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The ideal candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our banking applications by designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert, driving standards, compliance, and strategic automation for development tools and frameworks to enhance architecture and deliver measurable value. You'll blend technical proficiency with domain knowledge and innovative thinking to drive efficiency and accuracy in banking testing processes. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with business analysts and product owners to translate banking requirements into effective test strategies, staying updated with emerging AI technologies and testing tools to continuously enhance processes, and working closely with development teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. You'll partner with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve issues early in the development lifecycle, drive innovation through new methodologies and tools that improve efficiency and reduce manual effort, and leverage strong communication and collaboration abilities to work effectively across the organization.\nWhat will you do?\nEnsure the quality and reliability of our banking applications by designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks.\n\nApply deep knowledge of banking operations, compliance requirements, and business workflows to design comprehensive and risk-aware test strategies.\n\nDesign and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable test automation solutions leveraging AI-driven tools and emerging technologies to enhance testing efficiency.\n\nDevelop automated test scripts for functional, regression testing scenarios specific to banking applications.\n\nDefine automation scope, oversee end-to-end delivery, and manage the automation framework infrastructure and code repositories.\n\nHarness AI and machine learning capabilities to enhance test case generation, streamline execution, reduce manual effort, and implement intelligent test data generation with anomaly detection capabilities.\n\nChampion end-to-end quality of banking applications by identifying risks, creating test plans, and executing test cases.\n\nPerform test data requirement, analysis, test data creation and conditioning.\n\nMonitor and report on test coverage, defect metrics, and overall application quality.\n\nIn this role, you will communicate and interact frequently with RBC partners and/or employees located across Canada and/or worldwide.\n\nWhat do you need to succeed?\nMust-have\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field with 4+ years of experience as an SDET.\n\nProficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, Vue, Angular, node and Oracle and SQL queries for test data mining, data generation & conditioning.\n\nExtensive experience with test automation tools like Selenium and Playwright and BDD/TDD, Cucumber framework development.\n\nExperience testing banking applications with a strong understanding of banking workflows, financial products, and regulatory requirements.\n\nExperience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins.\n\nHands on experience in API testing tools like Postman or SOAPUI; Experience of API development and integration of models through APIs.\n\nUnderstanding of deep learning fundamentals, RAG and LLMs.\n\nWhat’s in it for you?\nWe 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.\nA comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable\n\nLeaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities\n\nFlexible work/life balance options\n\nWork in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team\n\nAbility to make a difference and lasting impact\n\n Job Skills\nApplication Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System ApplicationsAdditional Job Details\nAddress:\n1 PLACE VILLE MARIE:MONTRÉALCity:\nMontréalCountry:\nCanadaWork hours/week:\n37.5Employment Type:\nFull timePlatform:\nTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type:\nRegularPay Type:\nSalariedPosted Date:\n2026-06-04Application Deadline:\n2026-10-02Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above\nOur Employment Opportunities\nAt RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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.\nJoin our Talent Community\nStay in-the-know about great career opportunities at RBC. Sign up and get customized info on our latest jobs, career tips and Recruitment events that matter to you.\nExpand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at jobs.rbc.com.\nRBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. 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