Principal QA Engineer – Automation

SimCorp; København; Hybrid; DKK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global hybrid work policy

Growth and innovation

Self-Direction

Inclusive and diverse company culture

Pension and health benefits and bonus

Work-life balance

Empowerment

Job summary

SimCorp in Denmark seeks a Quality Assurance Engineer to join an innovative cloud-native SaaS product (DEP 2.0). You will test and ensure high performance, security and user experience for global clients, collaborating with three agile teams and working with .NET, dbt, TypeScript and Azure.

You will implement automated tests, contribute to test strategies, and help drive deployment readiness and continuous improvement in a modern, Azure-based environment.

Qualifications

• Testing, TDD, Agile testing, test methodologies, automated UI tests and API testing.
• Data driven testing and automated data testing.
• C#/.NET development and Microsoft Azure, CI/CD, test case design and manual testing.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with three agile development teams, understand customer requirements, discuss solutions and implement automated tests.
• Perform some manual testing and provide support to ensure quality.
• Automate load and data ingestion from multiple sources and contribute to test strategies.

Skills

Testing

TDD

Agile testing

Test methodologies

Automated UI tests

Automated API testing

Data driven testing

Automated Data testing

C#/.NET development

Microsoft Azure

CI/CD

Test case design

Manual testing

Tools

XUnit

NUnit

RestSharp

dbt

AutoMapper

FluentAssertions

SpecFlow

JMeter

Postman

Azure DevOps

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered. If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

You will be joining an innovative application development team within SimCorp's Product Division. We provide a cloud native SaaS product built on Azure using modern development principles, technologies and practices. The product, Digital Engagement Platform (DEP) has been operational for over 5 years and based on client feedback and our own experience we have begun to lift the product to the next level, modernizing architecture and tech stack so we can scale DEP for a much larger audience than we can today. This is why we need you - to help test and ensure the quality assurance of the new DEP 2.0 that we are building that can support the biggest clients, asset managers, across the globe. The future success of our SaaS hinges on the ongoing enhancement of the application and the refinement of associated processes and tools. QA will continue be a vital element of this journey. While we have achieved remarkable milestones, there are still challenges to conquer. Your contribution to the robustness of the DEP will be pivotal as we continually onboard new clients, ensuring high performance, top-notch security, and exceptional user experience for a diverse clientele.

What you will be responsible for

As part of your role, you will collaborate with three agile development teams, each consisting of approximately 5-7 members. Your daily tasks will involve understanding and questioning customer requirements, discussing solutions, implementing automated tests for chosen solutions, some manual testing and providing support. The tools you will use are centered around .NET, Data Build Tool (dbt), TypeScript, and Microsoft Azure. Our current and near future priorities include ensuring good maintainability, observability, high system performance, scalability, continuous integration, and deployment. Additionally, you will actively contribute to improving the product and its related processes within our modern cloud-based environment. Expect to leverage your current skills while also delving into and acquiring knowledge about cutting-edge technologies and testing methodologies in the cloud. In addition to implementing customer features, we place a strong emphasis on continual improvement at every level: Across the entire company, within divisions, product areas, teams, and even at the individual level. Your everyday tasks will involve tackling issues such as how to streamline build and deployment durations, enhance collaboration, and increase the degree of test automation. Overall, your contributions will spread across following primary areas:

• Automation of Testing in general
• Automate load and data ingestion from multiple sources
• Contribute to the test strategies
• Enhancement in Test Management and Processes (such as planning, structuring, tracking, coordinating releases, assessing etc.)
• Conducting Manual Tests(while there is still a need for some manual testing, your efforts will accelerate our progress, rendering it less required over time)

What we value

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest:

• Testing
• TDD
• Agile testing
• Test methodologies (testing pyramid)
• Automated UI tests (Selenium/Cypress)
• Automated API based feature testing
• Data driven testing
• Automated Data testing
• C# and .NET development
• Microsoft Azure
• Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
• Writing and organizing cool testcases
• Manual application testing

Knowledge on the following technologies is considered a plus:

XUnit / NUnit / RestSharp Moq Data Build Tool (dbt) AutoMapper FluentAssertions SpecFlow (BDD) JMeter Postman Azure Load Testing Azure DevOps Docker/Kubernetes

As a person, you value

• You collaborate with team members to work towards common goals.
• Solid problem-solving skills and comfortable questioning assumptions and as-is.
• Clear communicator who speaks up when needed.
• Exhibits a consistent approach and a creative mindset.
• Thrives in a collaborative environment and values teamwork
• Like to have fun at work and positivity comes easily to you

BENEFITS

• Global hybrid work policy - We ask you to work 2 days a week from the office. If you choose you can work remotely the other days. Of course you are welcome at the office if that is your preference.
• Growth and innovation - Every 6th sprint is reserved for planning and innovation. So, with regular intervals you have a chance to explore and learn new skills or improve something that you believe will be beneficial to you, your team or the application.
• Self- Direction - High degree of self-organization. Each team and developer have a high degree of freedom to plan, organize and design their work.
• Inclusive and diverse company culture
• Pension and health benefits and bonus
• Work-life balance – We strongly believe that an equilibriumbetween professional responsibilities makes us all the best version of our self’s, both in private life and as a colleague in the workplace
• Empowerment – We believe that all voices are valuable and must be heard. You will involved in shaping our work processes

WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds. SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients. SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best‑in‑class solutions to our clients.

#Li-Hybrid

SimCorp is a provider of industry-leading integrated investment management solutions for the global buy side. Founded in 1971, with more than 3,000 employees across five continents, SimCorp is a truly global technology leader that empowers more than half of the world’s top 100 financial companies through its integrated platform, services, and partner ecosystem. SimCorp is a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group. As of 2024, SimCorp includes Axioma, the leading provider of risk and management and portfolio optimization solutions for the global buy side.