Chapter Leader - Quality Engineering - API & Microservices

Job Title – Chapter Leader – Quality Engineering Location: Chennai

The Purpose of This Role

As a Director – Quality Engineering, you will focus on Quality Engineering delivery along with People management and QE technology management. He/ She will work directly with both technical and business stakeholders to translate requirements and technical solution designs into sustainable quality solutions. You will be responsible for the development of Test Strategy, implement best practices, use of appropriate automation tools, Test execution and reporting, ensuring they are built with quality, consistency to our standards, performance and responsive to the device accessing the application.

The Value You Deliver

This Quality Engineering role will play a Chapter Leader role within the WI India technology team. This individual will be responsible for the creation of quality engineering deliverables within web / mobile based software & API’s based applications.

The Director – Quality Engineering will work closely with the Squad Leaders, Scrum Master, Systems analysts, Architects, and other developers to design, build, execute and deliver Test artifacts and quality engineering practices that make up Fidelity’s internet experience. They will be expected to work closely and collaborate with other Quality Engineering associates on and across projects.

Responsibilities of the role includes

• Provide and oversee implementation of Integrated test Strategy solutions for their squad / scrum as well those within same domain. Take responsibility of testing of complex or multiple software applications using standard engineering practices.
• Being able to advance the work of the squad by engaging in Program/ Initiative/Product Area priorities and align QE strategy, implementation and execution as well as defect management and metrics reporting.
• Perform independent analysis of functional, regression and smoke test suits. Provide continuous improvement ideas for overall product quality improvement. Assists in determining and developing approaches to automation frameworks and tools.
• Participates in team project planning, agile ceremonies and retrospections. Collaborate with scrum masters for overall quality responsibility. Supports and performs all phases of testing leading to implementation.
• Identifies and resolves technical issues. Provides technical supervision on small projects. Works on multiple projects concurrently under moderate direction.
• Coach Quality Engineers/ chapter members to improve their performance, knowledge and expertise. People performance management for small to mid-size quality engineering teams across multiple projects.
• Key stakeholder management outside QE chapter like Development, Architecture, Scrum master as well as on business side like Squad Leader, Group Squad Leader and domain leaders.

Required Technical skills

• Experience in Agile development methodology and Jira tool
• Hand-on experience in Test Management lifecycle
• Strong experience in Test automation design, development and execution using various tools eg. Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, SoapUI, RestAssured etc.
• Exposure and basic knowledge of software development skills using Java/ Springboot/Angular, SQL/PL SQL
• Strong knowledge of continuous integration and deployment – Git, Maven, Jenkins, Udeploy, BIT bucket, Docker, SonarQube, etc.
• Exposure to testing applications on cloud like AWS, Azure

Behavioral attributes

• Organizational leader
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Quick learner and willing to adapt and learn new technologies
• Great attitude, team player and effective contributor as lead
• Commitment to quality and high standards

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Workplace Investing (WI) helps millions of people save and invest through workplace savings plans. WI builds lifetime relationships with customers and provides employers with cost-effective, integrated employee benefit solutions. The company serves customers online, over the phone. WI business constitutes of four different product lines Defined Contribution (DC), Defined Benefits (DB), Health & Welfare(HW) and Stock plan services(SPS).

The Digital Shared Services QE team is part of the Workplace Investing (WI) Digital experience Domain group. This group is responsible for new and enhanced API / web services development of applications consumed by multiple products across WI.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or any other discipline
• ~15 years of experience in API testing technology role

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Headquartered in Boston, US, Fidelity's goal is to make financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. Privately held for nearly 70 years, Fidelity employs 45,000 associates who are focused on the long-term success of our customers. FMR (Fidelity Management & Research) India is the Global In-house Center of Fidelity Investments. Headquartered at Bangalore, where operations commenced in 2003, FMR India has another fully-functional unit at Chennai. To know more visit: FMR India

Location: Chennai

Shift timings: 11:00 am - 8:00pm

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