Lead Software Development Test Engineer

The Impact you will have in this role:

The Development family is responsible for creating, designing, deploying, and supporting applications, programs, and software solutions. May include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities related to software products used internally or externally on product platforms supported by the firm. The software development process requires in-depth subject matter expertise in existing and emerging development methodologies, tools, and programming languages. Software Developers work closely with business partners and / or external clients in defining requirements and implementing solutions. The Software Engineering role specializes in planning, documenting technical requirements, designing, developing, and testing all software systems and applications for the firm. Works closely with architects, product managers, project management, and end-users in the development and enhancement of existing software systems and applications, proposing and recommending solutions that solve complex business problems.

You will collaborate with your peers within and outside your area to ensure that any best practices/approaches/standards are reused. You would be part of an Agile squad and will collaborate with the Product Owner (PO) to understand the business needs and participate in planning, definition, and high-level technical design with the development team.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

- Participate in daily code deploys while working on individual or team projects
- Translate business requirements into software designs and implementations
- Participate in thorough code reviews with a goal of illustrating quality engineering practices and to produce the highest quality code possible
- Build high quality and scalable / performant applications
- Design frameworks that promote concepts of isolation, extensibility and reusability
- Contribute towards supporting the application platform and resolving issues on time.
- Coach junior members in the team and develop them over time to enhance their skills and knowledge

**NOTEThe Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

- Minimum 7 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree (preferred) or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

- Hands on experience in software development using Design Patterns, Java, typescript, Java EE, Spring Boot, Angular 8+, JMS, REST API, PL/SQLmiddleware like IBM MQ, Solace, tomcat, liberty server, WebSphere, WebLogic or JBoss application servers.
- Familiar developing and running applications in Windows and Linux environments and container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift will be a plus.
- Demonstrable experience in software development using CI/CD tools especially GIT, Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Jira
- Experience using the following development toolsVisual Studio, IntelliJ, or Eclipse.
- Demonstrated capability working with middleware like IBM MQ, Kafka Solace, tomcat, liberty server, WebSphere, WebLogic or JBoss application servers.
- Familiarity working with large scale cloud data platforms like snowflake with hands on SQL and PL/SQL functions.
- Solid focus on software testing with Junit, Mockito, Jasmine, Karma.
- Familiarity with different software development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
- Experience with Test Engineering methodologies and Test Automation Frameworks and experience in Selenium with Java.
- Experience in financial services industry primarily on Financial Risk management for different types of securities like equities, treasuries, Mortgage-backed securities.
- Strong knowledge of Data warehousing concepts and Large scale Data pipelines.
- Experience in API (Application Programming Interface) platforms like APIGEE.

Additional Qualifications:

- Strong ability to gather and analyze requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Writing and executing the unit test scenarios / cases to ensure the code quality and reliability.
- Deep understanding of all lifecycle components (code, test, deploy)
- Ability to present designs to peers and Product Owner for approval.
- Troubleshooting and debugging code to resolve technical issues.
- Optimizing application performance to ensure efficient use of software resources.
- Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.