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Automation Test Lead
@ Themesoft Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
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Overview
Themesoft Inc. is hiring a contract Automation Test Lead in Toronto on a hybrid basis to own test strategy and delivery for wealth platform releases and upgrades. The role leads QA across functional, integration, regression and UAT phases, builds automation with Playwright and Java, and integrates test gates into CI/CD pipelines.
Responsibilities:
- Own test strategy and planning for platform releases and upgrades
- Lead QA analysts and offshore and vendor test teams
- Build and maintain the regression pack and automation with Playwright
- Run UAT with operations and front office teams
- Report defects, coverage and release readiness to steering level
Requirements summary:
- Hands-on FNZ implementation, migration or major upgrade experience
- Wealth platform operations knowledge
- Strong Java and Playwright automation experience
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git
- Jira/Xray or ALM tooling experience
- Insurance or wealth management domain knowledge preferred
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-09
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-10
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Software development |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Themesoft Inc.
| Field | Value |
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| Open jobs on Jobsy | 2 |
Job description
Position: Automation Test Lead
Location: Toronto, On – Hybrid
Job Description:
- Own test strategy, planning, and estimation for platform releases, configuration changes, and upgrade cycles.
- QA analysts across functional, integration, regression, and UAT phases, including offshore and vendor test teams.
- Act as QA point of contact— track vendor defects, release notes, and config changes, and assess their impact on in-flight delivery.
- Design end-to-end coverage across account opening, transfers (cash and in-specie), model portfolios and rebalancing, trading and settlement, corporate actions, income, valuations, fees, and client reporting.
- Build and maintain the regression pack for upgrades and decide what gets automated versus what stays manual.
- Write strong SQL for reconciliations, migration and conversion testing, feed validation, and report output checks.
- Test APIs and integrations with custodians, market data, payments, CRM, and document management using Postman, SoapUI, or REST Assured.
- Review and extend automation (Playwright) and integrate test gates into CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab.
- Run UAT with operations, adviser support, and front office — scripts, sessions, and sign-off.
- Own defect triage and quality reporting to program and steering level, with a clear view of coverage, risk, and release readiness.
- Keep test evidence audit-ready for internal audit, risk, and regulatory review (Consumer Duty, CASS, MiFID II, or local equivalents).
- Bring demonstrable hands-on FNZ experience — at least one full implementation, migration, or major upgrade — plus solid wealth platform operations knowledge and Jira/Xray or ALM tooling.
Skills:
- Experience in Software Testing and Test Automation.
- Strong proficiency in Java, including Streams, Lambdas, Collections, and modern design patterns.
- Hands-on experience in Java-based automation framework development.
- Strong experience with Playwright for UI automation, API testing, and backend validation.
- Solid understanding of test data management and automation best practices.
- Experience with Git, version control systems, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Working knowledge of Kafka, MongoDB, and AWS S3.
- Strong manual testing skills, including test design, execution, functional validation, and defect lifecycle management.
- Proven ability to lead testing efforts independently and drive deliverables to successful completion.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.
- Experience creating QA metrics, status reports, and executive-level quality updates.
- Domain knowledge in Insurance and/or Wealth Management is highly preferred.
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Patrick Fernandez
Talent Acquisition Group - Strategic Recruitment Manager
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