Description The QA Team Lead is a hands-on technical leadership role guiding GS1 Canadas quality engineering practice across our engineering projects and data exchange services.

Reporting to the QA Manager, you will drive the test automation strategy, mentor QA Engineers, and champion quality at every iteration within a hybrid Agile environment.

This role bridges manual exploratory testing and robust automated coverage, with a strong emphasis on Playwright (Type

Script) and Selenium (Java).

You will work closely with Developers, Dev

Ops, Architects, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to ensure every release meets our quality gates before progressing through the Secure SDLC.

Key Responsibilities Test Automation Leadership Design, build, and maintain the automated test suite using Playwright (Type

Script/Java

Script) for UI/API and Selenium (Java) for legacy and integration coverage.

Define and enforce automation standards, coding conventions, and best practices across the QA team.

Integrate automated suites into Azure Dev

Ops CI/CD pipelines with quality gates on every pull request and deployment stage.

Use the approved QA toolchain Lambda

Test for cross-browser/device execution, KaneAI for AI-assisted test authoring, and the GS1 AI Workbench (Claude) to accelerate test design, coverage analysis, and defect triage.

Team Leadership & Mentorship Lead, coach, and mentor QA Engineers across automation and exploratory testing.

Run regular test-script code reviews with constructive feedback to uphold automation quality.

Partner with the QA Manager on team performance, workload planning,



and development; act as a quality escalation point in sprint ceremonies and defect triage.

Quality Strategy & Process Own the end-to-end test strategy for assigned domains functional, regression, integration, performance, and accessibility.

Define and track QA KPIs (defect escape rate, automation coverage, cycle time, MTTD).

Maintain and improve Quality Gate criteria within the Secure SDLC, including HITL review checkpoints for AI-assisted test generation; drive shift-left testing via BDD/TDD.

Collaboration, Tooling & Reporting Work with Architects to understand system boundaries, event-driven flows, and API contracts in the Platform 3.0 DDD architecture; ensure acceptance criteria are testable and traceable.

Manage the QA toolchain in Azure Dev

Ops (test plans, suites, defect tracking).

Produce explicit quality reports and dashboards for the QA Manager and VP; support GAW telemetry and Squared Up dashboards with QA metrics.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise 5+ years in software quality assurance, including 2+ years in a lead or senior QA role.

Hands-on, production experience with Playwright (Type

Script or Java

Script) for end-to-end UI/API automation Hands-on experience with Selenium Web

Driver (Java), including Page Object Model design pattern Proficiency with Java (test automation) and Type

Script/Java

Script.





Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev

Ops, Git

Hub Actions, or similar).

Solid REST API testing skills (contract validation, status codes, schema assertions) using REST Assured, Postman, or Playwright.

Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor QA engineers, including test-script code review.

Experience in Agile/Scrum teams and ceremonies.

Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Nice to Have Comfort with AI-assisted QA tooling (KaneAI, Lambda

Test) and LLMs such as Claude for test ideation, coverage analysis, and defect summarisation or willingness to adopt them.

Experience testing event-driven / microservices architectures (Azure Service Bus, Event Grid).

Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design and bounded context boundaries.

Experience with GS1 standards (GTIN, GDSN, EPCIS, 2D Digital Link) or supply chain data platforms.

Performance/load testing (JMeter, k6, Azure Load Testing) and accessibility testing (WCAG 2.1/2.2) in Angular apps. STQB certification (Foundation or Test Analyst); familiarity with Azure App Insights and Squared

Up/Power BI dashboards. GS1 Canada is committed to helping all employees, customers, stakeholders and subscribers in an effective and timely manner by preventing and removing barriers for persons with disabilities.

Our policies and practices are intended to foster diversity, inclusiveness and accessibility, while also ensuring that the workplace is free from discrimination and harassment.

📌 QA Team Lead (Toronto)
🏢 GS1 Canada
📍 Toronto