Job Description

About Us:

Propel (TSX: PRL) is the fintech company building a new world of financial opportunity by facilitating access to credit for consumers underserved by traditional financial institutions. Through its AI-driven platform, Propel evaluates customers in a more comprehensive way than traditional credit scores can. Our revolutionary fintech platform has already helped consumers access over one million loans and lines of credit and over one billion dollars in credit.

To build a new world of opportunity we bring together the brightest talent to help us build opportunities. We are entrepreneurs and believe in measuring success through results and growing within; talent and hard work never goes unnoticed. At Propel, we are here to change the way employees, customers and shareholders succeed together.

We are a team of passionate entrepreneurs, who foster curiosity and growth in our employees. Our culture is why we have been so successful and why our employees choose Propel to build their careers. It is also why we are one of North America’s fastest growing companies and a Best Place to Work.

Join us as we change the way employees, customers and shareholders succeed together.

About You:

You thrive in a vibrant, entrepreneurial organization where your ideas are valued. You are motivated by goals, a self-starter, and enjoy wearing multiple hats in a fast-growing fintech environment.

You are a talented professional looking for a career, not a job. Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, you are dedicated to ensuring that all systems and processes conform to the technical specifications before, during and after release. Your work will increase application resiliency, improve data integrity and increase process efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Develop test strategies, test plans, and detailed test cases based on business requirements for complex financial applications.
• Validate batch and online processing workflows, including scheduled jobs, real-time transactions, downstream system impacts, and data movement across integrated platforms.
• Perform end-to-end testing across UI, API, service, database, and external system layers to ensure complete business workflow validation.
• Execute statement and financial validation testing, including balances, payment schedules, loan data, transaction history, fees, and customer-facing disclosures across LOC and Installment products.
• Test third-party and system-to-system integrations, including APIs, file-based interfaces, service responses, and data transformation logic.
• Design and execute backend validation using SQL, logs, database records, and service outputs to verify business rules, file processing, and data accuracy.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and retest defects; partner closely with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to drive timely resolution.
• Contribute to automation strategy by identifying high-value automation opportunities and expanding regression, integration, API, and UI test coverage.
• Support shift-left testing practices by participating early in requirement reviews, acceptance criteria discussions, solution design reviews, and risk assessment sessions.
• Work within Agile delivery teams and CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous quality validation throughout development, testing, and release cycles.
• Use modern QA and AI-enabled automation tools to improve test efficiency, coverage, traceability, and defect detection.
• Support release readiness, production validation, and post-release verification for critical financial and operational changes.
• Maintain thorough documentation of test scenarios, evidence, results, and defect reports to support transparency, auditability, and compliance needs.
• Mentor junior QA team members and promote best practices in quality engineering, risk-based testing, and automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance in a commercial environment, with strong hands-on experience in backend, API, database, and integration testing.
• Proven experience in the financial services, lending, credit, or fintech domain.
• Solid knowledge of end-to-end testing for enterprise applications across UI, services, integrations, databases, upstream and downstream impacts.
• Strong understanding of Lines of Credit (LOC) and Installment loan lifecycle, servicing, and related customer/account workflows.
• SQL skills for data validation, troubleshooting, and backend verification.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices, test planning, defect lifecycle management, and collaboration within cross-functional product teams.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and quality gates in modern software delivery environments.
• Experience with shift-left testing and proactive quality involvement during planning, design, and development phases.
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, communication skills, and ability to work effectively across QA, Development, Product, Business, and Operations teams
• Familiarity with AI-based testing or any automation tool.
• Experience using generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) is an asset.
• Ability to integrate or adopt AI tools in day-to-day tasks.

Benefits to Joining Propel

• Growth and opportunity – we pride ourselves on promoting from within
• Incredible company culture
• Competitive salary and health benefits
• Comprehensive vacation package
• Group health and dental benefits
• Group RRSP program
• Support for new parents
• Diverse and inclusive workplace

Salary Range

$70,000 – $100,000

Final compensation is determined by market conditions, location, and the candidate’s experience, skills, and education. This role may also be eligible for performance-based incentive programs and total compensation may include variable incentives, such as bonuses and commissions.

This posting is for an existing vacancy within our organization.

Our Culture

Propel brings together the brightest talent to build opportunities. We are entrepreneurs who measure success through results and growth from within; talent and hard work never go unnoticed. Our team fosters curiosity and growth, making Propel one of North America’s fastest-growing companies and a Best Place to Work.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Propel welcomes and encourages applications from all groups, including Indigenous peoples, women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and those with intersectional identities. Should you require accommodation throughout any stage of the recruitment and selection process, please specify your requirements when submitting your application and we will work with you to meet your needs.

AI Disclosure

We use AI to assist in reviewing applications and assessing candidates. These tools support our recruitment team, however, all hiring decisions are made by our trained hiring managers and recruitment professionals, not AI.