Automation Engineer

Company Description

> An American multinational financial services corporation. It is one of the largest mutual fund and financial services groups in the world!
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> A company that is committed to innovation and being an industry leader by investing in technology.
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> We reward ambitious, passionate individuals with a work environment that fosters diversity, teamwork and collaboration as well as encourages innovative ideas and fresh thinking. We recognize the value that employees’ individual differences can contribute to the bright and strong future of our company.

Job Description

The Software Engineer in Testing is a developer who is passionate about cutting edge technologies with a proven background in software development, software quality engineering, agile (SCRUM), test-driven development, continuous integration, and automated testing.

Candidate will be responsible for designing, developing and executing software which ensures the Quality of our cutting edge Interactive Communications and Fulfillment Platform by using industry standard tools, custom built solutions, and strong problem solving skills. He/she will own the standardization of these frameworks and source code across multiple products within the Interactive Communications and Fulfillment portfolio of products.

They will also work closely with Developers, Architects, and Operations to ensure application code Quality thru use of code reviews, UNIT test automation and will also be critical in standing up continuous integration and continuous delivery capabilities.

Qualifications

Skillset & Responsibilities

Highly technical and experienced with the following technologies (or similar):

Primary:

• Java, C# .NET, JavaScript, VBScript

• Web Services (RESTful, SOAP)

• Knockout.js, Angular.js, Backbone.js

• Patterns/Frameworks: MVVM, MVC, WCF, WPF, WinForms

• GIT/Jenkins/ANT/MAVEN/GRUNT

• Assertion Languages: Jasmine, Mocha, Chai

Experience with Automation Tools & Technologies is a plus:

• Selenium Web Driver/Coded UI/ Protractor/SAHI Pro/KARMA

• Parasoft SOAtest, Parasoft Service Virtualize

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or closely related field) with at least 2 - 5 years of experience

• Strong Objected Oriented Programming skills

• Experience in both Windows and Linux environments

• Experience providing Continuous Integration/Delivery solutions using tools such as Jenkins & UDeploy

• Strong knowledge of database concepts

• Experience working in Agile (SCRUM) teams

• Experience building complex software applications or automation frameworks

Additional Information

Important soft skills include:

• Strong oral and written communication

• Sound attention to details

• Excellent leadership capabilities

• Ability to drive Strategy & Change across organizations

• Build Continuous Integration/Delivery automation solutions for each product/project

• Provide Automation solutions for large scale projects from an end to end perspective including front end, middle tier services and back end data providers.

• Developing frameworks which promote: Maintainability, Flexibility, Extensibility and Scalability

• Mentor junior level associates in the team

• Must work great in a team and also as an individual contributor

6 Month Contract to Hire