Lead Software Development Test Engineer

The SDET role specializes in development of capabilities and code to automate testing of the product or system under test. You will be part of a business-aligned development squad that specializes in building, enhancing and maintaining custom software and solutions supporting the business.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Prepare, maintain and complete manual test cases based on user stories present results and track defects to closure
• Design, develop, and execute automated tests to ensure the quality of software products.
• As a squad member, work to understand software requirements.
• Design, develop and maintain automated tests that validate the functionality.
• As a squad member work to identify and resolve defects and improve the overall software testing process.
• Implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) processes.
• Diagnose and remediate software defects.
• Lead and mentor a team of test engineers, providing guidance, training, and support to ensure their success.
• Stay current with new software testing methodologies, tools, and technologies.
• Understand and apply industry-specific best practices & standards.
• Establish level of expertise in the business areas, systems and platforms being supported.
• Responsible for system integration testing, including automation, of newly developed or enhanced applications.
• Responsible for reviewing requirements and design artifacts, developing unit, integration and system test cases, ensuring extensive test coverage for our applications.
• Understand and articulate the business and the value adds.
• Play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete results.
• Responsible for Project Coordination and Technical Management tasks

• Hands on experience in GUI/API/XML Testing and Selenium with Java.
• Extensive experience with testing modern scripting language-based components.
• Experience in writing SQL queries.
• Experience with JIRA, Microfocus ALM, Bitbucket, Git, and Jenkins.
• Experience with front-end & backend testing using Java and Selenium.
• Experienced in Agile/Waterfall, onsite/offshore work model and coordination.
• In depth knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle (specifically the testing model, methodology, and processes).
• Detailed understanding of smoke testing, black- box and both non-blackbox testing, as well as regression testing.
• Requires the ability to work well with both business clients and technical team independently, both individually and as part of a team.
• Preferably from Financial domain.

Additional Qualifications

• Develops a culture where integrity and visibility are encouraged.
• Stays ahead of on changes in their own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up-to-date.
• Invests effort to individually mentor others.
• Builds collaborative teams across the organization.
• Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed.