Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com

What You’ll Be Doing

As a QA Engineer II on the US Risk Technology team, you will be designing and executing tests to ensure that CIBC delivers high quality software to our risk management partners. Your focus will be testing extract-transform-load (ETL) workflows in SQL, Talend, and Databricks (Python) used in our anti-money laundering (AML) and capital stress testing tools. Testing is currently manual but automated testing is being introduced, you will play a big role in building it out and integrating it with our DevOps pipelines. You will be reporting to the Lead QA Engineer. You’ll be part of US Risk Technology, with the mandate to improve CIBC’s risk management capabilities through data, tools, and processes – enabling our bank’s continued growth.Your daily tasks will include planning, executing, and managing functional testing efforts in support of the delivery lifecycle. You define, execute and manage Regression testing efforts, as well as any needed performance or load testing, participate in the review and creation of testing documentation (e.g., test strategies, plans, schedule, test cases, dashboards, defect logs, test phase closure reports) and ensure all test artifacts adhere to testing standards and traceability requirements. You also review business and system requirements to create test cases with detailed steps and expected results and understand and communicate status to your lead and project stakeholders. In addition to this, you execute test cases and document results, raising concerns and reporting status to the QA Lead and Project team, plan, analyze, develop, debug, execute and maintain automated test cases utilizing tools such as Playwright or Selenium and assist in defining test data and test environment requirements.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 2 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How You’ll Succeed

• Software Testing – translate business requirements into test cases. Design and execute end-to-end test plans. Raise defects for developers in our issue management system. Prepare software development lifecycle (SDLC) documentation.
• Database Knowledge – apply your SQL skills to interpret requirements and validate data feeds.
• Automation – help build out automated testing and integrate it with DevOps tooling. Exposure to scripting languages such as Python would be an asset.
• Business Savvy – apply your knowledge of banking and risk management to understand challenging business problems.
• Collaboration – build trusted working relationships with business stakeholders and technology partners.
• Communication – express technical concepts to non-technical audiences with precision and clarity.
• Continuous Learning – stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, changes in the banking industry, and regulatory developments.

Who You Are

• You demonstrate experience in. Software Quality Assurance with both manual testing and automation frameworks including Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or API Testing frameworks. You have experience with DevOps tooling such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, TeamCity, or GitHub. Experience with SQL is a must and you ideally have a broad technical familiarity with cloud computing (preferably Azure) and relational databases. All CIBC US technology team members have completed or will soon complete their AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals certification. You understand banking fundamentals. Exposure to anti-money laundering, risk management, capital stress testing, credit risk models, and regulatory compliance would be particularly relevant.
• Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
• You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to create a shared vision.
• You embrace and champion change. You'll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

At CIBC, we offer a competitive total rewards package. This role has an expected salary range of $83,100-$101,500 based on experience, qualifications, and location of the position. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. CIBC offers a full range of benefits and programs to meet our employee’s needs; including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability, and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave, and Vacation), Holidays, and 401(k), in addition to other special perks reserved for our team members.

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What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.
• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.
• Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com
• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.
• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Job Location

IL-70 W Madison St, 10th Fl

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

40

Skills

Analytical Thinking, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, Azure Devops, Databricks Platform, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology (IT), Microsoft Azure, Python (Programming Language), Quality Assurance (QA), Selenium, Structured Query Language (SQL), Test Automation, Test Case Design, Testing Methodology, Troubleshooting