Lead QA Engineer - Automation

Lead QA Engineer - Automation

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 build on Azure using modern development principles, technologies and practices.  

The product, Digital Engagement Platform (DEP) has been operational for over 3 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 high-quality 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), Angular, 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 be involved in 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 significant 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 addressing 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: 

• Focus on test automation for the data side of DEP product (dbt) 

• Automate load and data ingestion from multiple sources 

• Automation of Testing in general 

• 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 

• Automated Data testing 

• TDD 

• Agile testing 

• Test methodologies (testing pyramid) 

• Automated UI tests (Selenium/Cypress) 

• Automated API based feature testing 

• Data driven 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: 

• Data Build Tool (dbt) 

• XUnit / NUnit / RestSharp 

• Moq 

• 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

• Work-life balance – We believe that an equilibrium between professional responsibilities makes us all the best version of ourselves, both in private life and as colleagues in the workplace

• Empowerment – We believe that all voices are valuable and must be heard. You will be involved in shaping our work processes

NEXT STEPS 

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process. 

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.    

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated. 

WHO 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.  

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