Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Software Development Test

1 month ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States OCC Full time

What You'll Do
The SDET engineer is responsible for gaining a thorough understanding of the end to end system by working with devOps, team leads, Business analysts etc. This individual must learn both the technical side of the system as well as stakeholder expectations. The engineer will create and maintain the automated test framework and Utilities to support automation requirements. During daily scrum meetings and collaborations meetings the engineer will collaborate and communicate with team members, other technical teams and users, to ensure accuracy and transparency. The engineer will build & test solutions that are performant, modular and re-useable. The engineer will be able to diagnose and absorb new projects, evaluate the design and understand the end to end flow to build and maintain the frameworks.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Build automation framework by leveraging build pipelines, Jenkins, python etc to automate the orchestration of applications and execution of tests.
  • Develop automated tests using tools such as Java, Junit, python, Citrus, Selenium, Rest Assured, Gherkin scripting in Cucumber or other open source or vended applications.
  • Builds the Orchestration framework using Jenkins, python and groovy.
  • Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results
  • Performs technical troubleshooting by understanding the CI/CD process and functional end to end systems
  • Train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated pipelines
  • Coordinate with product stakeholders to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed
  • Executes automated test cases that validate the functionalities, code quality and reports test results, following all formal test architectures and project processes
  • Provide expertise in automation techniques, methodologies, best practices, and standards
  • Champion procedural and governance improvements to reduce defect feedback loops and time to market.
  • Actively participates in design of highly performing, scalable, secure, reliable and cost optimized solutions.
  • Follows agreed upon SDLC procedures to ensure that all information system products and services meet: both explicit and implicit quality standards, end-user functional requirements, architectural standards, performance requirements, audit requirements, security rules are upheld, and external facing reporting is properly represented.
  • Work with Scrum Master, Product Owner and team to groom backlog, Estimate level of effort, Identify and add dependencies
  • Performs thorough code-reviews based on high engineering standards
  • Assist with departmental and new employee training
  • A major influencer & strategic thinker, this person should also mentor and collaborate across multiple cross functional team to achieve the desired outcome.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • None

Qualifications:
The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

  • 5 years of strong experience with OO programming and writing tests for Java based distributed applications.
  • At least 5 years of test automation framework design and development and executing automation scripts using open source tools
  • Experience required in any of BDD testing frameworks like Citrus, Rest Assured Java libraries, Cucumber.
  • Experience in automating End-to-end testing, API testing, Incorporate Messaging in testing, UI testing
  • Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data
  • Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs) and Microservices
  • Strong experience in performance testing
  • Understanding of different database technologies SQL/No-SQL for testing implications.
  • Skills to be able to help design data driven automation and keyword driven automation to help build a composable automation suite.
  • Experience testing full stack and integration testing with 3rd parties
  • Experience required with cloud technologies. Experience preferred with AWS
  • Working knowledge of DevOps tools. Eg Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc.
  • Familiarity with monitoring related tools and frameworks like Splunk, ElasticSearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, and deliver production quality software within tight schedules
  • Strong communication skills
  • 'Get stuff done' and flexible mindset for greater good of the organization.
  • Intellectually curious and eager to learn.

Technical Skills:
Java, Junit, Python,, RestAssured, Selenium, Cucumber, Testcontainers, CICD exposure, Cloud exposure
Education and/or Experience:

  • BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field required. Masters preferred.

Certificates or Licenses:

  • OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification is a plus
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level is a plus

Who We Are
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at
What We Offer
A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:
A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
Student Loan Repayment Assistance
Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
Generous PTO and Parental leave
Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision
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Step 3
If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location.
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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