Automation Test Lead

Automation Test Lead

Typical Day in Role:
– Works closely with Business Analysts, QA and Dev team members to understand business requirements to build comprehensive testing scenarios. Must take an interest in understanding the business functions.
– Participate in daily stand-up with business users (traders)
– Conduct regular technical discussions to clarify requirements or deal with blockers
– Use meeting discussions to build test suite
– Build a regression test suite using Python with Robot Framework
– Automation framework in Selenium
– Conduct some manual testing and investigation work
– Testing Angular on the front end and SpringBoot back end

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
– 5+ years’ working in an automation test lead capacity
– 5+ years’ experience using Python with Robot Framework is a must
– 3+ years’ experience Java with Selenium and TestNG is a must

Nice-To-Have Skills:
– Databases: MS-SQL and Oracle is an asset
– REST Client: Postman or Insomnia is an asset
– Capital Markets experience (equities and listed options preferred) is an asset
– Experience with BitBucket and Git
– Apache Kafka experience is an asset
– Elastic Search experience is an asset

Soft Skills:
• The candidate must also possess good analytical, problem solving and communication skills, and be able to interact efficiently with other team members. The candidate should also be a quick learner, self motivated and results oriented, and able to work independently.

Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required