Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET (Canada-only)

About the role

Aequilibrium, a Canadian digital transformation and software engineering company working with Canadian and US credit unions, is expanding its QA engineering capability. It is looking for experienced Senior QA Automation Engineers / SDETs to join a remote team in Canada, working on digital banking and credit union modernization projects. The role is full-time or contract, depending on client engagement.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated UI, API and integration tests for web and mobile banking apps, and build reusable test automation frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop test strategies, plans, scenarios and traceability, and run functional, regression, integration, end-to-end and exploratory testing.
• Investigate defects, analyze logs, find root causes and work with developers to fix them.
• Validate member journeys (login, MFA, transfers, Interac e-Transfer, mobile cheque deposit) and commercial banking features (delegated access, approvals, business payments).
• Test integrations with core banking systems, payment services, lending apps and CRM, and support data migration, reconciliation and regression testing.
• Take part in SIT, UAT, release readiness checks and production validation, and help set up automated quality gates for AI-assisted development.
• Work in Agile teams, contribute to sprint planning, and provide quality metrics, defect reports and release-readiness assessments.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional software testing or quality engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on test automation development.
• Experience testing financial services, banking, credit union or other transaction-intensive applications.
• Strong API testing skills and experience with REST APIs, authentication, authorization and integrations.
• SQL, data validation and integration troubleshooting experience.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Agile, defect management and risk-based testing.
• Excellent communication and ability to work directly with client stakeholders.

Required skills

• At least one modern test automation framework: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or Appium.
• Scripting in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, C# or Python.
• API testing with Postman, REST Assured or equivalent.
• Desirable: experience with Canadian credit unions, platforms such as VeriPark, Backbase, Temenos, Lumin or eBankIT, and core banking systems such as Fiserv DNA or CGI RFS360.
• Desirable: performance testing (JMeter, k6), accessibility testing (WCAG), mobile app testing, and experience with banking platform migrations.

To apply, submit your resume and cover letter highlighting your test automation expertise, financial services experience, banking platforms and core banking integrations.