Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

About the Role

Title:
Lead QA Engineer (Associate Director Level)

Location:
Halifax, Canada(Hybrid)

Duration:
6month CTH

Job Description - Lead QA Engineer

What is the opportunity?

We're seeking an experienced QA Lead who can balance hands-on technical excellence with team leadership. This role combines active testing and automation work with leading and mentoring a team of QA engineers. You'll drive quality initiatives, establish testing strategies, and ensure your team delivers exceptional results while remaining engaged in critical testing activities. This role is a 90% hands-on role.

What will you do?

• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, providing technical guidance and career development support
• Define and implement QA strategies, standards, and best practices across the organization
• Design, develop, and oversee automated test frameworks using industry-standard tools (Behave – Python - Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar)
• Allocate resources and prioritize testing efforts based on project needs and risk assessment
• Conduct hands-on testing for critical features, complex scenarios, and architectural decisions
• Establish and monitor quality metrics, providing regular reports to stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in testing processes and methodologies
• Facilitate collaboration between QA, development, and product teams
• Lead root cause analysis for critical defects and production issues
• Review and approve test plans, test cases, and automation scripts created by team members
• Manage test environments, test data strategies, and testing infrastructure
• Champion quality culture and advocate for testing best practices across the organization
• Coordinate release testing efforts and provide go/no-go recommendations

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

- 8+ years of hands-on software testing experience
- 3+ years in a QA leadership
or team lead role
- Proven experience leading and
mentoring QA teams of 3+ engineers
- Expert
-level programming skills in
Python with 5+ years automation development experience
- Advanced experience with
test automation frameworks and tools
- Deep understanding of testing methodologies
, AI Testing, SDLC, and Agile practices
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Experience in developing QA strategies and implementing process improvements
- Proficiency with
version control (Git), CI/CD tools (Github Actions, Jenkins)
- Expertise in API testing and performance testing tools (locust)
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to make technical decisions and provide architectural guidance
- Experience with resource planning, capacity management, and project estimation

What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leadership role with opportunity to shape the QA function and build high-performing teams
• Direct impact on quality culture and engineering practices
• Ability to mentor and develop the next generation of QA professionals
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing environment
• World-class training programs in financial services and leadership development
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to drive strategic initiatives and make lasting organizational impact