Automation Lead

Job summary

Lead end-to-end regression and mobile testing across releases, coordinating business and technology teams, offshore QA members, and other stakeholders. Support release validation and deployments, manage defects, improve automation coverage, and report testing progress, risks, and outcomes.

Job details

Job Title: Automation Testing Lead Location: North York, ON (Hybrid) Duration: Contract Rate: $60-63/hr INC + HST Job Description: We are seeking a strong Automation Testing Lead with 8+ years of relevant experience, preferably within the Banking and Financial Services industry. The ideal candidate will possess a solid background in test automation, mobile and API testing, release management support, and stakeholder coordination. This role requires a proactive leader who can drive regression testing activities, manage offshore teams, and ensure high-quality releases in a fast-paced agile environment. Key Responsibilities · Lead and coordinate end-to-end regression testing activities across multiple releases. · Own regression testing handover activities by collaborating with business and technology squads to understand new features, assess regression impacts, and ensure appropriate test coverage. · Drive completion and sign-off of mobile regression testing for each release. · Manage and guide offshore QA team members by assigning tasks, monitoring progress, and ensuring timely delivery. · Serve as the primary liaison between client stakeholders, release teams, development squads, and offshore teams. · Participate in defect triage sessions, perform root cause analysis, and track defects through closure. · Support release deployments, release validation, and post-production testing activities. · Perform sanity and smoke testing to validate critical business functionality following deployments. · Coordinate batch executions and other testing activities required for release validation. · Provide leadership and technical guidance to QA team members and resolve testing-related blockers. · Continuously improve automation coverage by identifying opportunities to automate manual test scenarios. · Execute and support API, mobile, and end-to-end automation testing initiatives. · Track testing metrics, report status, identify risks, and communicate progress to stakeholders. · Ensure effective planning, execution, reporting, and delivery of quality outcomes for every release. Required Technical Skills & Experience · 8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or QA Leadership roles. · Hands-on experience with Mobile Automation Frameworks. · Strong experience in API Testing using tools such as Postman, Swagger, and related technologies. · Experience with Jira, Xray, ALM, or other test management tools. · Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, batch execution processes, and release validation activities. · Experience testing mobile applications across iOS and Android platforms. · Familiarity with defect management, log analysis, and monitoring tools. · Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and release management processes. · Prior experience working in a Banking or Financial Services environment is highly preferred. · Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills. Preferred Qualifications · Experience leading distributed/onshore-offshore QA teams. · Exposure to digital banking, mobile banking, or customer-facing banking applications. · Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and drive quality initiatives with minimal supervision.

What you’ll do

Lead end-to-end regression and mobile testing across releases, coordinating business and technology teams, offshore QA members, and other stakeholders. Support release validation and deployments, manage defects, improve automation coverage, and report testing progress, risks, and outcomes.

Requirements

Requires 8+ years of quality engineering, test automation, or QA leadership experience, including hands-on mobile automation and API testing with tools such as Postman or Swagger. Candidates should understand Agile delivery, CI/CD, release validation, and test management tools; banking experience and leadership of distributed QA teams are preferred.

Listed skills

• Root Cause Analysis · Preferred
• CI/CD · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Test Automation
• Mobile Automation
• API Testing
• Regression Testing
• Release Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Defect Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• CI/CD
• Test Planning
• Test Execution
• Stakeholder Management
• Offshore Team Leadership
• Smoke Testing
• Sanity Testing
• Batch Execution

Job areas

• Technology
• Software
• Management & Leadership
• Finance & Accounting

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