Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

This role can be located the Caribbean Banking Market or in Canada where the successful candidate resides

Application Deadline: April 18, 2025

What is the opportunity?

In this role the Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (Snr SDET) Digital Applications and Originations Labs for RBC Caribbean Technology, will be responsible for testing and automation processes, methodologies, test strategy and improvements of our overall test delivery.  You are accountable for driving quality by leveraging automation to improve quality through early defect detection.  You will be responsible for creating test automation scripts for our Digital Apps and our Originations Labs using existing and new automation frameworks and tools.  You will be accountable for maximizing automation test coverage and using business analysis and automation techniques to optimize testing activities.

What will you do?

• Responsible for testing of all the Digital and Originations apps portfolio.
• Accountable for driving Automation and automated test case creation and execution, maximizing automation for all project deliverables and common quality activities.
• Responsible for developing and executing automated test plans for ecosystem/program/large projects (might assume planning execution accountability)
• Accountable for driving quality and champion defect prevention/early defect detection
• Responsible for designing, building, or enhancing scalable and robust BDD based automation framework and automated test cases.
• Responsible for modelling system behaviors/attributes performing model optimization to improve scope and functional coverage and maintain models as business requirements change.
• Create test suites, traceability matrix etc. and provide support on test suite walkthrough with different teams.
• Develop and maintain existing applications automation scripts for test activities and aligning to RBC Quality Engineering practices while partnering across IT and with assigned business lines to plan functional and non-functional testing activities.
• Responsible for all test execution and maximizing automation for all project deliverables and for following defined processes and tools and alignment with overall QE strategy and framework for the applications.
• Effectively communicates and build automation reports and metrics for project stakeholders and business partners from initiation to close.
• Promotes collaboration and partnering to develop and meet core project objectives and provides coaching to team members on Automation framework, DevOps and applicable processes, practices, and tools.
• Look outside for opportunities to disrupt from within and continually expand what is possible through technology.
• Work within a cross functional team aimed at delivering high quality solutions.
• Code, test and implement full stack solutions to meet business needs.
• Create intuitive, robust, and reusable test and automation interfaces using modern frameworks and help build strong automation regression suites and ensure quality deliverables

What do you need to succeed?

Must have:

• Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related (technical) degree
• 5 to 7 years of hands-on active software engineering and test automation coding experience
• Proven experience including development and defining & owning test automation infrastructure for a large enterprise with coding skills in Python, Java, (or anything equivalent)
• Strong Experience with BDD, and any test automation framework (Selenium, Appium, Robot, Cucumber, Playwright, Cypress, TestNG)
• Strong understanding of testing frameworks & methodologies and In-sprint automation (Agile Management Framework & Iterative Waterfall) and best practices
• Experience in writing complex system’s test plans (MTA) and defining strategies and experience in leading QE Functional & Automation teams and representing them in front of project stakeholders and proven problem solving, defect root cause analysis, learning and analytical ability

Nice-to-have

• Demonstrated Experience as a software engineer.
• Experience testing full-stack web and mobile applications
• Experience in DevOps with test integration, processes, and tools.
• Experience in test case design at different levels (component/service/APIs, integration, mobile, end to end/user scenarios) or non-functional testing.

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.

• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

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Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.