QA Automation Engineer
OTC Markets Group Inc., operator of premier US financial marketplaces, is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join our Technology team.
Please note OTC Markets is currently operating in a hybrid work environment (three days in office, two days remotely).
Our Core Values are incorporated in each aspect of our Company. We encourage autonomy, professionally passionate discussions of opposing viewpoints, creativity, and transparency. We are Open, Transparent, and Connected. We are OTC strong. At OTC Markets, we all win together.
We invest heavily in employee satisfaction and offer all our employees a highly competitive compensation package. As a dynamic, growing company that fosters an open culture, we emphasize autonomy, responsibility, innovation, and self-discipline. We are looking for someone who wants to make an impressive impact at a company known for its reputation on quality and achievement.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with our development teams to ensure high quality during the Agile development lifecycle: architecture, story definition, development, testing, and release.
- Write back-end test automation (JavaScript) to cover critical integrations and end-to-end workflow.
- Create test tools and processes to tackle the hard problems and help us scale effectively.
- Ensure high-quality software is delivered in every release.
- Develop test plans, test cases, and test procedures for various types of testing such as Ad Hoc, Functional, GUI, Integration, Regression, Data Validation, User Interface, and overall system integration.
- Extend and maintain test automation frameworks (80% back-end and 20% front-end) for web applications.
- Research and resolve any broken automation scripts that fail during execution.
- Maintain the functional test portion of the Continuous Integration Pipeline in GitHub Actions.
- Troubleshoot application issues and report technical findings to development.
- Participate in brainstorming meetings and daily scrums.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 4+ years of experience in QA and automation across different platforms, such as web, mobile, and APIs.
- 3+ years of experience in JavaScript (ES6 and higher) and utilizing it for back-end test automation, working with databases, Kafka, and AWS Services.
- Good knowledge of SQL and at least 3 years of experience with databases: PostgreSQL, Informix, and My SQL.
- You love to stay on top of new technology and share it with others. You are enthusiastic about improving our software quality.
- Financial Experience pertaining to Trading Platform and Market Data Experience with the latest tools and industry best practices of front-end web application test automation (e.g. Playwright/Webdrive IO, Jasmine/Mocha) and REST API testing frameworks.
- Good knowledge of Performance Testing Script using J Meter Good Linux and Git knowledge.
- Generate performance metrics using performance tools and other applications like New Relic, Zenoss, Unix Scripts, AWS interfaces, and database logging.
- Ability to diagnose application issues (reviewing application logs, server stats, etc.).
- Experience working in a continuous integration environment.
- Excellent communication skills. Must be self-motivated and willing to learn.
Salary offered: $130,000 to $145,000, depending on experience
BENEFITS:
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Health, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Dependent & Healthcare
- Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account (LPFSA)
- Generous Paid Parental Leave Program
- Annual bonus and Stock Incentive Program
- 401(K) Plan - Retirement
- Commuter Transit & Parking Program
- Income Protection (Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability)
- Voluntary Benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, & Hospital Indemnity)
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Come as you are and just be you. We are an equal opportunity and e-verify employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, political belief, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information, family or parental status, gender identity, pregnancy, including childbirth or related medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We encourage applicants of all ages and backgrounds.
OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities. Our data-driven disclosure standards form the foundation of our three public markets: OTCQX® Best Market, OTCQB® Venture Market and Pink® Open Market.
Our OTC Link® Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) provide critical market infrastructure that broker-dealers rely on to facilitate trading. Our innovative model offers companies more efficient access to the U.S. financial markets.
OTC Link ATS, OTC Link ECN and OTC Link NQB are each an SEC regulated ATS, operated by OTC Link LLC, a FINRA and SEC registered broker-dealer, member SIPC.
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