QA SDET Engineer

Title: QA SDET ENGINEER
Location: Toronto (Etobicoke), Canada
06-12+ Months Contract


Need Local, Onsite interview!!!
Duties:
Design and develop Java-based test automation frameworks, tools, services, and supporting infrastructure.
Write production-quality Java code to automate functional, integration, API, regression, and end-to-end testing.
Work closely with software engineers to understand application architecture, code changes, APIs, data flows, and technical implementation details.
Review Java application code, identify testability gaps, and contribute code changes that improve quality and automation coverage.
Develop automated tests for REST APIs, microservices, database interactions, event-driven processes, and web applications.
Build reusable libraries, utilities, test-data tools, mocks, and service virtualization components.
Integrate automated test suites into Jenkins and other CI/CD pipelines, including reporting and failure analysis.
Diagnose failures by reviewing source code, logs, API responses, database records, and distributed-system behavior.
Partner with product, engineering, and subject-matter experts to translate business and technical requirements into effective test strategies.
Promote quality-focused development practices, including shift-left testing, code reviews, automated quality gates, and continuous testing.
Requirements
5 or more years of software engineering or SDET experience, with a strong focus on Java development.
Advanced Java programming skills, including object-oriented design, collections, exception handling, concurrency, and reusable framework development.
Experience developing and testing Java applications using Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices.
Strong experience with Java testing frameworks and tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Mockito, REST Assured, and Selenium.
Experience automating REST APIs, service integrations, database validation, and end-to-end business workflows.
Ability to read, understand, debug, and contribute to an existing Java codebase.
Experience building automated regression suites and integrating them into Jenkins or comparable CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with Maven or Gradle, Git, SQL, and relational databases.
Ability to translate user stories, use cases, architecture designs, and technical specifications into automated tests.
Strong understanding of software-development, testing, and quality-engineering methodologies.
Experience analyzing application logs, stack traces, API payloads, and test failures to identify root causes.
Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.