HYBRID - Must be in NYC We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Sprint Developer to join our Capital Markets Technology team. Job Details: Reporting to the QA Functional Test Lead, this person will be a key member to provide quality assurance testing to ensure any business-requested changes are validated prior to handing off to UAT. This person will learn the business as well as understand the testing framework and processes for our applications. Required to draw on testing knowledge in order to creatively develop solutions for automating test processes as well as design maintenance procedures and documentation. Within this team, there is an open and collaborative approach to work on solutions for applications and workflow processes. Additionally, this person will be required to automate any repetitive steps in a workflow process or application in order to provide the highest quality for our technology and business and will be required to meet those standards and prove your ability to provide the best test capabilities. Responsibilities:
- Review user stories planned for the sprint and provides user point estimation during sprint planning
- Design manual test cases and creates automation scripts for in-sprint testing
- Execute test cases either manually or using automation test tool during In-sprint testing
- Review test coverage and ensures traceability of test cases to the business requirements
- Perform impact assessment of all business requirements and any change to business requirements
- Maintain applicable test artifacts (Test plan, test cases, test data automation scripts) per the business requirements or change requests
- Work with Application Lead to standardize user stories sizing (T-Shirt sizing or other estimation techniques)
- Provide in-sprint testing progress to the functional test lead and escalate any issues/risks
Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or comparable discipline is desirable
- Proficient coding skills and a good level of understanding of the testing methodology
- Deep understanding of agile methodology and experienced with story point estimation
- Ability to translate user stories into testable outcomes
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to understand complex data flows between various internal and external applications
- Extensive experience in frontend technologies like JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- Basic understanding of KDB (time series database)
- Automation scripts in environments with python, javascript, java, or C#
- Intermediate understanding of test Automation tools and techniques
- Demonstrated ability to identify and report risks and Issue
- Desire to understand Financial / Banking domain