Senior Quality Engineering API Testing Lead

Job Title: Senior Quality Engineering API Testing Lead

Job Location: Toronto, ON

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $47.00hr - $52.00hr

Job Overview:

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Quality Engineering Lead with strong expertise in API testing, test automation, and AI-enabled quality engineering practices. The ideal candidate will lead end-to-end quality initiatives, design and implement scalable automation frameworks from scratch, and drive adoption of modern testing approaches leveraging AI and intelligent automation. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can define quality strategy, mentor teams, and ensure high-quality delivery across enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Quality Engineering activities across multiple programs and agile teams, ensuring quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Define and execute QE strategy, automation roadmap, testing standards, and quality governance practices.
• Design, develop, and implement scalable API automation frameworks from scratch using modern automation technologies and industry best practices.
• Create and maintain reusable automation components, utilities, libraries, and reporting frameworks to improve test efficiency and maintainability.
• Design comprehensive API test scenarios and automated test cases covering functional, integration, regression, negative, end-to-end testing, and security validations.
• Review business requirements, technical specifications, API contracts, and architecture designs to ensure adequate test coverage and quality controls.
• Drive automation-first and shift-left testing practices across project teams.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster release cycles.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, and DevOps teams to identify quality risks and mitigation strategies.
• Define and track quality metrics, automation coverage, defect leakage, release readiness, and overall quality KPIs.
• Lead root cause analysis for production incidents and implement preventative quality improvements.

Required Technical Skills - API Testing & Automation:

• Strong hands-on experience testing REST APIs, SOAP Services, Microservices, and Event-Driven Architectures.
• Expertise in API testing tools such as Postman, Newman, Rest Assured, Karate Framework, ReadyAPI, SoapUI, and Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Proven experience building and implementing API automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Strong understanding of API lifecycle management and contract validation.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities