Senior Quality Engineer

TD•Toronto, ON

14h•CA$91,200 - CA$136,800•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Quality Engineer – Trade Finance & Working Capital Solutions is responsible for defining, implementing, and governing the quality engineering strategy for applications and integrations supporting Trade Finance and Working Capital Solutions products. This role provides hands-on leadership across test planning, automation, integration testing, non-functional validation, and release quality assurance to ensure solutions meet business, regulatory, operational, and customer expectations. The Quality Engineering Lead partners closely with Business Systems Analysts, Solution Architects, Development Leads, Engineers, Product Owners, and Business stakeholders to promote a quality-first culture throughout the software delivery lifecycle. The role combines technical expertise, people leadership, delivery oversight, and quality governance within a highly regulated banking environment where platform reliability, accuracy, resiliency, and auditability are critical.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive experience in Quality Engineering, Software Testing, or Quality Assurance roles
5+ years of experience leading quality engineering teams within Banking or Financial Services environments
Proven experience managing quality assurance activities across complex enterprise technology programs
Strong understanding of software delivery lifecycle, testing methodologies, and release management
Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment capabilities
Functional Testing
Integration Testing
End-to-End Testing
Regression Testing
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Test Management and Defect Lifecycle Management
API Testing (Postman, ReadyAPI or equivalent)
Test Automation Frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or equivalent)
CI/CD quality integration
Test Data Management
REST APIs
MQ Messaging
Web Services
SFTP/File-Based Integrations
Event-Driven Integration Concepts
SQL and database validation techniques
JSON and XML
Relational database concepts
Distributed application architecture fundamentals
Agile/Scrum
Waterfall Delivery
SDLC and STLC methodologies
Change, Release, and Defect Management processes
Jira
Confluence
Git/Bitbucket
Test Management Platforms
Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

Domain expertise in Trade Finance & Working Capital Solutions, including: Letters of Credit, Standby Letters of Credit, Documentary Collections, Supply Chain Finance, Payables Finance, Receivables Finance, Dynamic Discounting
Experience testing vendor platforms supporting Trade Finance and Supply Chain Finance operations
Experience working within large Canadian banking organizations
Knowledge of ISO 20022 and payment integration standards
Industry certifications such as: ISTQB Advanced, Certified Agile Tester, ITIL, SAFe, PMP

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the Quality Engineering strategy for Trade Finance and Working Capital Solutions applications and integrations
Establish quality standards, testing frameworks, and governance processes aligned with enterprise technology standards
Ensure testing activities support regulatory, risk, audit, security, and compliance requirements
Develop and track quality metrics, KPIs, defect trends, and release-readiness indicators
Drive continuous improvement of testing practices, tooling, and delivery processes
Oversee quality engineering activities across multiple initiatives and releases
Ensure comprehensive test coverage across functional, integration, regression, user acceptance, and non-functional testing
Review and approve test strategies, testing estimates, and quality plans
Ensure requirements, design artifacts, and test cases maintain full traceability
Partner with Development Leads and Product Owners to assess release readiness and production risk
Define and drive the adoption of test automation strategies across applications and integrations
Establish frameworks supporting API, integration, regression, and end-to-end automation testing
Promote shift-left testing practices within Agile delivery teams
Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency through automation, tooling, and CI/CD integration
Ensure testing environments, test data management practices, and automation assets support long-term quality objectives
Lead testing efforts involving internal banking systems and third-party/vendor platforms
Ensure validation of complex integration flows between trade finance, payments, lending, treasury, accounting, and customer-facing systems
Coordinate end-to-end testing across multiple technology teams and business stakeholders
Validate data integrity, reconciliation processes, transaction lifecycle events, and exception management scenarios
Support onboarding and certification testing for new vendor platforms and integration partners
Define quality standards for performance, resiliency, security, recoverability, and operational readiness
Ensure appropriate testing is conducted for availability, disaster recovery, scalability, and failover capabilities
Partner with infrastructure, security, and operations teams to validate production readiness
Support release planning, defect triage, risk assessments, and deployment readiness reviews
Provide quality sign-off recommendations based on testing outcomes and risk tolerance
Lead and mentor Quality Engineers and Quality Analysts across the portfolio
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning
Support career development, succession planning, and capability growth within the quality engineering function
Establish best practices and reusable testing assets across teams
Promote strong collaboration between quality engineering, development, architecture, and business teams
Partner with business stakeholders to ensure quality objectives align with business outcomes
Act as the primary quality representative in delivery governance, release reviews, and steering discussions
Collaborate with third-party vendors and implementation partners to ensure quality expectations are met
Communicate testing progress, quality risks, and mitigation plans to senior stakeholders
Support audit reviews and regulatory assessments related to solution quality and controls