Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior/Lead QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Python and Robot Framework. The ideal candidate will play a key role in driving quality engineering practices, defining automation strategies, and ensuring high-quality delivery of complex financial and digital solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable automation frameworks using Python and Robot Framework

- Define and implement test automation strategy, standards, and best practices

- Lead end-to-end automation testing efforts across web, API, and backend systems

- Build and maintain automated test suites for regression, functional, integration, and smoke testing

- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and QA teams to understand requirements and ensure test coverage

- Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab, etc.)

- Perform API testing using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or Python-based libraries

- Drive shift-left testing practices and improve overall test efficiency

- Analyse test results,



identify causes of failures, and work closely with development teams for defect resolution

- Mentor junior QA engineers and provide technical guidance

- Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and release planning activities

- Ensure adherence to quality standards, coding guidelines, and test documentation practices

Required Skills & Experience

- 8 - 10+ years of experience in Software Testing / Quality Engineering

- Strong hands-on experience in Python automation development

- Expertise in Robot Framework for test automation

- Solid understanding of Selenium WebDriver or similar UI automation tools

- Strong experience in API testing (RESTful services, JSON, XML)

- Experience working with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions

- Good understanding of version control systems (Git, Bit bucket)

- Robust knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies

- Experience in writing reusable, maintainable, and scalable test scripts

- Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills

📌 Automation Testing (Toronto)
🏢 Kumaran Systems
📍 Toronto