Software Developer IV

Our client, is seeking an experienced, highly detail-oriented Software Developer IV (Quality Engineering & Test Automation Specialist) to join their digital platform engineering team.

In this mission-critical quality engineering role, you will champion automated testing across two core parallel workstreams supporting the Unified Advisor Experience: electronic application/lifecycle tracking and digital document management. Embedded within an Agile squad alongside backend and full-stack developers, you will design, build, and maintain robust API and integration test automation suites. Your focus will be validating advisor-facing data, transaction lifecycle statuses, and client tax/statement documents by verifying seamless integrations between backend source platforms (such as CRM and enterprise content/document repositories) and modern front-end web portals. Work includes comprehensive end-to-end data validation, metadata/tagging checks, access-control testing, and CI/CD-integrated regression suites.

Contract Duration: Approximately 4 Months (Target Term: November 17, 2026 – March 13, 2027, with potential for extension)

Work Arrangement: Hybrid or Remote (Flexible delivery model)

Advantages
Tier-One Financial Services Exposure: Champion quality engineering for a flagship digital portal modernization initiative within a leading financial institution.

Modern Test Automation Stack: Work hands-on with cutting-edge tools including Playwright, Postman/Bruno, JMeter, and GitHub CI/CD automation pipelines.

High-Impact Integration Scope: Validate critical cross-platform data flows between core enterprise systems (CRM, document repositories) and front-end advisor applications.

Flexible Work Model: Enjoy high work-life flexibility with remote/hybrid arrangement options.

Responsibilities
API & Integration Test Automation: Design, build, and maintain automated API and integration test suites using tools like Postman, Bruno, or REST Assured to validate complex service-facade and orchestration layers.

End-to-End Data & Document Validation: Execute rigorous end-to-end data verification across integrated backend systems and front-end UI contracts, ensuring accurate status tracking, document delivery, metadata tagging, and entitlement/access controls.

UI Test Automation: Build and maintain automated UI regression tests utilizing modern frameworks (Playwright with fixture-driven page object models and accessibility-first selectors).

CI/CD Pipeline Integration: Integrate automated test suites, regression runs, and automated reporting (with screenshots and logs) directly into GitHub PR-based CI/CD workflows.

Agile Quality Advocacy: Actively participate in sprint ceremonies, conduct defect triage and lifecycle management, and collaborate with backend developers to resolve issues early in the delivery lifecycle.

Qualifications
Automation & Scripting Expertise: Proven experience building test automation frameworks from scratch using Java, JavaScript, or Python.

API & Integration Testing: Advanced proficiency in API and integration testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Postman, Bruno, REST Assured, or equivalent).

End-to-End Validation: Demonstrated track record performing multi-system data validation, contract testing, and security/entitlement verification across backend systems and web interfaces.

CI/CD & DevOps Practices: Practical experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/PR workflows) with comprehensive test reporting.

UI Automation Frameworks: Strong hands-on experience with modern UI test frameworks, specifically Playwright (or Cypress/Selenium).

Agile QE Practices: Deep familiarity with Agile quality engineering practices, test case design, and defect management tools (Jira).

Preferred Assets & Nice-to-Haves
Experience conducting performance and load testing using JMeter.

Prior experience testing integrations involving enterprise CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce) or content/document management repositories (e.g., Alfresco).

Domain background in Banking, Wealth Management, or Financial Services.

Exposure to testing orchestration layers, service facades, and network mocking.

Summary
If you are a tech-savvy Software Developer IV / Senior Quality Engineer who pairs strong programming skills in Java, JavaScript, or Python with deep API test automation mastery, Playwright experience, and a passion for flawless integration testing, this contract opportunity is an ideal next step. Bring your test architecture precision, data validation rigor, and collaborative drive to our client's team today!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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