QA Lead

A financial firm is looking for a QA Lead to join their team in Charlotte, NC. Compensation: $165-185k Responsibilities: • Continual discussions with Development Teams to review stories planned, requirements of new features and story point automation efforts – plus participate in testing as needed • Input test plan and scenarios into Xray – convert scenarios into automation • Perform Impact Assessment of all business requirements and any changes – vet requirements • Maintain applicable test artifacts (test plan, test cases, test data automation scripting) per the business requirements or change requests • Code pull and review, future CI/CD implementation, execution and reporting Qualifications: • Strong knowledge and coding experience in Python/Java to automate test cases for post trade back office and trade flow     • Strong working knowledge on SQL to write complex SQL               • Strong hands-on experience in expanding frameworks and creating new automation scenarios programmatically using Python or Java                 • 5-7 years of experience in application development/automation framework development using Python / Java                 • 2+ years of working knowledge and ability to develop test automation script for post trade Fixed Income Capital Markets data lineage                 • Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks                 • Strong knowledge in Core Java/ Python or any equivalent, automation testing tools for backend, frontend & web service API testing          • 5+ years of professional experience working with data sets, advanced scripting and SQL              • Prior experience working as QE/SDET in agile/scrum teams, shipping features often                 • Ability to understand complex data flows between various internal and external applications               • Demonstrated ability to identify and report Risks and Issues • Strong working knowledge of Fixed Income and Derivatives Back Office Testing - Capital Markets experience