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

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) – Digital Banking based in Canada. The Senior SDET will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of modern digital banking solutions. This hands-on engineering position focuses on designing and implementing robust test automation frameworks, validating complex banking workflows, and ensuring seamless integrations across financial platforms. Working within Agile, cross-functional teams, you will collaborate with developers, architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, accessible, and high-performing digital experiences. You will contribute to major digital transformation initiatives involving Canadian credit unions, banking platform modernization, and enterprise system migrations. The role also offers opportunities to improve engineering practices through CI/CD automation, AI-assisted development, and innovative quality assurance approaches. Accountabilities - Design, develop, and maintain automated UI, API, and integration tests for web and mobile banking applications, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and reliable software delivery. - Build and enhance reusable test automation frameworks using modern technologies and integrate automated testing into Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. - Develop test strategies, plans, scenarios, and traceability documentation aligned with business requirements and technical specifications. - Execute functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and exploratory testing to identify defects and ensure application stability. - Investigate software defects, analyze system logs, identify root causes, and collaborate with development teams to implement effective solutions. - Validate essential digital banking functionalities, including authentication, multi-factor authentication (MFA), account balances, fund transfers, bill payments, Interac e-Transfer, mobile cheque deposits, and account servicing.

- Test commercial banking workflows, including delegated access, user entitlements, approval processes, and business payments. - Verify integrations between digital banking platforms, core banking systems, payment services, lending applications, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions. - Support data migration testing, data reconciliation, and regression testing during banking platform replacements and modernization initiatives. - Participate in System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), release readiness activities, and production validation. - Collaborate with client business teams to ensure test scenarios accurately reflect real banking operations and customer needs. - Contribute to Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, acceptance criteria definition, and continuous quality improvement. - Integrate quality engineering practices into software development workflows and establish automated quality gates, including controls for AI-assisted software development. - Support performance, security, and accessibility testing in collaboration with specialized teams, ensuring compliance with relevant standards. - Produce clear quality metrics, defect reports, test coverage assessments, and release-readiness recommendations. - Continuously identify opportunities to reduce manual regression testing, improve automation reliability, and strengthen confidence in production releases. Requirements: - At least 5 years of professional experience in software testing, Quality Assurance (QA), or quality engineering, including a minimum of 3 years of hands-on test automation development. - Previous experience testing financial services, banking, credit union, or other transaction-intensive applications.