Summary
Constantine Ivals is a Quality Assurance Lead with over 20 years of experience delivering test strategies and automation for banks, exchanges, regulators and trading firms, currently leading QA for digital transformation at the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario. He blends deep domain knowledge of trading systems, ETL/big data pipelines and payment networks with hands-on technical expertise in Java, Python, Selenium, Spark/Hive and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure). Constantine has repeatedly built robust end-to-end and non-functional test frameworks—from high-frequency trading venues to large-scale web portals—driving migrations, performance testing and automated ETL validation. He pairs leadership in test planning and execution with practical scripting and CI tooling (Jenkins, Git, IntelliJ) to shorten release cycles while improving auditability and risk controls. A former discretionary equity trader, he uniquely bridges trading strategy monitoring and QA, enabling tighter alignment between business risk and test coverage. Based in Old Toronto, he’s known for translating complex financial workflows into pragmatic, repeatable automation that survives regulatory scrutiny.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering, 3.4 GPA, Computer Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering, 3.4 GPA at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Greek