Requisition ID: 233857
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to innovate and collaborate on the value-driven goals in delivering customer value. You will engage in a fast-paced and challenging environment, with opportunities to build new relationships and learn how you can make an impact in the competitive, trillion-dollar, Payments industry. You will be exposed to a wide range of businesses both internally and externally, then leveraging Scotiabank’s strong technology base, build and develop on strategic, forward-looking infrastructure.

Is this role right for you?

• Collaborate with product owner, business analysts and developers to understand user stories and acceptance criteria
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks (e.g. for API, performance testing)
• Execute automated test suites, analyze results and log defects
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Jira)
• Collaborate with development teams to understand features and technical implementations
• Create comprehensive test strategies and contribute to test planning
• Identify opportunities for automation in existing manual test processes
• Investigate, debug and triage issues found during testing
• Maintain documentation for automation tools and test cases
• Contribute to performance testing and load testing when required
• Participate in code reviews and provide QA insights during planning stages
• Stay updated on new testing tools, techniques and industry trends
• Advise and guide on when and how to perform different types of test automation
• Actively seek new and innovative technologies that can contribute to the objectives of the organization
• Ability to come to office 3 days a week

DO YOU HAVE THE SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE?

• Intermediate experience in QA automation or software testing
• Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (e.g. Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g. Cucumber, Citrus, Cypress, etc.)
• Solid understanding of software testing principles (functional, integration, regression, performance)
• Familiarity with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and bug tracking systems (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Jira)
• Experience testing APIs (e.g. Postman, REST API, GraphQL)
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Strong understanding of test automation best practices, such as test data management, test environment configuration, and assertion strategies.
• Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into automated test cases
• Intermediate debugging, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities
• Proficiency in using Jira / Confluence/ MS Office
• Payments Domain Knowledge is an asset
• Experience working in Agile project methodology
• Background in performance testing is an asset