Automation QA Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a skilled Automation QA Engineer to join our team in Tianjin, China, focusing on automated testing and quality assurance for financial markets systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute high-quality test cases based on accurate business requirements analysis.
• Maintain a testing structure to facilitate future additions / amendments and ongoing execution.
• Champion and implement testing automation at every opportunity using best of breed software tools for both server side and client side components.
• Demonstrate effective and accurate test scheduling skills in line with other project deliverables.
• Ensure that testing cycles can be executed by a wide audience; not just by testers.
• Troubleshoot QA environments, diagnosing and resolving issues prior to formal testing.
• Perform root cause analysis of issues to assist in determining the source of problems.
• Utilise Jira to effectively categorise and track issues raised during the testing cycle.
• Undertake strategic test planning & develop a strategic testing approach for each service in support of the FM Testing strategy.
• Identify and analyse strategic testing opportunities and initiatives on a global basis.
• Participate in regular testing review meetings and conduct proactive data analysis on all metrics, including daily / weekly / monthly reports.
• Accept responsibility for testing of tactical and strategic business initiatives for FM RATANONE and coordination of the business plans, policies, and processes in support of those initiatives.
• Constantly analyse, enhance and seek to improve the testing processes employed.
• Undertake Static Data Analysis for all system components throughout all stages of test execution.
• Accept global responsibility for producing functional and testing requirements for RATAN systems to serve all parts of FM and the wider group where they wish to utilise FM functionality.

Requirements

Must have

• Independent problem-solving, highly motivated and self-directing
• Skilled in pattern design and analytical thinking
• Strong domain knowledge of Agile and its processes
• Experience working in Financial Markets, facing end users. Ability to work, prioritize and deliver under pressure
• Be SMEs on the testing of ratan offerings with proven experience on large scale FM projects
• Have experience working within the investment or wholesale banking industries
• Demonstrate a strong general knowledge of banking business systems and a deep understanding of Derivatives flows from front to back office systems
• Possess excellent communication skills to facilitate accurate and efficient communication across globally distributed development and test teams
• Possess a proactive 'can do' attitude and demonstrate the ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Be customer oriented & focused
• Possess proven UNIX & SQL skills
• Have experience in the development of automated test solutions in JAVA, preferably with knowledge and experience of STL and Boost libraries, multi-threading, low latency and high throughput distributed architectures.
• Possess proven SQL & UNIX skills
• Automation experience utilising modern software tools
• Technical skill set: Java, Cucumber, Python, Selenium
• Good quality assurance thinking/methodology
• Cloud middleware exp.
• AI usage or AI project exp.
• Having migration project exp. is preferred

Nice to Have

• Financial Markets knowledge
• AGILE development and DevOps
• Understanding of Jenkins and cloud-based solutions
• Cross functional experience such as business analysis, development will be a bonus

Languages

• English: B2 Upper Intermediate

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
• Professional development opportunities
• Remote work options

About the Company

Join our team and contribute to the evolving technical direction of the team as we adapt to this rapidly changing space. As part of the FMTPT team, you will have an opportunity to constantly analyse and improve the Murex Trade processing platform from a technical point of view as well as from user experience view. You'll keep yourself updated with the latest software technologies and share the knowledge to the team.