QA Automation Engineer (UI + API Automation)

About The Role Seeking a hands-on Full Stack QA Automation Engineer to ensure quality, reliability, and performance of trading platforms across backend and web applications. In this role, you will Design and maintain automation frameworks. Build API, UI, and E2E test suites. Integrate tests into CI/CD. Collaborate with developers and product teams. Execute functional, regression, and performance testing. Perform root cause analysis Work Model We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs. What You Need To Have To Be Considered Experience Level: 6 to 8 years of professional software testing and automation experience, ideally within trading or financial domains. Programming & Frameworks: Strong hands-on Java automation experience. Web Automation: Proficiency with Selenium and/or Playwright. API Testing: Extensive experience with API testing tools including Rest Assured and Postman. Technical Stack: Solid working knowledge of SQL for backend validation and Git for version control. Pipelines & Methodologies: Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and working within Agile development teams. These will help you stand out BDD tools (Cucumber) Financial domain knowledgePerformance testing (JMeter) Azure knowledge (AZ-900 certification is a plus) Docker We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role. Total Compensation We regularly assess market data to ensure we offer a competitive compensation package for our associates. The base salary for this position ranges between CAD 70,000 – 90,000 per year. Where the successful candidate may fall within the range depends on relevant education, work and/or management experience and other business-related and job-necessary qualifications. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual performance-based bonus, as well as benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Design and maintain automation frameworks for API, UI, and E2E test suites to ensure the quality of trading platforms. Collaborate with developers and product teams to execute functional, regression, and performance testing while performing root cause analysis.

Requires 6 to 8 years of software testing experience, preferably in the financial or trading domain, with strong proficiency in Java. Candidates must have hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured, SQL, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Discretionary annual performance-based bonus • Physical wellbeing programs • Mental wellbeing programs • Financial wellbeing programs

• Microsoft AzurePreferred
• SQLPreferred
• CI/CDPreferred
• DockerPreferred
• AgilePreferred
• JavaPreferred
• GitPreferred

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• Java
• Selenium
• Playwright
• Rest Assured
• Postman
• SQL
• Git
• CI/CD
• Agile
• Cucumber
• JMeter
• Azure
• Docker
• API Testing
• UI Automation
• Performance Testing

• Software
• Technology
• Engineering
• Consulting
• Finance & Accounting

Minimum experience

5+ years

Apply by

Oct 4, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week

Office presence

3 days per week

Seniority

Mid-Senior level