Lead Developer in Test

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. seeks a Lead Developer in Test.

Benefits:  PTO; Paid leave (military, jury duty, bereavement, voting, care of a family member, & childbirth); Paid holidays; OT; Bonus; Health, dental, & vision; Basic life, AD&D, suppl. life, spouse/DP & dependent life, spouse/DP & dependent AD&D, STD, LTD, LTC, BTA, disability, & legal; 401(k) w/ match & add’l FINRA-funded retirement contrib.; Tuition reimb., commuter benefits, & other wellness benefits (adoption asst., backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee asst., & wellness programs).

Hours:                                     Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Summary of Duties:    

• Develop and execute software testing components, develop automation solutions, and perform manual tests as needed throughout the SDLC.
• Ownership of automation architecture (both functional and performance) and set up test frameworks/infrastructure.
• Oversee/manage reviews of system architecture, code, and design documents for specific portfolio.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Perform Independent Assurance on all SDLC phases in a project.
• Actively participate in collaborative resolution of defects including root cause analysis of production incidents.
• Continually look for ways to innovate and improve testing process to gain efficiencies.
• Provide business domain expertise in the project involved.
• Ensure compliance with FINRA technology policies and standards.
• Ensure adherence to technology policies and compliance with all security controls.
• Provide domain expertise in the project involved and serve as technical subject matter expert.
• Create and execute complex test strategies across multiple systems as required to execute tests.
• Architect, design, and develop automation code, scripts, utilities, simulators, data generators, API/Interface testing solutions, and other programmatic test tools to test complex systems.
• Review and provide feedback on system architecture, code, and design documents.
• Effectively communicate testing activities, findings, and project risk in oral and written formats.
• Champion the collaborative resolution of defects including root cause analysis of production incidents.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to Developers in Test.

Education requirements:              Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM or related field or foreign equivalent

Experience requirements:           7 years’ experience in software development or test automation

Or, alternatively:

Education requirements:              Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM or related field or foreign equivalent

Experience requirements:            5 years’ experience in software development or test automation

* Can work remotely.

Special Skills or Other Requirements:

Experience must include:

• Computer science fundamentals – algorithm design, problem solving, and data structures.
• Unit testing, integration testing, system testing, performance testing, security testing, and Agile methodology.
• Java, JavaScript, Angular, and software architecture and design.
• Functional testing, performance testing, security testing, DevOps testing, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Jenkins, Cucumber, Rest Assured, Junit, and Gherkin.
• Architecting, designing, and developing automation frameworks and test suites.
• AWS: ECS, Kinesis Streams, Lambdas, SQS, RDS, and S3.
• Unix/Linux environment.

Salary:                                     $174,338.67 - $232,500 per year

Work Conditions

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To be considered for this position, please submit an application. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.

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