Applications Development Sr Programmer Analyst

• Delivering independent testing for at least one major application belonging to the FX eTrading stack.
• Test case design & development, manual test case execution, test automation development, reviews of requirements, and other project artifacts.
• Implementation and execution of automation test frameworks for functional and non-functional testing.
• Assist the QA lead in the quantification and tracking of automation test coverage, designing testing KPIs, and reporting on corresponding metrics.
• Acting as a quality gate before software products are delivered to our clients.
• Identifying and highlighting ways to continuously optimise the way in which QA function operates to create an efficient, scalable team.
• Work with the business and Production Support to investigate issues and prevent production defects.

Experience / Background

• 8 - 12 years of Experience of working within a global functional QA Test team within the financial sector or for a major bank or client, or other complex environments.
• Experience of developing, extending and executing test automation frameworks.
• Development & technical skills e.g., Java, Python or any other programming or scripting language to a working level.
• Experience of working in Agile development teams and knowledge of BDD / TDD.
• Experience of integrating automation tests into the build process e.g. Hudson, Jenkins.
• Experience of developing stubs and drivers.
• Experience of both UI and server side testing.

In addition, the following would be an advantage:

• Experience in test analysis and manual testing.
• Experience of developing, extending and executing test automation frameworks.
• Experience with high-volume low-latency highly available IT systems, understanding of their architecture and SLAs.
• Business domain knowledge of front office trading in FX, Rates or commodities, e.g. Pricing, Order Execution, and Trading/Auto hedge risk management.

Personal Characteristics

• Effective and confident communicator with a strong passion for testing & quality.
• Open minded team player, good at building networks and leveraging resources.
• High attention to detail.
• Responsible, active, persistent and showing initiative.
• Proactive, and able to work independently.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Result-oriented and client-focused.
• The ability to work in a demanding environment.

Skills Required

• Strong test analysis and test case creation skills.
• Strong knowledge of test methodologies and experience of implementing test automation best practices.
• Experience with test automation tools. Proven track record in successful automation of the testing for large platforms.
• Professional experience with Application Lifecycle Management tools for example Atlassian Jira.
• Basic Unix / Linux skills.

In addition, the following would be an advantage:

• Working knowledge of acceptance test frameworks (e.g. using Fitnesse, Cucumber) and programming or scripting languages.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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