Automation Developer

Position: Automation Developer

Location: Toronto, ON (onsite)

Job ID#: RQ11312

Duration: 7 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Automation Developer to design, build, and implement automated testing and intelligent automation solutions. The successful candidate will contribute to automation strategy, framework development, quality assurance processes, and automation adoption initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve software quality and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for automation within software processes.
  
• Design and execute QA tests using scripts that automatically test functionality.
  
• Design and develop test automation scripts.
  
• Utilize test automation frameworks to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
  
• Investigate software issues identified during testing activities.
  
• Collaborate with QA analysts and software developers to identify and implement solutions.
  
• Develop and maintain scalable automation frameworks and reusable components.
  
• Integrate automated testing solutions into CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Support UI, API, performance, and accessibility testing initiatives.
  
• Contribute to automation governance, standards, and best practices.
  
• Define and track automation metrics, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms.
  
• Lead automation adoption initiatives and mentor team members on automation practices.
  
• Create and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, and knowledge repositories.
  
• Participate in planning, prioritization, and delivery of automation initiatives.
  

Required Qualifications

General Skills

• Experience identifying automation opportunities within software processes.
  
• Experience designing and executing automated QA testing solutions.
  
• Experience testing databases, systems, networks, applications, hardware, and software.
  
• Experience identifying and documenting bugs and quality issues.
  
• Experience installing and maintaining applications and databases related to automation.
  
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to improve workflows through automation.
  
• Experience gathering and documenting business and technical requirements.
  
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and meet project deadlines.
  
• Strong client and stakeholder relationship management skills.
  

Technical Skills – RPA, Machine Learning & Microsoft Power Platform

• 5+ years of experience developing, testing, and implementing automation solutions using:
  
• Microsoft Power Automate
  
• Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
  
• Machine Learning (ML)
  
• Process Mining technologies
  
• Experience developing ML solutions using Java and/or Python.
  
• Experience working with:
  
• Power Automate Cloud Flows
  
• Power Automate Desktop Flows
  
• AI Builder and Form Recognizer models
  
• Connectors and automation accelerators
  
• Experience integrating automation solutions with databases, monitoring applications, analytics platforms, and enterprise services.
  
• Knowledge of OCR, information extraction, classification, and AI model training.
  
• Experience creating Solution Design Documents (SDDs).
  
• Experience designing and developing secure RESTful and SOAP APIs.
  
• Experience with:
  
• Java/JEE
  
• Spring Framework
  
• SQL/NoSQL databases
  
• Message Queues
  
• Front-end development experience using:
  
• Angular
  
• JavaScript
  
• Groovy
  
• JSON
  
• HTML/CSS/XML/XPath
  
• Python
  
• Knowledge of IAM, OAuth, authentication, and authorization.
  
• Experience developing applications that conform to WCAG AA accessibility standards.
  

Test Automation Architecture & Technical Expertise

• Deep expertise designing scalable automation frameworks using Playwright.
  
• Strong understanding of framework architecture patterns including:
  
• Page Object Model (POM)
  
• Modular Frameworks
  
• Hybrid Frameworks
  
• Experience creating reusable environments, libraries, and templates.
  
• Strong TypeScript and/or JavaScript scripting experience.
  
• Experience implementing:
  
• UI Test Automation (Playwright)
  
• API Testing
  
• Performance Testing (e.g., JMeter)
  
• Accessibility Testing (Axe, Lighthouse)
  
• Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Exposure to AI-powered testing capabilities such as test generation, self-healing automation, and intelligent reporting.
  

Automation Strategy & Governance

• Experience developing and executing automation strategies and roadmaps.
  
• Experience establishing automation standards, governance, and best practices.
  
• Experience measuring automation effectiveness through KPIs and reporting.
  
• Experience implementing process optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.
  
• Experience evolving automation frameworks for scalability and maintainability.
  

Leadership & Mentoring

• Experience leading automation initiatives across multiple projects.
  
• Ability to mentor QA and development teams on automation practices.
  
• Experience delivering training programs, workshops, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
  
• Resource planning and capacity management experience.
  

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Experience working with Development, QA, DevOps, and Business teams.
  
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  
• Experience supporting automation adoption and change management initiatives.
  
• Experience maintaining centralized documentation repositories.
  

Project Management

• Experience planning and executing automation projects.
  
• Experience managing pilot implementations involving automation technologies.
  
• Strong prioritization, time-management, and delivery skills.
  
• Experience tracking lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives.
  

Must-Have Skills

• Test Automation Development
  
• Playwright Framework Architecture
  
• UI and API Automation Testing
  
• TypeScript/JavaScript Development
  
• CI/CD Integration
  
• Accessibility Testing (Axe, Lighthouse, AODA)
  
• AI-Assisted Test Automation
  
• Automation Framework Design and Reusability
  

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We serve customers in two ways, we provide:

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