Automation Lead - Quality Engineering

Position Description: This role is hybrid and requires you to be at our downtown Toronto and/or Client office at a minimum 2 days per week subject to change at any time. We are seeking an experienced QE Lead with strong hands-on Python automation expertise to lead quality engineering for complex integration solutions connecting APIs, microservices, databases, and downstream enterprise applications.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The successful candidate will validate end-to-end data flows across upstream systems, integration services, APIs, and downstream applications. This role will define the testing strategy, coordinate testing across multiple technology teams, and develop scalable Python-based automation frameworks for API, data validation, and regression testing.

• Define and lead the overall QE strategy for complex integration solutions.
• Develop test plans, scenarios, and cases covering API, integration, regression, end-to-end, negative, and data testing.
• Validate data flows across upstream systems, APIs, microservices, databases, messaging platforms, and downstream applications.
• Perform API testing, including payloads, schemas, authentication, business rules, error handling, and response validation.
• Conduct source-to-target validation, data transformation testing, reconciliation, and database testing using SQL.
• Design and develop scalable Python automation frameworks for API, integration, data validation, and regression testing.
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and manage automated test execution.
• Analyze test failures and troubleshoot issues across applications, APIs, databases, environments, and integration layers.
• Coordinate testing across development, data, infrastructure, and downstream application teams.
• Lead defect triage, root-cause analysis, retesting, and issue resolution.
• Manage test data, environments, dependencies, risks, and integration readiness.
• Track and communicate test coverage, execution status, defects, quality metrics, and release risks.
• Provide technical leadership, conduct code reviews, and mentor QE team members.
• Support Agile ceremonies, release validation, production readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• 7+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, or Test Automation.
• Experience leading complex integration testing initiatives across multiple systems.
• Strong hands-on Python/Java development and test automation experience.
• Proven experience designing and developing Python-based automation frameworks.
• Strong experience testing REST APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of API contracts, JSON/XML payloads, schemas, authentication, error handling, and response validation.
• Experience with source-to-target validation, data transformation testing, and reconciliation.
• Strong SQL skills and experience validating data across databases.
• Experience testing integration architectures involving upstream producers and multiple downstream consumers.
• Experience testing asynchronous, event-driven, and messaging-based architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated regression execution.
• Strong understanding of test data management and environment dependencies.
• Ability to analyze complex integration failures and trace issues across multiple systems.
• Strong communication, analytical, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

Updated Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Murex or similar enterprise platforms.
• Experience in Capital Markets, banking, or other financial services domains.
• Understanding of financial or transactional data flows.
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
• Experience with automated data reconciliation and high-volume data validation.
• Experience working on large transformation programs involving multiple applications, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Experience coordinating testing across geographically distributed or matrixed teams.

Disclaimer : Use of the term ‘engineering’ in this job posting refers to the technical sense related to Information Technology (IT) and does not imply that the individual practices engineering or possesses the requisite license as prescribed by the applicable provincial or territorial engineering regulator. We are seeking individuals with expertise in IT engineering-related functions, but licensure from an engineering regulator is not a prerequisite for this position. Engineering is a regulated profession in Canada which is restricted in terms of use of titles and designation "CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $85,000–$135,000. This role is an existing vacancy." #LI-AV1 Use of the term ‘engineering’ in this job posting refers to the technical sense related to Information Technology (IT) and does not imply that the individual practices engineering or possesses the requisite license as prescribed by the applicable provincial or territorial engineering regulator. We are seeking individuals with expertise in IT engineering-related functions, but licensure from an engineering regulator is not a prerequisite for this position. Engineering is a regulated profession in Canada which is restricted in terms of use of titles and designation.

Skills:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Financial Services
• Murex
• Python
• RESTful (Rest-APIs)
• SQL
• Test automation
• Test data management
• Capital Markets

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter. That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals. To learn more about accessibility at CGI, contact us via [email](mailto:View email address on joinrs.com). Please note that this email is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used for application status inquiries. Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.