Software Engineer III - FX Front Office - QA Automation Engineer

J.P. Morgan; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Bournemouth is seeking a skilled Software Engineer III to design and deliver quality assurance automation solutions. You will work within an agile team, enhancing automated tests and contributing to CI/CD pipelines. Ideal candidates will possess formal training in Software Engineering and proficiency in coding languages, along with experience in automation tools. This role emphasizes diversity and inclusion in the team culture.

Qualifications

• Proficient applied experience in Software Engineering or Quality Automation.
• Ability to manage stakeholders at various levels.
• Experience designing scalable test automation frameworks.
• Proficiency in coding in one or more languages.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance automated tests across various services.
• Integrate frameworks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Contribute to agile development priorities and test status tracking.
• Add to team culture of diversity and respect.

Skills

Software Engineering

Quality Automation

Java

Kotlin

Python

JavaScript

Automation Testing

Education

Formal training or certification on Software Engineering or Quality Automation

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Playwright

Postman

SoapUI

REST Assured

Karate Framework

JMeter

Git

GitLab runners

Job description

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate and Investment Bank, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products, including quality assurance automation solutions, in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. You are responsible for implementing critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions to support the firm’s business objectives. Working on the 'Transact' application, you will gain knowledge of front-to-back foreign exchange processing, from order and trade execution through to confirmation and settlement.

• Build and enhance automated tests and frameworks across the Transact UI and back end services
• Integrate automated tests and frameworks into CI/CD pipelines
• Produce architecture and design artifacts for QA automation, ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Contribute to test design, testing priorities, test status tracking within an agile development environment
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Add to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering or Quality Automation and proficient applied experience.
• Ability to manage stakeholders at various levels of seniority
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages (e.g. Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript)
• Experience designing and implementing robust, scalable, and reusable test automation frameworks for web, API, and microservices
• Experience with automation and testing tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Postman, SoapUI, REST Assured, or Karate Framework
• Experience writing test automation scripts using BDD tools (e.g. Cucumber, Gherkin) and working within Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Ability to support and evolve CI/CD platforms for continuous testing, with hands-on experience using Git, GitLab runners, or equivalent tools

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with modern front-end technologies
• Exposure to cloud technologies
• Experience in performance test execution using tools like JMeter
• Strong exposure to debugging production issues by checking application and monitoring logs
• Knowledge of SQL
• Understanding of application resiliency and security best practices
• Experience with open-source UI test tools and frameworks