Lead QA Automation Engineer

About the Job: We are seeking a Lead QA Automation
Engineer to drive the quality strategy, design scalable automation
frameworks, and lead a high-performing QA team. In this role, you will work
closely with cross-functional teams—including Engineering, Product, and
DevOps—to ensure high-quality delivery across modern web, API, and enterprise
applications.

Office Location: Toronto

Employment Type: Permanent

Role Type: New position

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days/week in office)

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead QA strategy, planning, and execution across
  multiple projects and teams
  
• Design, develop, and scale robust automation
  frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end testing
  
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to
  QA engineers, fostering best practices and continuous improvement
  
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, and
  DevOps to ensure testability and quality throughout the SDLC
  
• Drive end-to-end automation, including building
  frameworks from scratch where required
  
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
  to enable continuous testing and faster releases
  
• Oversee test planning, test case design,
  execution, and defect management
  
• Ensure comprehensive coverage across functional,
  regression, integration (SIT), and UAT testing
  
• Work closely with release management and
  deployment teams to support smooth product releases
  
• Establish QA standards, documentation, test
  architecture, and governance practices
  
• Analyze quality metrics and provide insights to
  stakeholders for continuous improvement
  
• Act as a key escalation point for quality risks,
  defects, and production issues
  
  

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software testing experience within
  Agile development teams
  
• 7+ years of strong hands-on test automation
  experience
  
• Proven experience leading QA teams or acting in
  a Lead capacity
  
• Expertise in automation tools such as Selenium,
  WebdriverIO, REST Assured, Postman, or similar
  
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, or
  JavaScript/TypeScript
  
• Demonstrated experience building automation
  frameworks from scratch
  
• Hands-on experience with BDD/TDD frameworks (Cucumber, Cypress, Playwright, Webdriver.io, TestNG, etc.)
  
• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)
  
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies and
  testing types (UI, API, Functional, Regression, SIT, UAT)
  
• Experience with defect tracking and test
  management tools (JIRA, etc.)
  
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management,
  and leadership skills
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SAP web testing
  
• Exposure to performance testing and security
  testing practices
  
• Experience in Agile Release Train environments
  (SAFe) or large-scale delivery programs
  

Benefits

Salary Range: $100,000 to $110,000 CAD/ year

The final compensation offered will depend on local market
conditions and geographic location, as well as job-related factors such as the
candidate’s knowledge, skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and
education/training. Compensation may also include additional components such as
benefits, and/or other incentives, where applicable. In accordance with new
employment standards requirements, we retain copies of this job posting and
applicant information for three (3) years after the posting is removed. We do
not use AI technology; all applications are also reviewed by our recruitment
team.

Infoya is an equal opportunity employer committed to
diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified
individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status,
aboriginal status, or any other legally protected factors.