Job Description
Location Address: Hybrid - Toronto - expected to come into office 1-2 times/week (mostly Wednesdays, when there is a bigger team meeting some Mondays required) – needs candidates in GTA
Contract Duration: ASAP to Oct 31, 2023 - approx. 3.5 months
Unsure about possibility of extension, if there are projects in sight then HM retains strongest resources
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week
Typical Day in Role:• Collaborate closely with a team of backend API developers, business system analysts, developers, and
architects to work on both new features and incremental improvements• Develop and update automated test scenarios• Bring new ideas on how to improve the test framework• Create robust, repeatable automated testing solutions for our production software• Develop both positive and negative test scenarios while working with business system analysts, developers,
and technical leads to test new features• Help triage any issues automated tests uncover or any issue raised by production support, and
communicating closely with the development team• Work on a large-scale product and enriching the banking experience for millions of
customers.• Develop automated testing including tools and frameworks.
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 5+ experience as an Automation API Tester, preferably within FI/banking
2) 5+ years of experience directly writing automation code in Java without any testing tools (e.g. SOAP UI)
3) 5+ years’ experience in developing Integration Tests using testing frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, and RestAssured
Main Nice-To-Have Skills:
1) 3+ years of testing Restful APIs with Postman
2) 3+ years of experience in Load Testing (preferably with Locust and LoadRunner)
3) Experience in building, integrating and deploying web services (REST/ SOAP/JSON/XML)
4) Working knowledge of SQL
5) Familiarity with OpenAPI Specification (OAS)/ Swagger, YAML, JSON
6) Exposure to RDBMS such as Oracle or DB2. Knowledge and experience with SQL queries
Soft Skills Required:
- Excellent English verbal and written communication skills are essential
- Ability to distil technical details into simple terms; ability to influence decision making across stakeholders
Education:
- Bachelors or equivalent in computer science or related field is preferred
Best VS. Average Candidate:
Ideal candidate needs to be very strong in Java, strong in automation testing
Candidate Review & Selection
2 rounds - MS Teams Video Interviews
1st round 30 minutes – verbal interview probing on technical skills with the technical team (lead and developer)
2nd round 45 minutes – Technical interview with Codility test – team and HM will join at start and end to introduce - for codility 1 question – in Java