerce platforms, and third-party services
- Execute smoke, functional, regression, integration, system, UAT, end-to-end, and accessibility testing (WCAG 2.0/2.1); manage large-scale test portfolios (500+ to 2,000+ test cases); coordinate cross-browser validation and multi-viewport testing; perform SQL-based backend data validation; lead performance and load testing initiatives
- Lead QA initiatives or mentor team members on automation best practices; collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, developers, architects, UX/designers, and business analysts; communicate test results, defect trends, and quality metrics to leadership; establish coding standards and test quality gates
- Design and deliver quality dashboards covering pass rates, coverage trends, and automation progress; track and report key quality indicators (KPIs) to drive data-driven release decisions; document test execution results, defect reports, and root cause analysis
- Ensure testing aligns with financial services compliance requirements; validate PII handling, data encryption, and secure authentication mechanisms; support accessibility compliance testing; participate in production deployment readiness assessments
What do you need to succeed?
Must-have
- 5+ years of software quality assurance and test automation experience with a focus on technical, automated testing across diverse environments (cloud, web, mobile, APIs)
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) testing or similar CMS platforms
- Proven experience designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks from scratch
- Expert-level programming in Java with proficiency in TypeScript and Python
- Hands-on expertise and champion with Accessibility standards and testing tools
- Hands-on expertise with modern automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium) and BDD tools (Cucumber, Gherkin)
- Strong experience with API testing (Postman, REST Assured, Karate) and testing REST/GraphQL APIs
- Proficiency with CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and DevOps principles
- Hands-on experience with test management tools (JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr, HP ALM)
- Advanced SQL skills for test data management and backend validation; experience with multiple database platforms (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2)
- Source code configuration tools expertise (Git, GitHub, Bitbucket)
- Strong understanding of AEM Site & Content architecture, content workflows, and DAM operations
- Experience testing microservices, event-driven architectures, and multi-tenant systems
- Knowledge of financial services industry standards, compliance requirements, and security best practices
- Hands-on experience defining test strategies and approaches for Agile projects
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
Nice-to-have
- Certifications: ISTQB, SAFe Practitioner, or Adobe AEM certifications
- Experience with AI-powered test generation, self-healing tests, or GenAI tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
- Mobile testing expertise with Appium, Espresso (Android), or XCUITest (iOS)
- WCAG 2.0/2.1 compliance validation and accessibility testing tools (Siteimprove)
- Performance testing tools expertise (Apache JMeter)
- Experience managing distributed QA teams or leading enterprise quality programs
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Background in financial services industry and regulatory compliance experience
Pay: 50 - 55
Vacancy: New Vacancy (New Role)
We may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the screening, assessment, or selection of potential applicants for this position.
