- We are looking for a QA Engineer II to join our Banking Platform organization
- In this role, you will help ensure the quality, reliability, and readiness of Zafin's banking product as it is developed, tested, and released to customers
- You will be responsible for planning and executing testing across customer implementation workstreams, validating business requirements, identifying defects, and supporting release readiness
- This role requires strong functional testing skills, good backend and data validation experience, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced banking technology environment
- Familiarity or hands-on experience with AI tools is a plus, as the product is evolving toward AI-enabled capabilities
- Review business requirements, functional specifications, and customer configuration details to define effective test scenarios and test cases
- Perform functional, regression, integration, backend, API, and end-to-end testing for SaaS banking product implementations
- Validate backend data processing, file-based workflows, system integrations, APIs, batch jobs, and customer-specific configurations
- Prepare and manage test data required for test execution
- Execute test cases, document results, capture test evidence, and clearly report testing progress
- Identify, document, track, and retest defects using tools such as Jira or similar platforms
- Work with Product and Engineering stakeholders to clarify requirements, resolve defects, and support release readiness
- Support UAT and validation activities by providing test evidence, defect updates, and scenario clarification when required
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites that validate product functionality, reliability, and quality
- Embed automated testing throughout the software development lifecycle, integrating automated regression and validation tests into product CI/CD pipeline(s) providing continuous quality feedback
- Identify opportunities to improve test coverage, automation, test execution efficiency, and overall product quality
- Identify repeatable test scenarios that can be considered for automation
- Contribute to QA process improvement, test coverage enhancement, and overall product quality
- Test coverage is clear, complete, and aligned to product requirements
- Test automation frameworks reduce manual effort and speed up release cycles
- Defects are well documented, properly tracked, and resolved early in the development cycle
- Testing status, risks, and release readiness are communicated clearly
- QA is seen as a trusted, embedded partner within the Banking Platform engineering team
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements - includes opportunities for hybrid work, flexible hours, flexible locations, and various types of paid leave
- Meaningful recognition - we truly value our team members' contributions and ensure that their achievements are properly recognized and rewarded through areas such as incentive opportunities
- Ownership - we offer a stock option plan that is exclusively for employees who share our sense of purpose and create value that keeps us on our A-game
Hands-on experience with functional testing, backend testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testingAbility to work independently, manage priorities, and support multiple concurrent initiativesGood SQL skills for data validation, backend verification, and issue investigationStrong understanding of the Software Testing Life Cycle, defect lifecycle, test planning, test case design, and regression testingFamiliarity or hands-on experience with AI tools or AI-assisted testing, with interest in building toward AI-enabled QA workflowsAbility to understand business requirements and convert them into clear, effective test scenariosExperience working with Jira, Confluence, test management tools, or similar platformsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience3+ years of experience in software quality assurance; experience in banking, fintech, financial services, or enterprise SaaS environments preferredExperience testing APIs using tools such as PostmanStrong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skillsExperience testing banking platforms, financial products, pricing, billing, deposits, lending, payments, or transaction workflowsHands-on experience with automation testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, TestNG, Cucumber, Rest Assured, or similar frameworksExperience with performance testing tools such as JMeterUnderstanding of Kafka, ETL, batch processing, data pipelines, or message-based integrationsBasic knowledge of cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Git, or DevOps practices
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QA Engineer in Ottawa employer: Zafin
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