Software Developer In Test (Remote)

Project Description:

We are more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.

Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

We are headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with fellow developers, financial market infrastructure experts, testers, architects and operations teams to deliver working solutions.

• Take ownership of the analysis, design, build and delivery of software components written in Java.

• Take responsibility for identification, estimation and reporting on of progress of tasks.

• Assimilate, challenge, help refine and then apply architectural principles around scalability, security and fault tolerance.

• Develop a deep understanding of the mechanics of Market Risk & Market Risk Stress Testing and apply this knowledge.

Mandatory Skills Description:

Technical( MUST HAVE – all 7 skills)

• Java coding ( Java 8+) proficient hands on experience ( at least 5Y in roles with at least 80% automation testing/software development tasks)

• Experience in using UNIX (PuTTY) at least 3Y experience

• Competent SQL (or PL/SQL) hands on experience ( at least 4Y using key SQL queries on large Databases e.g. Oracle/MySQL/Sybase)

• Experience in back end & databases test automation approaches including technologies such Cucumber/ Junit/TestNG

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes.

• Familiarity with version control systems (Git)

• Proven experience working on Cloud Solutions ( preferably AWS)

Business

• Knowledge of capital markets and financial risk management (market and/or credit risk), clearing and margining concepts

• Experience with Scrum and the use of Jira & writing test cases using Zephyr. Experience working with cross-functional technology teams to deliver projects using agile methodologies.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Experience in testing including test planning and execution of Functional, SIT, UAT and Regression tests

Behavioral Skills

• Team player

• Ability to own & lead tasks successfully.

• Working with distributed teams

• Strong leader

• Conflict resolution

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

• Experience of databases, particularly Oracle

• Some Experience using tooling such as Jenkins, Bitbucket and Ansible

• Spring boot or Spring Core – at least basic to medium hands on experience

• Experience using Control M

• Exposure to front end testing ( Selenium)

• Experience in testing & validating data in modern data warehouse environments ( especially Snowflake)

Languages:

English: C1 Advanced