Lead Software Engineer – Automation Test Lead

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Credit Risk Technology, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Design, Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies and plans for digital products.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reusable automation frameworks and scripts.
• Lead the execution of automated test suites, analyze results, and manage defect tracking, collaborating with development teams to resolve issues.
• Mentor and lead a team of automation test engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Stay informed on industry trends and evaluate new tools and technologies to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Implement and advocate for quality assurance best practices, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Provide detailed test reports and metrics to stakeholders, effectively communicating with both technical and non-technical team members.
• Recommend new tools and technologies to improve testing processes and outcomes.
• Conduct functional and regression test review sessions and providing tailored guidance to teams.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on web application and REST services troubleshooting and maintenance concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java.
• Extensive test automation experience with in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its IT systems.
• Proven experience in building automation test suites from scratch, including backend API and database validation using SQL queries.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools like Selenium, Cucumber, JMeter, TestNG, Blazemeter, and Java.
• Experience with REST and SOAP web services, including API testing and automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo, and TeamCity.
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts, design patterns, and continuous delivery principles.
• Ability to analyze complex issues, develop risk mitigation strategies, and effectively communicate recommendations.
• Practical experience with cloud-native technologies.
• Possess strong communication skills for executive-level interactions, excellent organizational and project management abilities to handle competing priorities under tight deadlines, and a proven track record of collaboration and partnership building.

• Experience in testing digital products, such as web applications, Rest API, Kafka Consumers as well as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience is designing tests, test strategies and executing it.
• Experience in assessing and assisting teams with test framework design, documentation, management, and quality.
• Expertise in leading and mentoring a team of Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs).