Lead I Quality Engineer

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

11

Job Description

The Role: Lead Quality Engineer

The Team: This team is recognized for its expertise, innovation, and passion. Together, you'll focus on agile product development with cutting-edge technology, offering insights into global capital markets and the financial services industry. Your role will involve close collaboration, initiative, and achieving ambitious goals alongside your talented colleagues and stakeholders. This is a unique opportunity to be a pivotal part of our fast-growing global organization during this exciting phase in our company's evolution. 

The Impact: This role is essential for the Market Intelligence Group of S&P as it ensures the development of new software solutions and continuous improvement and stability of our existing applications. Role will enable our clients with a seamless user experience and access to up-to-date data, ultimately bolstering their confidence in our services and reinforcing our competitive position in the market. 

What’s in it for you:

• Drive quality practices and processes.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technology and tools in the financial domain.
• Opportunity to work within an multi cloud environment (AWS), promoting skill development and innovation.
• Collaboration with global teams, offering diverse perspectives and enhancing your professional growth potential.
• Access to a dynamic and forward-thinking work environment, where you can contribute to the development of innovative solutions and stay at the forefront of industry trends.
• Working Realtime in actual CI/CD environment
• Work with multiple MI product and learn Public Market domain.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the testing and quality efforts on a new team, working in collaboration with other feature delivery teams to ensure appropriate practices and processes are followed.
• Oversee and participate in the development and review of test strategies and test plans to ensure appropriate test coverage of all features.
• Oversee and participate in the performance of tests across various applications.
• Work with, extend and improve our existing test automation framework and guide the team in the development of automated tests.
• Work closely with product and development to cultivate a culture of quality within the team.
• Become a subject matter expert in the domain and applications built and supported by our program.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Review requirements, user stories, specifications, and technical design documents and create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases using available test methods.
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities in Agile environment.
• Design, develop & maintain framework, scripts and execute automation scripts.
• Experience with E2E Testing Web UI applications, API, DB automation testing.
• Expertise in Automation Testing for WebdriverIO (Typescript), and Cypress (JavaScript)
• Playwright (JavaScript) for both automation and manual testing.
• Proficient in Hybrid and BDD frameworks
• Adept at managing all stages of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Solid understanding of database concepts, methodologies, and best practices
• Proficiency in SQL and database querying
• Familiarity with ETL processes and data migration testing
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs and perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements, and evaluate system interfaces, operational requirements, and performance requirements of overall system.
• Serve as quality champion within the project and contribute to an inclusive team environment while collaborating with cross-functional teams across geographies

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience as a Quality Engineer, with leadership exposure.
• Strong skills in JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience in creating and maintaining automated tests within a sophisticated framework.
• Familiarity with web testing frameworks, preferably WebdriverIO or Playwright.
• Experience with API and mobile testing.
• Expertise in TeamCity and GitLab/GitHub pipelines.
• Experience coordinating testing efforts across multiple teams.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience working in a continuous delivery environment.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to translate software requirements/stories into accurate and complete test scenarios, including identifying detailed test data needs.
• Proficiency in SQL and database querying, with a solid understanding of database concepts, methodologies, and best practices.
• Experience managing teams and mentoring team members across multiple projects and products.
• Ownership of delivery, with the ability to identify potential risks and mitigate them to achieve desired goals.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills.
• Experience working in a distributed environment with colleagues across different geographies.
• Ability to define test strategies and test plans for releases, providing accurate estimates for systems under test.

Additional Skills (Preferred):

• Good understanding of performance testing and metrics.
• Experience with AWS/Azure
• Understanding of UX principles
• C# language skill

About S&P Global Market Intelligence
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.
For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence.

What’s In It For You?

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology–the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.
Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. We’re constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
 

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.
Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at S&P Global:
At S&P Global, we believe diversity fuels creative insights, equity unlocks opportunity, and inclusion drives growth and innovation – Powering Global Markets. Our commitment centers on our global workforce, ensuring that our people are empowered to bring their whole selves to work. It doesn’t stop there, we strive to better reflect and serve the communities in which we live and work, and advocate for greater opportunity for all.
 

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