QA Automation Engineer

My client are looking for a QA Automation Engineer to join their team. This position will work within an Agile team as an advocate of Quality and will drive Behavioural Driven Development (BDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD) to ensure business outcomes are delivered. 

The QA Engineer will work closely with Developers, Data Engineers, Business Analysts and Product Owners. Strong in automation skills, they will part of an Agile team driving a shift left methodology to achieve a high level of automation, of which the key focus will be UI, API and FIX protocol testing. The successful candidate will be able to define test frameworks and execute test scenarios

Role Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with global Business Analyst, Development and QA teams for efficient test planning, test design and co-ordinate testing efforts between global teams.
• Play key role in automated tests, supporting design, development, execution and maintenance of scripts that run in CI/CD environment.
• Demonstrate a high degree of autonomy, taking ownership and prioritization of tasks.
• Experiment with multiple technologies and methodologies as part of delivery, to help guarantee the best solution and approach.
• Take Ownership/Accountability for development of key features and drive to completion.
• Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery. 

Experience / Competences

Essential

• Proficient in programming or scripting language such as Javascript, Java or similar
• Demonstrable experience using JIRA, Zephyr, UI Automation tooling (Test Complete, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) Python, Cucumber, jBehave or similar frameworks
• Adept at developing end to end functional automated tests
• Background in back-end session client/server automation using Javascript, VeriFIX (FIX session automation will be added advantage)
• Exposure to GUI automation using, Selenium, Web Driver IO using javascript
• Non-Functional testing including performance, load, stress and security testing using tools like JMeter, K6 or similar
• Experienced using CI/CD tooling such as GitLab, Jenkins.
• Ability to work within Agile development teams with a BDD approach to help define and refine requirements.
• Understanding of trade life cycle and knowledge of broker/ trader platforms
• Appreciation of the full SDLC and driving the importance of quality throughout this process.
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive and independent approach to problem solving and innovative solutions.
• As a specialist role, the individual should be delivery-focused and pragmatic, capable of working on multiple tasks simultaneously and managing deadlines.

Desired

• Background and experience of financial/ trading platforms and knowledge of financial markets
• Relevant Testing Qualifications such as ISTQB, Agile Software Testing Courses
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services.
• Experience with serverless architecture and microservices.
• Experience with TDD, BDD or similar approaches to specifying requirements and design.
• Knowledgeable in Jira or similar issue management system.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.