Associate Director, Lead QE AI Engineer

Job Description

What is the Opportunity?Seeking an experienced QE AI Lead who can balance hands-on technical excellence with team leadership. This role combines active testing and automation work with leading and mentoring a team of QA engineers. You'll drive quality initiatives, establish testing strategies, and ensure your team delivers exceptional results while remaining engaged in critical testing and automation activities. This role is a 90% hands-on role.What will you do?

• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, providing technical guidance and career development support

• Define and implement QA strategies, standards, and best practices across the organization

• Design, develop, and oversee automated test frameworks using industry-standard tools

• Allocate resources and prioritize testing efforts based on project needs and risk assessment

• Conduct hands-on testing for critical features, complex scenarios, and architectural decisions

• Establish and monitor quality metrics, providing regular reports to stakeholders

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in testing processes and methodologies

• Facilitate collaboration between QA, development, and product teams

• Lead root cause analysis for critical defects and production issues

• Review and approve test plans, test cases, and automation scripts created by team members

• Manage test environments, test data strategies, and testing infrastructure

• Champion quality culture and advocate for testing best practices across the organization

• Coordinate release testing efforts and provide go/no-go recommendations

• In this role, you will communicate and interact frequently with RBC partners and/or employees located across Canada and/or worldwide

What do you need to succeed?Must-have:

• Strong experience with AI/ML tools for testing and evaluations

• Expert-level programming skills in Python with 5+ years automation development experience

• 8+ years of hands-on software testing and automation experience

• 3+ years in a leadership or team lead role

• Deep understanding of testing methodologies, AI Testing, SDLC, and Agile practices

• Proven experience leading and mentoring QA teams onshore and offshore

• Advanced experience with test automation frameworks and tools

• Strong leadership and people management skills

• Experience in developing QA strategies and implementing process improvements

• Proficiency with version control (Git), CI/CD tools (Github Actions)

• Expertise in API testing and performance testing tools

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Experience with resource planning, capacity management, and project estimation

Nice-to-have:

• Post Graduate degree in Data Science.

• Cloud-related experience.

What is in for you?We 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.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

#LIPOST#TECHPJJob SkillsAgile Methodology, Agile Methodology, Application Testing, Automation, CI/CD, Communication, Continuous Improvement, Data Testing, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Group Problem Solving, IT Quality Assurance, Leadership, Long Term Planning, Mentorship, People Management, Performance Testing, Predictive Analytics, Programming Languages, Quality Culture, Quality Initiatives, Quality Metrics, Release Testing, Software Product Testing, Team Leadership {+ 1 more}Additional Job Details

Address:

1597 BEDFORD HWY:HALIFAX

City:

Halifax

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-04-03

Application Deadline:

2026-05-06Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date aboveOur Employment OpportunitiesAt 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.

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