Senior Quality Engineer - Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative

Specialisterne • Toronto, ON

2d • CA$100,000 - CA$140,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Specialisterne is recruiting for a Senior Quality Engineer as part of a Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative in partnership with CPP Investments. This role is a full-time position with a 37.5-hour work week, located in Toronto, ON, with a hybrid work model requiring 4 days per week on-site. The salary range is $100,000-$140,000. Employees hired through Specialisterne will receive support from a Workplace Support Specialist for their first twelve weeks on the job. CPP Investments is committed to equitable access to employment and building a diverse workforce. Accommodation is available during the recruitment process.

Requirements

• Intermediate to Expert skill level with Python
• 5+ years of relevant experience working in Quality Engineering (QE) or software development testing
• Experience with QE processes and methodologies, automated and manual test processes, test planning, test cases design, scripting, execution, automated test tools, regression testing.
• Experience writing clean, usable, and efficient code.
• Experience interacting and coordinating test activities amongst multiple teams
• Comfortable fostering collaboration and mentorship within the team, promoting a culture of feedback, learning, and professional growth
• Comfortable maintaining strong relationships with business partners, peer IT teams, and vendor partners.
• Able to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledgeable about working with AI tools
• Experience working with AWS/cloud services
• Experience integrating automated validation into CI/CD pipelines and influencing engineering teams to adopt scalable quality engineering practices within Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable automation solutions using Python and modern testing tools such as Playwright, with a focus on maintainable framework design, CI/CD integration, and reducing dependency on manual regression testing.
• Establish and promote quality engineering standards that reinforce shared engineering ownership of quality, partnering early with engineers and stakeholders to improve testability, identify risks, and ensure quality is built into delivery from the start.
• Review code and automation approaches to improve test quality, coverage, and engineering practices across the team through coaching, influencing, and constructive challenge while maintaining engineering accountability for feature validation.
• Drive a shift-left approach to software validation, guiding the team to apply automation themselves vs handing to “QA/QE” to automate.
• Participate in product design and development to ensure that quality is built in from the beginning.
• Monitor the effectiveness of test automation and drive improvements through insights gained via analysis at various stages of test automation to ensure stability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Define and execute test plans, test cases/scripts, identify defects, analyze test results and partner with developers to ensure that products or services meet quality standards.
• Adhere to Agile SDLC and execute related duties as required.

Benefits

• Support from a Specialisterne Workplace Support Specialist for the first twelve weeks on the job
• Equitable access to employment
• Accommodation during the recruitment process

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree