Test Automation Engineer

Job Title- Test Automation Engineer

Location- Boston (Hybrid)

Long-term Contractor to work with the Equity & Portfolio Management Squad to practice the craft of testing in both a manual and automated fashion. This role will contribute to a strategic initiative of building a test automation framework, initially focused on integration testing. This role will closely partner with the Principal Test Automation Engineer and will be responsible for creating and maintaining code for the squad. The test automation code created will be based on best practices established and shared by other squads for consistency of patterns, styles, and quality of developed code. Scaling test coverage in a consistent manner across squads will assist in modernizing our tech stack and create a quality system that provides significant value to our business end-users.

Responsibilities:
 Participate in various test practices including but not limited to test incident and defect management, manual testing and test automation
 Create and maintain tests within the squad that align with organization-level and domain level test specifications
 Contribute to internal guidelines, standards, and policies related to the development and test process
 Collaboration with internal stakeholders to understand, design, and implement tests on test objects within the scope of the squad
 Establish a working knowledge of the technical and business domains within the scope of the squad
 Support the release process
 
 Technical:
 Must have experience utilizing various test design techniques that contribute to testing data quality
 Knowledge of Python’s testing framework, familiarity in several test frameworks, ideally pytest (intermediate level or above) to automate and execute tests for ETL, CI/CD pipelines, and scheduling tasks
 Use of version control to track changes to software test code
 Knowledge of PostgreSQL
 Develop scripts to automate test execution
 Knowledge of Agile methodologies, such as Scrum
 Windows proficiency
Analytical:
 Critical thinking about test approach, design, and implementation
 Ability to analyze data and information
 Strong research and problem-solving skills
Key Competencies:
 Attention to detail and accuracy
 Planning and organizing (deadline-oriented); ability to effectively balance priorities
 Strong ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both oral and written
 Highly collaborative including with cross-functional teams
 Initiative to work individually but also well within a team-based environment.