Test Automation Lead

Job Description

Responsibilities Understanding of use case base test scenarios, review product requirements Estimate all testing activities and deep knowledge on QA methodologies and tools Understand functional and design specifications to determine and prepare automated test scripts and maintain test case suite Prepare reusable and scalable test automation framework Communicate application / product progress to senior leadership on regular basis To participate in functional as well as technical discussions with the client and team. Work closely with product owners and business analyst to ensure acceptance criteria are accurately captured and share feedback as needed. Develop test strategies, plans, and maintain test data Develop and continuously improve automated tests as new system features and enhancements are developed Execute automated tests and manage the resulting defect log through the point of defect fix validation Ensure the appropriate test environments and infrastructures are in place and kept up to date Identify and report to product teams questionable functions, performance concerns, and inconsistencies Skills Must have Functional: Good understanding of investment banking products such as fixed income, equities, derivatives (futures options), FX. Basic knowledge of financing risk, underwriting, forecasting, portfolio analytics and monitoring Experience with electronic trading platforms ECNs (e.g. Bloomberg). Technical: 9+ years of relevant working experience Strong knowledge of Java programming language Candidate should be hands-on with coding in current role. Possess excellent communication skills to facilitate accurate and efficient communication across globally distributed development and test teams. Experience in Selenium, Rest Assured and at least one performance testing tool (preferably Load runner) Experience in BDD framework design with tools such as Cucumber Should have deep understanding of websockets, gRPC Protobuf Be SMEs on the testing and proven experience on large scale FM projects. Possess proven UNIX and SQL and No-SQL skills.