Quality Engineer I

TD•Toronto, ON

4d•CA$69,700 - CA$98,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Engineer I role is responsible for performing hands-on testing activities, including test creation, process support, and automation to deliver quality solutions. This role contributes to test planning, design, development, maintenance, automation, and execution, integrating into the team's continuous delivery process to ensure speed, agility, and risk management. The position involves analyzing end-to-end solutions, developing and maintaining test suites, analyzing test results, and leveraging tools for automation and virtualization. The Quality Engineer I will also work collaboratively with the development team, apply BDD/TDD principles, and provide feedback on quality and performance. Additionally, the role requires adherence to quality engineering practices, internal policies, and regulatory guidelines, while maintaining a culture of risk management and control. Collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning are key aspects of this position.

Requirements

Foundational knowledge of specific domain and quality engineering frameworks, technology, tools, processes, and procedures.
Solid knowledge of coding practices, testing, and debugging to develop and maintain resilient automated test scripts; hands-on experience writing automated scripts using industry standard frameworks.
Hands-on debugging and problem-solving skills; investigates and analyzes potential solutions to problems.
Foundational knowledge of in scope TD business and systems, practices, business / organization, Bank standards.
Ability to drive work effort, own tasks, and estimate and prioritize activities for medium to moderately complex tasks.
Leverage new / advanced techniques and approaches in testing and automation.
Use existing procedures to solve routine problems; makes limited exceptions.
Collaborative team player.

Nice To Haves

Experience with API testing, including the design, execution, and validation of REST-based services (REST Assured experience is considered an asset).
Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity and quality engineering tools such as Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot.
Experience using source code repositories and version control platforms such as GitHub or TD Universe.
Knowledge of test automation principles and frameworks, with hands-on experience using tools such as Playwright considered a strong asset.
Experience testing mainframe applications, including exposure to COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and batch processing workflows.
Experience with mainframe test automation or scripting tools (e.g., REXX) is considered an asset.
BS degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline; or equivalent practical experience.
2-3 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Perform hands-on testing activities: test creation and/or process support within a given functional area to support the delivery of quality solutions by automating tests and/or creating/enhancing automation frameworks.
Contribute to test planning and performs hands-on test design/development/maintenance, test case automation and test execution to achieve business outcomes. Integrates directly into a team’s continuous delivery process, augmenting the delivery of quality software and ensuring speed, agility, and risk management.
Contribute to definition of test data and environment requirements.
Analyze the end-to-end proposed solution (business requirements, design specification, architecture blueprints, etc.) to develop in-scope tests.
Analyze, develop, debug, and maintain test suites (automated/ manual), traceability matrices; and log defects/assist in defect resolution, as required.
Provide quick feedback throughout the development and design process; analyzes / reports on the test results to confirm that the quality of the intended solution is met.
Leverage virtual assets to support virtualization of any incomplete / unavailable code, service, database, etc.
Have basic knowledge of test data management to reuse automated test data provisioning capabilities to be able to adopt a standard test data tool set.
Effectively leverage tools and engineering practices (DevOps tools and processes, source code management, Service Virtualization, monitoring tools, etc.).
Implement functional and/or non-functional automation (performance, readiness / reliability testing (ORT), accessibility, security) approach, frameworks, including script development and execution, and ensure automated tests are integrated into the Continuous Integration (CI), delivery, and testing (CI/CD/CT) pipelines.
Responsible for documenting and supporting the proactive identification of end-to-end test solution designs, including updating knowledge bases and identifying 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.
Provide feedback, reporting and analytics on overall quality / performance, user experience, and future bug prevention. Actively participates in Practices' communities of Interest.
May be involved in 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).
Be knowledgeable and adhere to established quality engineering practices/procedures, internal policies/procedures and applicable regulatory guidelines and keep abreast of emerging trends for own functional area.
Ensure decisions, risks and lessons learned are identified, clearly documented and enhancements are accordingly implemented.
Understand relationships between work processes and the business and ensure awareness of costs related to own work.
Deliver effective and efficient solutions that meet key project milestones and overall project deliverables on time, within budget, and adhering to QE and quality standards.
Comply with and support well-defined enterprise technology delivery practices and standards and project management disciplines - including creation of project documentation of system requirements, estimates of scope and cost.
Be knowledgeable of practices and procedures within own area of responsibility and keep abreast of emerging trends for own functional area.
Protect the interests of the organization – identify and manage risks, and escalate non-standard, high-risk activities as necessary.
Adhere to internal policies/procedures and applicable regulatory guidelines.
Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite.
Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation, and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest.
Support the team by continuously enhancing knowledge / expertise in own area and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit; Support knowledge-sharing across teams and with relevant stakeholders, ensuring knowledge is codified, monitored, tracked, and managed.
Work collaboratively with the team and leadership to proactively identify and resolve issues related to product quality.
Keep current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools, and techniques.
Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team.
Keep others informed and up to date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities.
Contribute to the success of the team by willingly assisting others in the completion and performance of work activities; provide training, coaching and/or guidance as appropriate.
Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce.
Act as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally.