Automation QA Engineer

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity

With 4,300 employees and over 400,000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices spread across five continents, we’re a Fortune-100, Nasdaq-listed provider, connecting clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

At StoneX, we offer you the opportunity to be part of an institutional-grade financial services network that connects companies, organizations, and investors to the global markets ecosystem. As a team member, you'll benefit from our unique blend of digital platforms, comprehensive clearing and execution services, personalized high-touch support, and deep industry expertise. Elevate your career with us and make a significant impact in the world of global finance.

Corporate: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing and financial management to human resources and operational oversight, you’ll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Responsibilities

Primary duties will include:

• Liaise with the business/developers/BAs at concept stage to determine testing strategy and coverage
• Determine if the software will perform according to the user request and conform to guidelines
• Assess the impact and risks of new functionality introduced into the system
• Actively participate in sprint planning sessions and ensure requirements are clear and complete
• Provide accurate estimation for sprint planning
• Create test cases, BDD specifications and data (manual and automated)
• Ensure that adequate test coverage is provided
• Participate in team stand ups
• Actively implement Test Automation where possible
• Understand and maintain the existing test automation suite where required
  
  
  

Qualifications

To land this role you will need:

• Good knowledge of the software development lifecycle
• Good knowledge of QA practices and processes
• Experience of testing web and client-server applications
• Experience working in an Agile environment and BDD/ATDD
• Experience in testing financial applications especially Trading platforms and services and reporting solutions
• Experience in testing RESTful, SOAP, messaging services
• Experience working in all phases of software testing right from requirements analysis up until QA/UAT sign off and release to live
• Experience working with version control, build & deployment and test management tools, preferably Git, TeamCity, Jira, TestRail
• Experience in debugging software
• Experience in reviewing application code
• Experience in building tools and utilities for automating testing tasks Strong in Programming fundamentals and ability to program in at least one programming language (Preferably C#)
  
  
  

What makes you stand out:

• Good business/ financial knowledge especially Trading CFDs, spread betting and Forex would be helpful
• Basic SQL skills
• Knowledge about WPF testing is a plus
• Experience in test automation using a BDD tool is a plus