As a Head of Quality Assurance at Commcise located in Bangalore, you will play a crucial role in managing testing activities to ensure the best user product experience. With 13-15 years of relevant experience, you will need to have an Engineering or IT Degree. Your strong expertise in software testing concepts and methodologies, along with excellent communication skills and technical aptitude, especially in automation, will be essential for this role. Your responsibilities will include having a deep understanding of capital markets, trading platforms, wealth management, and regulatory frameworks such as MiFID, SEC, SEBI, FCA. Experience with financial instruments and post-trade processes will also be necessary. You will be required to define and implement comprehensive testing strategies covering functional and non-functional testing, as well as developing test governance models and enforcing QA best practices. Your role will involve a strong grasp of programming concepts, coding standards, and test frameworks like Java, Python, and JavaScript. Expertise in test automation frameworks such as Selenium and Appium, as well as API testing and knowledge of connectivity protocols, will be advantageous. Understanding AI and Machine Learning applications in test automation and driving AI-driven automation initiatives will be part of your responsibilities. Experience in continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines, knowledge of infrastructure as code and cloud platforms, and familiarity with observability tools for real-time monitoring will also be required. You should have expertise in performance testing tools, security testing methodologies, and experience with resilience testing and chaos engineering. Strong leadership skills, team development abilities, and stakeholder management across various teams will be crucial in this role. Having an Agile mindset, leading Agile testing transformations, and implementing BDD/TDD practices will be part of your responsibilities. Strong strategic planning and execution skills, along with a willingness to be hands-on when required, will be essential for driving collaborative test strategies. This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute significantly to ensuring the quality and reliability of products in the financial technology industry.,
As the Head of Quality Assurance at Commcise in Bangalore, your primary responsibility is to manage testing activities to ensure the best user product experience. Your role involves: - **Domain Expertise**: - You should have a strong understanding of capital markets, trading platforms, wealth management, and regulatory frameworks like MiFID, SEC, SEBI, and FCA. - Experience with various financial instruments such as equities, derivatives, fixed income, FX, commodities, and post-trade processes like clearing, settlement, and risk management is essential. - **Testing Strategy & Execution**: - Define and implement comprehensive testing strategies covering functional testing (UAT, regression, integration, end-to-end) and non-functional testing (performance, security, resiliency, compliance). - Develop test governance models, risk-based testing approaches, and enforce QA best practices. - Drive automation-first and shift-left testing strategies across teams. - **Technology & Automation**: - You should have a strong grasp of programming concepts, coding standards, and test frameworks such as Java, Python, and JavaScript. - Expertise in test automation frameworks like Selenium, Appium, and low-code automation tools such as Tosca and Katalon Studio is required. - Experience in API testing (REST, SOAP, GraphQL) and knowledge of connectivity protocols (TCP/IP, FIX, WebSockets) is beneficial. - **AI and the Future of Automation**: - Understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications in test automation. - Ability to drive AI-driven automation initiatives across business and process automation domains. - Knowledge of self-healing test automation, predictive analytics for defect detection, and intelligent test data management. - **DevOps & CI/CD Integration**: - Experience in continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and Azure DevOps. - Knowledge of infrastructure as code and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) is valuable. - Familiarity with observability tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog for real-time monitoring of test environments. - **Performance, Security & Resilience Testing**: - Expertise in performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, k6. - Deep knowledge of security testing methodologies (OWASP, DAST, SAST) and regulatory compliance testing. - Experience with resilience testing and chaos engineering for high availability systems. - **Leadership & Team Development**: - Strong people management, mentoring, and team-building skills are crucial. - Ability to train and upskill teams in modern testing methodologies and tools. - Proven track record of stakeholder management across business, product, and technology teams. - **Agile & Strategic Thinking**: - Agile mindset to suggest context-driven solutions and lead Agile testing transformations. - Strong strategic planning and execution skills, with a willingness to be hands-on when required. Qualifications Required: - Engineering or IT Degree - **Mandatory**: - Strong expertise on software testing concepts and methodologies. - Strong communication skills. - Strong technical aptitude preferably in automation. - **Good to Have**: - Good knowledge of SQL scripting. - Good understanding of Capital Markets, Asset Management Operations, or Investment Banking. - ISTQB Certification. In this role, you will be working in UK Shift Timings with 13-15 years of relevant experience. As the Head of Quality Assurance, your contributions will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of the products delivered to clients in the financial industry.,