QA Lead

A financial firm is looking for a QA Lead to join their team in Charlotte, NC.

Compensation: $165-185k 

Responsibilities:
• Continual discussions with Development Teams to review stories planned, requirements of new features and story point automation efforts – plus participate in testing as needed
• Input test plan and scenarios into Xray – convert scenarios into automation
• Perform Impact Assessment of all business requirements and any changes – vet requirements
• Maintain applicable test artifacts (test plan, test cases, test data automation scripting) per the business requirements or change requests
• Code pull and review, future CI/CD implementation, execution and reporting

Qualifications:
• Strong knowledge and coding experience in Python/Java to automate test cases for post trade back office and trade flow    
• Strong working knowledge on SQL to write complex SQL              
• Strong hands-on experience in expanding frameworks and creating new automation scenarios programmatically using Python or Java                
• 5-7 years of experience in application development/automation framework development using Python / Java                
• 2 years of working knowledge and ability to develop test automation script for post trade Fixed Income Capital Markets data lineage                
• Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks                
• Strong knowledge in Core Java/ Python or any equivalent, automation testing tools for backend, frontend & web service API testing         
• 5 years of professional experience working with data sets, advanced scripting and SQL             
• Prior experience working as QE/SDET in agile/scrum teams, shipping features often                
• Ability to understand complex data flows between various internal and external applications              
• Demonstrated ability to identify and report Risks and Issues
• Strong working knowledge of Fixed Income and Derivatives Back Office Testing - Capital Markets experience