Automation Developer - Senior

Job Title: Automation Developer - Senior

Location: Toronto

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 11 months

Extension: 1 Time

Must Haves

• Strong hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as:
• Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or WebDriverIO (for UI testing)
• Postman, REST Assured, or SoapUI (for API testing)
• JMeter or Gatling (for performance testing)
• Solid understanding of test frameworks (e.g., TestNG, JUnit, Mocha) and BDD tools (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow).
• Ability to analyze manual test cases and identify areas suitable for automation.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Responsibilities:

• Identifies opportunities for automation within software processes
• Designs and executes QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.
• Designs and writes test automation scripts
• Utilizes test automation frameworks
• Investigates problems in software as a result of testing
• Works with QA analysts and software developers to find solutions

General Skills:

• Experience running tests for databases, systems, networks, applications, hardware and software
• Experience identifying and documenting bugs and quality issues in development, service or business processes.
• Experience installing applications and databases relevant to automation
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to understand how automation can improve workflow and creating documentation
• Experience gathering and documenting requirements from end-users to develop the best automation solutions
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Technical Skills - 40%

• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD tools like Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.

Quality Assurance & Testing - 35%

• Deep knowledge of the software testing lifecycle (STLC) and QA methodologies (e.g., functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, and exploratory testing).
• Experience developing data-driven, keyword-driven, or hybrid automation frameworks.

Soft Skills- 20%

• Strong communication skills; both written and verbal
• Excellent interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work with others effectively in teams
• Demonstrated ability to work with functional and technical teams Demonstrated ability to participate in a large team and work closely with other individual team members
• Proven analytical skills and systematic problem solving
• Strong ability to work under pressure, work with aggressive timelines, and be adaptive to change