JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking a skilled Quality Engineer to help ensure the delivery of exceptional, reliable and secure solutions. In this role, you will play a key part in upholding our commitment to excellence and delivering outstanding value to our customers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• BS degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline; or equivalent practical experience
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in quality engineering or test automation, ideally with some team coordination or lead responsibilities
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools/frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, REST Assured) and scripting or programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript)
• Familiarity with authentication and access management technologies
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub CI)
• Solid collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills; able to guide and influence across team
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; investigates and analyzes potential solutions to problems

CANDIDATES WITH THE FOLLOWING EXPERIENCE WILL BE AT AN ADVANTAGE:

• Experience and expertise in creating automated test solutions especially if it is related to API/Microservices using Java and Rest Assured.
• Previous experience in the Payments Technology domain.
• Experience and expertise in Agile methodologies and tools like JIRA along with BDD approach, Cucumber or Gherkin.
• Confluence reporting or dashboards.

WHO WE ARE:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

• Hands on role focused on test automation activities with high level of complexity
• As a Test Lead for small complexity initiatives, accountable for implementing effective test strategies and plans, test design / development test case automation and test execution to achieve business outcomes.
• Work as part of a Product Group, managing multiple feature PODs and the testing activities under them
• Provides QE leadership, direction and feedback throughout the development and design process; provides test development / automation support to ensure that the quality of the intended solution is met.
• Leverage strong knowledge to understand technical solutions to build optimized test approaches, inclusive of the tooling strategy
• Strong knowledge of test data management to reuse automated test data provisioning capabilities
• Effectively engineer and leverage tools and Engineering practices (DevOps tools and processes, source code management, Service Virtualization, monitoring tools, etc.)
• Implement functional and/or non-functional automation frameworks (performance, readiness / reliability testing (ORT), accessibility, security) including script development and execution, and ensure automated tests are integrated into the Continuous Integration (CI), delivery, and testing (CI/CD/CT) pipelines
• Work closely with the Non-functional Requirements testing teams (i.e. Performance) to track outcomes and status as part of Testing Activities
• Play a key role in developing, documenting, and proactively identifying end-to-end test solution designs and early automation opportunities
• Work collaboratively with the development team to define and validate user stories, acceptance criteria and Definition of Done (DoD) / Ready ( DoR )
• Apply the principles of Behavior / Test Driven Development (BDD / TDD) and focus on value driven outcomes
• Leads Proof of Concepts ( POCs) to evaluate new technologies geared towards better, faster, more secure testing activities (such as Service Virtualization, DevOps, BDD, Test Data Management)
• Adhere to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to quality engineering activities
• Ensure respective programs/ policies/practices are well managed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities
• Collaboratively engage with relevant stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external, to shift from finding defects to proactively preventing defects
• Actively seek and support continuous improvement and automation opportunities within the Protect Platform
• Conduct meaningful analysis at the functional or enterprise level using data to draw conclusions, make recommendations, assess the effectiveness of programs/ policies/ practices
• Identify opportunities to minimize cost, provide recommendations and/or deliver corresponding strategic solutions to support cost effectiveness and to enhance stakeholder experience
• Lead / facilitate and/or implement actions / remediation plans to address performance / risk /governance issues
• Actively manage relationships within and across various business lines, corporate and/or control functions and ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
• Protect the interests of the organization – identify and manage risks, and escalate nonstandard, high-risk activities as necessary
• Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
• Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite