Senior QA Engineer

StoneX Group • Mountain Brook, AL

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity. With 5,400+ employees and over 80,000 institutional, commercial, and payments clients, we operate from more than 80 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors. Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group is made up of four business segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth. Corporate: Engage in a deep variety of business-critical activities that keep our company running efficiently. From strategic marketing, financial management, human resources, and operational oversight, you’ll have the opportunity to optimize processes and implement game-changing policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science and/or equivalent work experience required.
• 5 or more years in software quality assurance experience required.
• Experience with people and resource management.
• Providing team with day to day direction.
• Communicating to QA Manager to provide data and metrics regarding project to management as required.
• Experience with Testing Methods.
• Experience with Functional Testing.
• Experience with Black Box Testing.
• Experience with Testing Types: System Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Compatibility Testing, User Acceptance Testing.
• Experience with SDLC Models: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum.
• Experience with VSTS.
• Experience with XML, SQL.
• Experience with IVR.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience with White Box Testing.
• Preferred experience with Process Improvement.
• Preferred experience with Performance Testing.
• Experience with SQL, PL/SQL, database tools such as Sybase Interactive SQL a plus but not required.
• Experience with test automation and automation tools preferred but not required.
• Experience with test management tools such as MS Azure preferred but not required.
• Experience with defect management tools with some experience.
• Experience in an agile development and Use Case based testing a plus.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and lead QA Analysts.
• Design and implement tests.
• Debug issues.
• Perform root-cause analyses.
• Define corrective actions.
• Track quality assurance metrics.
• Coach junior test engineers.
• Provide input to QA Manager on performance appraisals for all QA analysts.
• Act as a first point of contact for all QA activities.
• Become the Subject Matter Expert in the area assigned.
• Ensure best practices and procedures are being followed.
• Participate as a team member and/or lead a team executing requirements analysis and decomposition, prioritization of test-related tasks, writing and executing of Test Cases, Manual Test Execution, Data Validation, Defect Tracking; entry and reporting, Test Status & Metrics Reporting.
• Design and document test plans for assigned products.
• Help define test environment (e.g., tools, simulators, etc.).
• Work with automation team to select test cases for automation and maintain a working Test Certification Test Suite.
• Act as advisor to QA Analysts to meet schedules and/or resolve technical problems.
• Facilitate peer reviews for test plans, test cases, test execution and test metrics.
• Provide estimates and other inputs on the test effort to the Project Manager for test planning purposes.
• Assist development in debugging and retesting reported defects as necessary.
• Provide and post project test metrics to the Project Manager on a daily basis during project testing periods as per the test methodology.
• Work with the development team to perform root cause analysis of field reported defects.
• Report defects in defect tracking system by providing detailed documentation as proof of test failures for repeatability.
• Recommend new SQA practices and policies to the team and management.
• Recognize testing and product problems and recommend real-world solutions.
• Compare testing metrics to exit criteria to provide SQA advice on product release.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior