Sr. QA Automation Engineer

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior QA automation engineer to test the software platform for a new digital asset exchange; focused on an institutional client base. The ideal applicant will bring previous experience of building scalable mission critical systems in the cloud.

The ideal candidate will have a real passion for success and will never be satisfied by achieving the bare minimum. They will have an entrepreneurial mind set and have a real passion for detail and customer care. They will be someone who relishes a challenge and flourishes on seeing their team improve and achieve targets.

With a strong background in software engineering your focus will be to improve and build upon our automated testing processes. The application is developed using TypeScript with Node.js and development of the desktop application is with JavaScript ES6+ with React on the Electron platform. You will be working with an in-house development team and an augmented remote development team.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement best quality practices and processes for product development
• Design detailed test cases, test scenarios and step definition using feature files to satisfy user stories utilizing a BDD/ATDD approach
• Write automated tests using Spectron in JavaScript & TypeScript
• Write automated tests using Cypress
• Write automated test scripts for web and API
• Create and maintain test cases using test case management tool
• Identify test strategies, test cases, test scripts that ensure high quality and coverage of functionality, integration and performance of components or system
• Participate in sprint activities, test preparation, creating manual and automated test cases
• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Identify, record, document test results thoroughly and track bugs.
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Troubleshoot and discover root cause of complex issues
• Collaborate with Developers to continuously improve the testability and robustness of the codebase
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Adhere to standards and practices

Knowledge and Experience Required

• At least 5 years' experience as a QA Automation Engineer
• Fundamental critical and conceptual thinking skills
• Strong risk management and problem-solving skills
• Excellent documentation skills
• A results-oriented outlook with the ability to prioritize and deliver key initiatives.
• Experience in identifying complex test cases including edge cases
• Ability to identify productivity and efficiency improvements and quickly adapt to changes
• Ability to partner with other project stakeholders to resolve issues and to mitigate project impacts
• Experience creating SQL query for validating tests and creating test data
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience in API testing using tools like Insomnia or postman
• Working knowledge of Confluence, JIRA, and Bitbucket
• Hands-on experience with automated Java Script based testing framework is a plus

Bonus Points

• Worked in an early-stage start-up
• Worked in the finance industry
• Worked in an Agile environment
• Blockchain
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and build pipelines
• Experience analyzing and testing large ERP or Financial IT systems
• Experience in finance with real time trading systems/market data
• Experience in working in a regulated financial firm
• Experienced in working with multinational global teams