Lead Software Development Test Engineer

The Impact you will have in this role:

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Prepare, maintain and complete manual test cases based on user stories; present results and track defects to closure.
• Prepare, maintain, and complete automated test scripts.
• Maintain traceability from business requirements through test cases to automated scripts.
• Review test cases / automation approach with customer to ensure comprehensive coverage and acquire feedback.
• Track test execution milestones, report on issues and risks with the potential to affect project timelines.
• Lead and mentor a team of test engineers, providing guidance, training, and support to ensure their success.
• Construct appropriate end-2-end business scenarios through the application of a broad understanding of business objectives and goals.
• Collaborate with delivery pipeline teams to drive adoption and resolve open issues.
• Identify dependencies for environmental and data requirements; handle and maintain environment and data.
• Provide mentorship to colleagues related to test coverage and test cases.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the product being delivered.
• Responsible for process compliance & associated documentation.
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to supervise and mitigate risk; calls out appropriately.

• Minimum of 7 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

• Minimum of 7+ years of related experience.
• Hands on experience in API/XML Testing and Selenium with Java.
• Extensive experience with testing modern scripting language-based components.
• Experience in writing SQL queries.
• Experience with JIRA, Microfocus ALM, Bitbucket, Git, and Jenkins.
• Experience with front-end & backend testing using Java and Selenium.
• Experienced in Agile/Waterfall, onsite/offshore work model and coordination.
• In depth knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle (specifically the testing model, methodology, and processes).
• Detailed understanding of smoke testing, black- box and both non-Blackbox testing, as well as regression testing.
• Requires the ability to work well with both business clients and technical team independently, both individually and as part of a team.
• Preferably from Financial domain.