Lead Software Development Test Engineer

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and encouraging team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're 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 crafting a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

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, improving and maintaining custom software and solutions supporting the business.  

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement 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. 
• Stay ahead of 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

**NOTE:  The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

• Proven min experience of 5-7 years with automated unit and integration testing.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Hands On experience with test automation frameworks and tools, such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, etc. as well as CI/CD technologies (e.g. Cloudbees, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Cucumber, Git, JUnit, Jira etc.).
• Extensive experience with testing modern scripting language-based components.
• Strong experience with automated testing and test-driven development
• Detailed understanding of smoke testing, black-box, and non-black box testing, as well as regression testing.
• Knowledge of software testing methodologies and techniques, including unit testing, integration testing, and functional testing
• Expert and hands on with backend test automation using Rest Assured/Karate for API testing. JDBC/JPA for database testing (Oracle/ DB2/ Snowflake).
• Experience in Java Application Development
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Python, C#, etc.)
• Knowledge of Databases and SQL preferred. 
• Experience in writing SQL queries.
• Experienced in Agile/Waterfall, onsite/offshore work model and coordination.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Positive relationship and collaboration skills.

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.