Senior QA Analyst

Expleo•Montréal-Ouest, QC

2d•CA$136,600 - CA$150,400•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you passionate about ensuring quality in complex financial systems and payment platforms? Trissential is hiring a Senior QA Analyst to join our client's team in Montreal. This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical role in validating high-impact banking and payment solutions while working within modern distributed architectures, event-driven systems, and agile delivery environments. If you thrive on solving complex challenges, improving quality processes, and collaborating with talented technology teams, we'd love to hear from you. Work on mission-critical banking and payment platforms that support real-world financial transactions. Collaborate with architects, developers, product owners, and business stakeholders to influence solution quality from design through delivery. Gain exposure to modern event-driven architectures, APIs, distributed systems, and microservices environments. Contribute to quality engineering and test automation initiatives that drive continuous improvement. Join a collaborative, innovative team that values quality, transparency, and professional growth. Build expertise within a highly regulated financial services environment while working on complex enterprise-scale solutions. Enjoy a flexible hybrid working model with opportunities for both professional and technical development.

Requirements

5-7+ years of experience in software quality assurance, quality engineering, API testing, or integration testing
Strong hands-on experience testing APIs, including validation of request/response structures, payloads, integration points, and transaction workflows
Experience testing event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka or similar technologies
Proven ability to create test cases, execute testing activities, analyze outcomes, and manage defects through resolution
Strong understanding of integration testing methodologies and end-to-end business process validation
Experience working within Agile software delivery environments
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize testing activities based on business risk and impact
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across both technical and business audiences
Bilingual communication skills in French and English

Nice To Haves

Experience within banking, financial services, payments, or other highly regulated industries
Experience testing payment processing systems or financial transaction platforms
Hands-on involvement in test automation initiatives
Knowledge of Java and/or Python
Experience working with distributed systems and microservices architectures
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
Experience using Jira and related quality management platforms
Previous experience working within large enterprise environments

Responsibilities

Design, document, and execute comprehensive test cases for banking and payment transaction workflows across APIs, integrations, and event-driven systems
Validate solution quality, resilience, testability, reliability, and performance throughout the software development lifecycle
Test critical payment processing workflows across distributed architectures, messaging platforms, and event processing systems
Develop and execute test strategies spanning API, integration, end-to-end, and non-functional testing activities
Support and contribute to test automation efforts, including API, integration, and end-to-end automation initiatives
Create and maintain automated test assets where required by the team
Analyze quality metrics, defect trends, and operational insights to improve testing effectiveness and reduce risk
Identify, document, and communicate testing gaps, technical risks, quality debt, and optimization opportunities
Partner closely with development, architecture, product, and business teams to embed quality throughout the solution lifecycle
Track defects, test execution activities, and quality metrics using Jira and related quality management platforms
Support the ongoing evolution of QA, automation, and quality engineering best practices across the organization