Automation Developer

IOTALENTS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm based in Singapore is looking for a Senior Automation Developer to oversee delivery for complex projects within financial services. You'll manage BPM migration, internationalization efforts, and test automation, ensuring quality and timely project completion. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in similar roles, strong stakeholder communication skills, and a solid technical background. This position offers significant responsibilities in a pivotal sector.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in service delivery, program, or project management for enterprise applications.
• Proven record delivering multi-stream technical programs.
• Hands-on familiarity with BPM/workflow engines.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery plan, milestones, and dependencies.
• Serve as primary point of contact for stakeholders.
• Guide i18n implementation and direct test automation design.

Skills

BPM migration strategy

Stakeholder management

Test automation leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Camunda

Activiti

Java/Selenium/Playwright

Job description

We’re seeking a seasoned Senior Automation Developer to lead and govern a complex delivery portfolio for a leading financial institution’s trading systems.

You will own end-to-end delivery for three interrelated scopes: BPM engine migration (Camunda • Activiti), internationalization (i18n) enablement across ~150 HTML pages, and test suite stabilization/automation (~100 cases). The role blends delivery governance, stakeholder management, engineering oversight, and rigorous acceptance management to meet contract milestones, service quality, and cost goals.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Leadership & Governance

• Own the delivery plan, milestones, and dependencies across BPM migration, i18n enablement, and test automation; maintain a single, integrated schedule and RAID log.
• Govern scope, budget, risks, and quality; drive timely sign‑offs (requirements, UAT regression & performance).
• Enforce acceptance criteria (e.g., 100% UAT regression on Activiti, consistent regression outcomes for automated tests, and i18n business sign‑off).
• Ensure adherence to client agreements (SOW, SLAs/acceptance), and manage fee‑reduction risks by proactively steering critical path tasks.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Serve as primary point of contact for business, technology owners, and testing leaders; facilitate workshops and decision forums.
• Coordinate internal squads (Developers P2, Automation Testers P3) and client teams; align delivery cadence with change windows/UAT cycles.
• Secure required environments, network/server access, and logistics for pre‑UAT and cutover; orchestrate operational readiness.

Engineering Oversight

• Oversee Camunda→Activiti migration approach and execution, ensuring workflow parity and successful live job migration.
• Guide i18n implementation (extract static content, apply placeholders; drive efficiency standards for adding new language files).
• Direct test automation design, mocking strategies to decouple external dependencies, and flakiness reduction; institute CI pipelines and quality gates.

Quality, Compliance & Controls

• Define test strategy (functional, regression, performance) and non-functional criteria; ensure defect triage and closure.
• Uphold information security, change management, and auditability (traceability, peer reviews, documentation).

Reporting & Commercials

• Provide executive dashboards (milestone burn‑down, quality metrics, cost vs. plan).
• Manage invoicing milestones (contract signing, requirements completion, final sign‑off) and support change requests and variances.

Qualifications

Must‑Have

• 6+ years in service delivery, program, or project management for enterprise applications in financial services/trading.
• Proven track record delivering multi-stream technical programs (platform migration, web application changes, and test automation).
• Hands‑on familiarity with BPM/workflow engines (e.g., Camunda, Activiti) and their migration considerations (process models, job migration, regression parity).
• Experience leading enablement for web applications (string externalization, placeholder frameworks, locale testing).
• Strong test management and automation oversight (framework selection, mocking strategies, CI/CD, flakiness reduction).
• Excellent stakeholder management with senior business & technology leaders; vendor/contract governance experience.
• Solid grasp of SDLC, DevOps, change and release management, and production cutover planning.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.

Nice‑to‑Have

• Exposure to capital markets trading systems.
• Experience with performance testing and non-functional requirements for trading workloads.

Key Skills

Technical & Delivery

• BPM migration strategy, process parity validation, and live job cutover.
• Web application: content externalization, placeholder frameworks, locale packs.
• Test automation leadership: framework governance (e.g., Java/Selenium/Playwright), mocking/stubbing, CI pipelines, and flakiness reduction.
• Quality engineering & acceptance: regression, performance, reliability, and traceability.

Leadership & Communication

• Executive‑level communication; crisp status, risk narratives, and decision memos.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution across business, engineering, and vendors.
• Analytical problem‑solving; data‑driven delivery steering.