Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Curinos empowers financial institutions to make better, faster and more profitable decisions through industry-leading proprietary data, technologies and insights. With decades-long expertise in the financial services industry and a relentless focus on the future, Curinos technology and analytics ecosystem allows clients to anticipate customer needs and optimize their go-to market decisions in an increasingly competitive market.

Curinos is operating under a hybrid modality. This individual may work from the Toronto office.

All candidates must possess work authorization which does not (and will not in the future) require work sponsorship by an employer.

Curinos is looking for an experienced Senior Quality Assurance Manager – Automation & Performance. This position reports to the Director of Curinos QA. The role involves being a leader in the quality assurance process of many SaaS, AI/ML analytical applications in HTML5 frameworks with a Micro-Service based architecture.

Responsibilities

• Remotely manage and mentor 5 QA Engineers located in North America and India.
• Prepare QA metrics & KPIs to understand quality trends by product.
• Research, select and implement leading edge AI based software testing tools.
• Manage and maintain reliable clean test data sets to enable consistent test results from release to release.
• Work within Agile Scrum teams meeting with Engineering Managers, Architects, Developers and Product Managers to determine the quality assurance parameters, acceptance criteria, and verifying quality ahead of CI/CD deployments.
• Work with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines.
• Use automation frameworks (Selenium, Postman and others) to ensure tests are incorporated into reusable automated test suites. Testing scope includes API services, User Interfaces, Reports & Data Visualizations.
• Plan, design, and execute performance tests using JMeter and other load testing tools to assess application responsiveness, stability, and scalability under different load conditions. Monitoring of CPU utilization, memory utilization and network latency.
• Implement best practices for test automation, including test case modularity, reusability, and maintainability.
• Conduct test automation code reviews and ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
• Responding to requests from Product Managers and Developers.
• Investigating quality issues understand how and why defects were not detected in released code.

Desired Skills & Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience (8+ years) in software quality assurance, test automation, and performance testing.
• Two plus years leading and managing a test team.
• Hands-on experience using UI automation with tools like Selenium & Playwright.
• Strong experience in API automation – Postman experience preferred.
• Experience with performance testing using JMeter or similar tools, including test script creation, execution, and result analysis.
• Analyze performance test results to identify bottlenecks, performance issues, and potential optimizations for the engineering team to investigate.
• Proficiency with Python and JavaScript
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles and experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with database technologies including RDBMS and NoSQL databases
• Experience with RESTful API design and development.
• Strong knowledge of web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working in a fast-paced agile environment.
• Nice to have
  • Knowledge of the Robot Testing Framework
  • Financial Services Sector experience

Why work at Curinos?  

• Competitive benefits, including a range of Financial, Health and Lifestyle benefits to choose from 
• Flexible working options, including home working, flexible hours and part time options, depending on the role requirements – please ask! 
• Competitive annual leave, floating holidays, volunteering days and a day off for your birthday!
• Learning and development tools to assist with your career development 
• Work with industry leading Subject Matter Experts and specialist products 
• Regular social events and networking opportunities 
• Collaborative, supportive culture, including an active DE&I program 
• Employee Assistance Program which provides expert third-party advice on wellbeing, relationships, legal and financial matters, as well as access to counselling services 

Applying: 

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't meet all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have relevant skills or experience, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! 

If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats, special requirements to access our buildings or adjusted interview formats please contact us at [email protected] and we’ll do everything we can to help.

Inclusivity at Curinos: 

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed.  As such, Curinos is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.