Principal QA Engineer

Job Description:

The Team

FBT is looking for a Principal Software Engineer. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be applying your strong software development and test automation skills to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve FBT customer-facing software solutions. You will also be enabling your Scrum team in accepting test automation frameworks and standard methodologies to ensure we are building the right product the right way.

The Expertise You Have

• A Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Software engineering or related field

• 5+ years experience with designing and building UI/Angular and webservice applications while incorporating test automation frameworks

• Experience in delivering software in the Agile environment

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines a plus

• Experience working in the financial Industry

• Expert level knowledge of SQL, RESTful APIs, system design, data structures, and algorithms

• Experience with a modern UI framework such as React, Angular or Vue

• You thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with high risks and high rewards

• Experience AWS, CI/CD, ES6, React or SASS

• Experience with FIX Protocol a plus

The Skills You Bring

• Multi-stack engineer with knowledge in a breadth of development technologies and test automation frameworks (Java/J2EE, unit, Ruby, Cucumber, Selenium, Serenity, JavaScript/Angular, Spring, Web Services, REST, HTTP) 

• Passionate about Test Driven Development, developing robust software, writing testable and maintainable code

• Able to perform many roles within the agile squad from development to QA to systems analysis in order drive sprint deliverables to completion

• Self-directed, willing to take initiative, pragmatic and results-oriented

• Has keen attention to detail and wants to solve hard problems, not just detect them

• Able to learn large software systems end-to-end quickly

• Keenly interested in learning new technologies and their adoption as well as mentoring others

• Able to work with remote and international team members

• Obsessed with creating the best end-to-end customer experience

• Owns the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong results

Qualifications

• Playwright or Cypress is a plus

• Fidelity product knowledge and experience a plus.  

• FSDM experience and knowledge a plus.

• Experience with automated testing tools a is a must. 

• Experience with soapUI or similar Soap test tool is a must.

• Proven ability to work cooperatively and effectively with business partners and development partners.

• Experience with testing WEB and/or distributed application systems

• Strong verbal, written communications and analytical skills

• Ability to manage priorities and workload associated with multiple, concurrent projects.

• Experience with MS Office suite of tools: Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint are a plus.

• Experience with Quality Center or Test Director required

The Value You Deliver

• Defining and executing test strategies, scenarios, and steps for automated and functional testing

• Participate in scrum activities such as test stand ups, story grooming sessions, and sprint planning

• Managing the execution of all testing and validation work throughout the agile process

• Collaborating with technical development team to develop valid test approaches and scenarios

• Working and collaborating with new technologies to solve test challenges and process improvements

• Executes manual and/or automated test scripts for multiple or complex projects

• Leads test script reviews and mentors Squad members on tool and technologies.

• Contributes to CICD through automation

• Strong analytical, communicati