Senior QA Engineer

About Us:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication 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.

LSEG is 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

Role Description:

Quality Automation Engineer - IPPS Operations Tooling will be a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), responsible for the solution design and delivery of building new quality automation tools and tests in support the governance and management of Indices, operational and audit requirements.

The remit for this role is a part of the wider programme to build solutions to fit in target state index platform and achieving strategic objectives of LSEG Index business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements analysis, writing test cases/scripts, test case automation and execution of all required testing
• Write automated test cases that are robust, repeatable, well catalogued by feature (to orchestrate future smoke/regression runs)
• Prioritises test automation through appropriate tools and scripting
• Work with dev team to integrate test automation into build/deploy process
• Input to Outcome/Story/Task refinement, test case ideas and guidance.
• Capture relevant labels and links to ensure full traceability of outcome -> story -> test cases -> bugs for reporting purposes
• Ensure testing validates story acceptance criteria / meet DoD with maximum scenario coverage
• Follow processes, engineer quality into our software products. Input and feedback to lead/manager around areas for improvement.
• Ensures high quality product through the validation and verification testing of functional and non-functional requirements
• Communicates with clarity, precision, presenting complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate Maintenance and support of the existing quality automation tools and frameworks

Required Skills:

Mandatory:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Electronics / Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• Experience in software development methodologies and Agile based delivery
• Proven experience of leading the design and delivery of quality automation software
• Experience on various testing techniques
• Hands-on experience on functional and non-functional testing
• Knowledge of quality standards and regulations
• Experience in working on data management and data focussed projects
• Substantial experience in the use of 3GL's (e.g., C++, JAVA, Python), strongly structured background and sound understanding of OO
• Understand DB's, SQL, etc - general backend tech
• AWS/Ansible/Jenkins/Git/API
• Experience in AWS
• Must be able to display/talk and have lived with why strong coding standards are important
• Able to engage easily with the Core Automation Team, make changes to the framework with consent (of team).
• Able to conceptuality describe the difference between an OO and functional language/approach.
• ISTQB Foundation Level Certification

Business / Sector expertise

• Desirable to have experience in financial services with an understanding of financial and related market data

Personal skills & capabilities

• Excellent communication skills
• Highly motivated, self-starter
• Strong team player, problem solver, a self-sufficient individual with an ability to be constructively address issues.

Benefits:

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We maximise each employee's potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days' holiday per year
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Annual wellness allowance
• Share Purchase Plan
• Medical Health Insurance
• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
• Dental Coverage
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• Meal Vouchers
• Flexible Benefits
• Bookster
• Volunteering Events

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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