Address Job Title
QA Automation Engineer
Role Summary & Role Description
Who we are looking for
Hybrid QA Automation Engineer is responsible to develop and maintain new and existing Testing automation frameworks. Global Link is a team of engineers that work passionately to apply cutting edge advances in software to solve real-world challenges in Financial Services Industry. This position would involve continued evaluation of test cases for inclusion in test regression, test coverage and automation of newly implemented functionality, and development of tools to enable QA efficiencies. The Automation engineer will also work closely with Software Developers & Product Owners to form and follow quality procedures, standards and specifications ensuring they are met and deliver the highest quality products in a timely and cost-effective manner.
What you will be responsible for
As QA Automation Engineer you will
- Maintain/Improve existing UI, Server-Side and Integration testing frameworks/scripts.
- Strong knowledge on Selenium, Cypress with Java and API testing.
- Better understanding of Automation Objects and Integrations across various platforms/applications etc.
- Evaluate product functionality and create test strategies and identify performance tuning areas to assess product quality.
- Individual contributor exploring opportunities to improve performance and suggest/articulate the areas of improvements importance/advantages to management.
- Integrate with SCM infrastructure to establish a continuous build and test cycle using CICD tools.
- Comfortable working on Linux/Windows environment(s) and Hybrid infrastructure models.
- Establish processes and tools set to maintain automation scripts and generate regular test reports.
- Peer review to provide feedback and to make sure the test scripts are flaw-less.
Core/Must have skills.
Strong knowledge in Java/Selenium/Cypress and Core Java with Data Structures. sound knowledge and working experience in STLC and SDLC integration models.
Strong QA analytical and reasoning skills with pro-active approach towards problem solving.
Clear & crisp communication and commitment towards deliverables
Understanding of web technologies, including web services, web application services and RESTful APIs
Experience influencing software engineering best practices within your team.
Good to have skills.
Test automation using BDD/Cucumber / TestNG combined with strong hands-on experience with Java with Selenium. Especially working experience in WebDriver.IO
Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
Work experience in qTest, Jira, WebDriver.IO
Why this role is important to us
State Street Global Market - GlobalLink - BestX® is a technology company, delivering independent open-architecture real-time analytics, that operate autonomously from any liquidity provider or execution venue. Our analytics create a level playing field across which clients can assess and compare the quality of their FX, Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities and Crypto trades and demonstrate best execution. We are recognized by more than 140 clients as the Industry Standard for TCA & Best Execution Analytics. Our Clients are Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Banks & Sovereign Wealth Funds. We help Clients to Define, Achieve, Evidence and Record a process of Best Execution. Founded in 2016, BestX has won the Risk Market Technology Award for Best Execution product of the year 6 times since 2017.
We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We’re looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.
Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry
