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QE Lead - API Testing
eTeam Inc.
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- On-site
- Staff / Principal
- 11 hours ago
- Test Automation
- AI
- Agile
- End-to-End Testing
- CI/CD
- Devops
- REST API
- SOAP
- Microservices
11 hours ago
Location: Toronto / 4 days a week on site not negotiable, F2F interview required (L1 or/and CI)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Quality Engineering QE Lead API Testing
Position Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled Quality Engineering QE Lead with strong expertise in API testing test automation and AIenabled quality engineering practices The ideal candidate will lead endtoend 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 handson technical leader who can define quality strategy mentor teams and ensure highquality 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 E2E testing and security validations
- Review business requirements technical specifications API contracts and architecture designs to ensure adequate test coverage and quality controls
- Drive automationfirst and shiftleft testing practices across project teams
- Integrate automated test suites into CICD 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 handson experience testing REST APIs SOAP Services Microservices and EventDriven Architectures
- Expertise in API testing tools such as PostmanNewman Rest Assured Karate Framework ReadyAPI SoapUI SwaggerOpenAPI
- Proven experience building and implementing API automation frameworks from the ground up
- Strong understanding of API lifecycle management and contract validation
QE Lead - API Testing · eTeam Inc.