Senior Quality Engineer

Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.

We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform (eqbank.ca) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021. 

• The Work

• Create and manage testing strategy, estimates and test plans for Project Delivery.
• Review business requirements with the product owner and end users and clarify any ambiguity ensuring testing conditions are understood.
• Develop and execute test cases within the agreed upon timelines ensuring the application is performing as expected.
• Assess and escalate critical & high impact quality issues to the QA manager or Project Lead.
• Review test deliverables, manage defects and document test results.
• Participate in defect review meetings and provide analysis as required.
• Assist in the validation of newly created testing environments in coordination with vendors and IT.
• Troubleshoot and review logs/queues as required to analyze potential defects.
• Assist QA Manager or QA Lead in creating status and progress reports and testing metrics as required.
• Follow prescribed change control procedures, making sure all changes are properly documented, approved and communicated

• 4+ years of experience with creating Test Strategies, Test Plans and Project QA artifacts
• 3+ years of Financial Institution Experience
• Good understanding of SDLC and of Agile/Scrum software development process
• Strong aptitude for learning new technologies
• Ability to interact effectively within a cross functional team- QA, other BU's and vendors
• High level of analytical skills to validate and address defects
• Ability to work and think independently, must be able to work under pressure and on multiple tasks at once

What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]

💰 Competitive discretionary bonus 

✨ Market leading RRSP match program

🩺  Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits

📝  Employee Share Purchase Plan

👶🏽 Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one

🏝 Generous vacation policy and personal days 

🖥  Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues

🎓  Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program

💛  A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience

The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 351 King Street East, Toronto, ON.

Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well. 

We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.

We can’t wait to get to know you!