Job responsibilities
- Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Uses an innovative, business-focused approach to test a variety of product features and solutions on the System
- Builds automated QA modules using Test Complete
- Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems
- Partner continuously with cross-functional stakeholders to advance all phases of the software development lifecycle and meet common objectives
- Gather and analyze complex technical and functional requirements of solutions, appropriate for QA testing and then deliver test strategies and plans
- Contribute to discussions solution design to align with QA objectives
- Help analyze, troubleshoot and resolve production issues quickly
- Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture
- Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
- Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, QA testing, and operational stability
- Experience in working with Test Complete or other automation tools
- Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
- Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Experience with MS SQL Server or other relational database experience
- Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- Capable of working in Azure Cloud or other cloud native environment
- Team player and independent/proactive worker, providing support as needed to other areas of the business
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Testing commercial Investment, Portfolio, Order or Execution Management (IMS, PMS, OMS, EMS) systems, Accounting systems, and/or other buy-side experience
- Browser based automation tools like Selenium
- Working knowledge of the Financial industry is strongly preferred
- Microsoft technology stack
- Working with offshore teams
- Some Agile/Scrum experience preferred
- Some experience with Jira is also preferred