About the Role
The TMX group of companies includes leading global exchanges such as the Toronto Stock Exchange, Montreal Exchange, and numerous innovative organizations enhancing capital markets. Global Technology Services (GTS) is a foundational division of TMX Group, delivering cost-effective technology, operations, and digital innovation to empower internal business lines. TMX facilitates fully electronic trading on Canada's premier equities and derivatives Exchanges (TSX, TSXV, TSXA, and MX), providing efficient, fair, and transparent stock market trading services globally.
As a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst, you will join a fast-paced Agile squad—collaborating alongside Developers, Business Analysts, Architects, Product Owners, and a Scrum Master—focused on transforming TMX's platforms into industry-leading digital products and evolving TMX's Trading System.
This role reports to: MX Trading & TMX Operation Portal Lead.
Job Location: This role is hybrid (2-3 days/week in the office) - based in Montreal, QC.
Responsibilities
•Drive Automation: Design, script, and execute automated test scenarios covering both technical and trading-related topics
•Ensure Quality: Maintain and improve software solutions for functional, integration, regression, performance, and end-to-end testing
•Collaborate: Partner closely with the development team to ensure products meet the highest quality standards throughout the software development lifecycle
Key Accountabilities
•Design, develop and maintain automation framework/software solutions
•Establish and participate in a quality assurance culture based on user satisfaction and continuous improvement
•Identify and evaluate the risks related to the quality of applications
•Convert business requirements into test cases and test scenarios
•Manage and set up test environments
•Recommend innovative ideas to automate and reduce manual QA efforts
•Coordinate and perform all testing activities in the software development process
•Work with Regular Expressions
•Participate in ongoing process improvement efforts to ensure test automation is promoted and applied effectively in the squad
•Research tools, methods, and technology trends to support test automation objectives
•Be well organized, result oriented, self-motivated, collaborative
•Demonstrate excellent analytical and interpersonal skills
Requirements
•Strong problem-solving, analytical, technical, and troubleshooting skills
•Attention to detail
•Organized, focused and persistent
•Automation design and scripting skills
•Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience
•Minimum 4+ years of experience in all functions of system testing
•Minimum 2+ years of experience in software development and quality assurance
•Experienced with a variety of Quality Assurance technology architecture including application, infrastructure, data and security
•Strong understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
•Familiarity with Agile/Scrum frameworks
•Strong development skills with Python
•Experience working in Linux environments
•Experience with tools such as JIRA, TestRail
•Fluency in French and English (spoken and written) is essential for this position, as it involves producing documentation for external and internal stakeholders who communicate in both languages
•Previous experience in Financial Services and/or Capital Markets industry
•Advanced knowledge of trading applications and FIX Protocol
•Understanding of web frameworks
Notes
Please note that the company is not currently sponsoring work permit applications, and the applicant must be authorized to work in the country where this position is located.
