Lead Software Development Test Engineer

• Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.
- Pay and Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
- Pension / Retirement benefits
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).
- The Impact you will have in this role: 

The SDET role specializes in development of capabilities and code to automate testing of the product or system under test. You will be part of a business-aligned development squad that specializes in building, enhancing and maintaining custom software and solutions supporting the business.

Your Primary Responsibilities :
- Prepare, maintain and complete manual test cases based on user stories; present results and track defects to closure
- Design, develop, and execute automated tests to ensure the quality of software products.
- As a squad member, work to understand software requirements.
- Design, develop and maintain automated tests that validate the functionality.
- As a squad member work to identify and resolve defects and improve the overall software testing process.
- Implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) processes.
- Diagnose and remediate software defects.
- Lead and mentor a team of test engineers, providing guidance, training, and support to ensure their success.
- Stay current with new software testing methodologies, tools, and technologies.
- Understand and apply industry-specific best practices & standards.
- Establish level of expertise in the business areas, systems and platforms being supported.
- Responsible for system integration testing, including automation, of newly developed or enhanced applications.
- Responsible for reviewing requirements and design artifacts, developing unit, integration and system test cases, ensuring extensive test coverage for our applications.
- Understand and articulate the business and the value adds.
- Play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete results.
- Responsible for Project Coordination and Technical Management tasks

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

- Qualifications:
- Minimum of 7+ years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
- Talents Needed for Success:
- Hands on experience in GUI/API/XML Testing and Selenium with Java.
- Extensive experience with testing modern scripting language-based components.
- Experience in writing SQL queries.
- Experience with JIRA, Microfocus ALM, Bitbucket, Git, and Jenkins.
- Experience with front-end & backend testing using Java and Selenium.
- Experienced in Agile/Waterfall, onsite/offshore work model and coordination.
- In depth knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle (specifically the testing model, methodology, and processes).
- Detailed understanding of smoke testing, black- box and both non-blackbox testing, as well as regression testing.
- Requires the ability to work well with both business clients and technical team independently, both individually and as part of a team.
- Preferably from Financial domain.

Additional Qualifications 

- Develops a culture where integrity and visibility are encouraged.
- Stays ahead of on changes in their own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up-to-date.
- Invests effort to individually mentor others.
- Builds collaborative teams across the organization.
- Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed.
- Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.