Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Fitch Technology is currently seeking a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer based out of our New York office.

We are seeking a Lead Engineer to enhance the quality assurance processes for our Fitch Ratings workflow applications. This position will involve working closely with the core processes that serve the Fitch Ratings analytical community. The role affords an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the business domain and ensure data quality for Fitch Ratings.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity for career growth and advancement
• Access to the latest technology and tools
• Ability to contribute to the ongoing evolution and innovation of Fitch Technology's working methodologies
• An open and collaborative atmosphere where new ideas are welcomed and encouraged

We’ll Count on You To:

• Serve as the test lead on an agile squad, Mentor and lead a team of QA engineers
• Contribute to and develop sophisticated automation frameworks that are efficient, flexible, and reusable in Selenium Java or Python
• Integrate test case execution and reporting within the CI/CD pipeline to align with the DevOps strategy, criteria, requirements, and user stories
• Work with cross-functional teams including business analysts, developers, and users to build and refine test strategies for your team as well as to ensure integrity of dependent systems
• Influence the team to design and build for testability
• Implement BDD practices and frameworks and enhance test automation

What You Need to Have:

• 8+ years of experience with automation testing (Selenium) and translating requirements into test cases
• 5+ years integrating automated testing with DevOps tools (Bamboo, Jenkins) and working in Scrum-based Agile teams
• 5+ years of visual/UI testing and API testing
• 2+ years testing event-driven services, message queues, and event brokers (Kafka)
• Proficient in performance testing tools (JMeter, K6, Neoload, LoadRunner)
• In-depth knowledge of Selenium WebDriver and DB testing with SQL
• Solid understanding of BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow) and CI/CD processes
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to deliver in a complex, dynamic team environment with minimal supervision

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Experience with UFT
• Exposure to SonarQube, and shift-left principles
• Python code for testing and use of Python frameworks (Pandas, Numpy, Requests, Boto3)
• Experience testing container resiliency (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Skilled in writing SQL/NoSQL queries for data verification
• Experience adding performance validation to CI pipelines
• Exposure to the financial industry domain and data platforms (data warehouses, data lakes)

Why Fitch?

At Fitch Group, the combined power of our global perspectives is what differentiates us. Our global network of colleagues comes together to accomplish things greater than they ever could alone.

Every team member is essential to our business and each perspective is critical to our success. We embrace a diverse culture that encourages a free exchange of ideas, guaranteeing your voice will be heard and your work will have an impact, regardless of seniority.

We are building incredible things at Fitch and we invite you to join us on our journey.

For more information please visit our websites:  

www.fitchratings.com | www.fitchsolutions.com | www.fitchlearning.com | www.CreditSights.com

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interests or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

Fitch Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

FOR NEW YORK ROLES ONLY: Expected base pay salary range for this role is $138,000 - $144,000 per year. Actual salaries will be determined on an individualized basis and may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other job-related factors.  Base pay is one part of Fitch’s total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, long-term incentives, and other benefits sponsored by Fitch. 

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