Software Engineer, Test

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We’re looking for a driven and detail-oriented Software Engineer, Test to join our growing Products & Technology team in Toronto. This team is passionate about delivering high-quality, scalable solutions to serve over 600,000 members. As a Senior QA Engineer, you will play a critical role in building robust automated testing solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of our applications. You will be joining our Products & Technology team and be responsible developing automated test for our internal and external applications.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with developers, product managers, and designers to influence technical design and ensure testability
• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks across web and data platforms, including the ability to architect solutions from the ground up
• Apply experience in both UI and API automated testing to ensure end-to-end coverage and quality
• Write and execute clear, maintainable tests using JavaScript, Playwright, and SQL
• Support and evolve the overall automation strategy with a focus on value, ROI, and early stage integration
• Reduce reliance on manual testing by identifying and executing automation opportunities
• Provide insights through dashboards and status reporting for team visibility
• Execute and automated testing to support biweekly releases
• Communicate testing progress and issues to team members and stakeholders through clear reporting
  
  

Tech Stack & Tools

• Playwright, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Performance Testing (eg. Artillery, JMeter, locust, LoadRunner)
• SQL Server, OracleDB
• Azure Data Factory, Azure Function Apps, PowerBI
• GitLab CI/CD, Jira
  
  

You’ll Succeed In This Role If You Have

• Minimum 5 years of experience in test automation and QA in Agile environments
• Proven experience designing and implementing end-to-end automation solutions
• Strong SQL skills for constructing and validating complex queries (joins, subqueries)
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and test strategies
• Experience with Playwright and/or similar technologies
• Experience with defect management tools (e.g., Jira)
• Strong understanding of the test pyramid, test strategy, and how automation fits into modern DevOps pipelines
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and see tasks through to completion
• (Nice to Have) Familiarity with pension/financial services domain
• (Nice to Have) Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, PowerBI, or Function Apps
  
  

Why Join Us?

At our core, we value collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. You’ll work alongside a supportive and passionate team dedicated to delivering real value to our members. Join us in shaping impactful digital experiences that serve real users every day.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 1+ days per week.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.