JPMorgan Lead Software Engineer - Test Automation 

United Kingdom, England 

572494302

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Develop UAT test automation into Front-End automation frameworks, and become POC on newest tools
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in automated testing of APIs and UI testing using RestAssured, Selenium or similar technology.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) (e.g., JAVA, Selenium, and Cucumber)
• Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, Blazemete
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Proficient knowledge and experience in the following tools: Gradle, Maven, Git, Bit bucket, JIRA, Confluence, JMeter/Load Runner
• Practical cloud native experience (e.g. AWS)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Independently design, develop, test, and deliver Test Automation Solutions supporting UAT and UAT testing using Java, Selenium, and Cucumber
• Working experience of REST and SOAP web services, API Testing/Automation
• Working knowledge of databases like Trino, Iceberg, Snowflake and Postgres
• Must be collaborative, able to build strong relationships across the firm, strategize and drive process improvements, and results oriented