Experience: 8-12 years (required)
Location: Calagary
(Candidate is required to go into the office for a Face 2 Face interview with the client)
Hybrid: 3 days REQUIRED in office
QA Engineer-
As an intermediate QA Engineer you will manage QE teams delivering both manual and automated quality testing for financials and securities trading front-end applications. Your understanding of security financial data and securities trading your experience leading testing of front-end web applications and your collaborative yet firm approach to getting things done will be critical to your success in this role. This is an individual contributor role requiring hands-on experience in test automation mobile and API testing along with leadership capabilities to guide and collaborate with offshore teams.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Design develop and execute manual and automated test cases for web mobile and API applications
* Ensure end-to-end quality by implementing testing strategies automation frameworks and best practices
* Work closely with developers product and business stakeholders to align testing efforts with project requirements
* Act as a bridge between onshore and offshore QA teams ensuring smooth coordination knowledge sharing and timely issue resolution
* Drive and mentor QA team providing technical guidance and ensuring best QA practices are followed
*Collaborate in Agile environments actively participating in sprint planning stand-ups and retrospectives
* Continuously improve testing processes identify gaps and implement automation where feasible.
* Ensure production roll testing staffing and attend production rolls as needed
* Coordinate tool enhancement needs with infra/tools team
* Communicate on teams behalf to both technical and non-technical audiences
* Work in an agile environment with various scrum teams using test management tools such as JIRA / XRAY
Required Skills & Experience:
* Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
* 3-5 years of experience in information technology/software development with a proven ability to ensure high quality results and with expertise in test automation agile methodologies and QA best practices.
* Strong hands-on experience in Java Selenium for UI automation
* Demonstrated knowledge of Financials and securities trading instruments offered on Morgan Stanley/E*TRADE
* Solid knowledge of QA methodologies test planning system dependencies and product integration phases
* Ability to lead teams in a fast-paced environment with short sprint cycles
* Exposure to the Atlassian tool sets Bitbucket JIRA Confluence etc.
* Experience in mobile testing and API testing using tools like postman Rest Assured
* Excellent communication and coordination skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with onshore and offshore teams
Preferred
* BS or MS degree in Computer Science Information Systems or Engineering
* Experience with Jenkins Git BitBucket Perfecto SauceLabs cloud Java Selenium