Lead Software Engineer

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 17, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Lead the testing life cycle for enterprise data streams, migrations, conversions, and transformation processes across legacy and modern platforms. Validate files and data pipelines, develop risk-focused test and release-readiness plans, and investigate complex data defects and operational anomalies.

Job details

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer (RISE Initiative) Location: PCS CA, Toronto Years of Experience: 7-10 Years Job Summary: We are seeking a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer to serve as a technical quality leader within the RISE transformation initiative. This critical role involves driving end-to-end reliability and structural integrity across mission-critical data applications, safeguarding high-volume enterprise operations against computational errors, data loss, and operational downtime during large-scale platform evolution. Responsibilities Lead the complete testing life cycle for complex data streams and transformation processes supporting the enterprise RISE program. Design and execute end-to-end data migration and conversion test strategies across legacy, intermediate, and modern target platforms. Perform multi-format file validation to confirm schema accuracy, record counts, delimiter structures, payload integrity, and structural precision. Validate high-throughput data pipelines for completeness, referential integrity, field-level mapping rules, and execution of business logic. Formulate risk-focused test plans, data validation matrices, and release readiness criteria aligned with broader project milestones. Perform in-depth root-cause analysis on complex data defects, schema mismatches, mapping failures, and downstream operational anomalies. Mandatory Skills RISE Program & Core Architecture Testing - Expert File Validation & Schema Verification - Expert Data Testing & Reconciliation Frameworks - Expert Data Migration Testing Strategies - Expert Data Conversion Testing Execution - Expert Advanced SQL & Complex Database Querying - Expert Preferred Skills Test Automation (Data & API Scripts) - Intermediate Legacy Data Migration & Modernization - Advanced API & Web Services Testing - Intermediate Test Strategy & Scenario Design - Advanced CI/CD Pipeline Data Integration - Intermediate Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience in quality assurance and testing methodologies, particularly in data-centric environments.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires 7–10 years of experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. Candidates should have proven quality assurance experience, especially in data-centric environments, with expertise in data testing, migration and conversion testing, file and schema validation, and advanced SQL.