Software Engineer II - Test Automation Engineer

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is hiring a Software Engineer II to join their Corporate & Investment Bank - Markets Technology Team. This role involves designing and developing automated test scripts while working closely with agile teams to improve software products. Ideal candidates should have a background in software engineering with strong testing and problem-solving skills, and familiarity with various automation tools.

Qualifications

• Experience in Test Automation using Kotlin/Java, Selenium.
• Strong functional and automation testing skills.
• Understanding of Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for web and API applications.
• Collaborate with business and technology to enhance automated testing.
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies.

Skills

Automation testing

Problem-solving

Communication

Collaboration

Documentation

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Tools

Selenium

Kotlin

Java

IntelliJ

Jenkins

Maven

Git

Spring

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

You're ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career — and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.

As a Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate & Investment Bank - Markets Technology Team, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm's state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities

• Develop a strong understanding of the business process and system workflow.
• Analyze and understand the existing automation framework.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts for web and API applications using Kotlin, Java, Cucumber, Selenium as per functional requirements.
• Partner with business and technology to enhance automated testing capabilities. Collaborate with cross-functional and business teams to understand application requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Understand the importance of the SDLC process; work to an agreed release schedule with high-quality delivery.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for automation scripts, frameworks, and processes.
• Collaborate closely with Developers, BA, and Product teams to identify and address bugs and inconsistencies in software.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Review and evaluate manual user acceptance tests and work across the team to provide automated solutions.
• Carry out functional and regression testing.
• Actively participate and contribute in agile ceremonies.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and practical experience.
• Strong functional and automation testing skills in both UI and API-based applications.
• Experience in Test Automation using Kotlin/Java, Selenium, BDD, Gherkin, JUnit, Spring.
• Experience with databases such as Oracle SQL.
• Expertise in designing and building BDD/Cucumber Test Automation Frameworks.
• Integrate automation suite with CI/CD pipeline and maintain it.
• Proficiency with tools like IntelliJ/Eclipse, Jenkins, Maven, BitBucket/Git.
• Experience in Agile methodology with test planning, test case creation, execution, and defect tracking.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, documentation, organization, and collaboration skills.
• Experience in high-pressure, time-critical environments.

Additional qualifications

• Knowledge of the financial industry.
• Awareness of industry-wide technology trends and best practices.
• Knowledge of Java 17 onwards is an advantage.
• Familiarity with messaging queues.
• Basic knowledge of Unix Commands and usage of Splunk.
• Exposure to Python.
• AWS Practitioner Certification.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals, and institutional investors. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer, making reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments. We serve clients in more than 100 countries with services including strategic advice, capital raising, risk management, and liquidity extension.