Digital Track QE Lead

About the Position

Ciklum is looking for a Digital Track QE Lead to join our team full-time in Canada. We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts, and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

As a Digital Track QE Lead, become a part of a cross-functional development team, engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital quality engineering initiatives, automation strategy, and test framework development for enterprise applications
• Design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Python, and Playwright
• Develop and enhance BDD frameworks using Cucumber/Gherkin to support business-driven testing
• Establish and manage CI/CD quality gates using GitHub Actions to enable continuous testing and delivery
• Define automation standards, best practices, and quality engineering processes across teams
• Develop AI-assisted testing strategies to improve test efficiency, coverage, and defect detection
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to define testing approaches for complex digital solutions
• Mentor QA engineers and provide technical guidance on automation, framework design, and testing practices
• Analyze test results, drive defect resolution, and ensure release readiness
• Support Agile delivery teams and participate in quality improvement initiatives

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in QA Automation / Quality Engineering roles
• Strong experience designing and implementing automation frameworks
• Hands-on experience with Selenium, Python, and Playwright
• Strong experience with BDD frameworks using Cucumber/Gherkin
• Experience implementing CI/CD quality gates using GitHub Actions
• Experience defining automation strategy and quality engineering practices
• Strong understanding of UI, API, and end-to-end automation testing
• Experience leading QA initiatives and mentoring automation engineers
• Ability to work PST hours

Nice to Have

• Experience implementing AI-assisted testing strategies and intelligent automation solutions
• Experience with enterprise digital platforms and eCommerce applications
• Experience with API automation and service-level testing
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Experience driving automation adoption across multiple teams

We Offer

• Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment
• Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise
• Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications
• Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies
• Care: Healthcare, Basic Life Insurance, Short and Long-term disability insurance according to the Company’s Benefit Plans

About the Company

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress. Now expanding across Canada, we’re looking for talented professionals to strengthen our North American footprint. Join us to innovate at scale and deliver world-class solutions to global clients.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.