Senior QA Engineer

We are in search of a Senior Engineer to elevate the quality assurance processes for our Fitch Ratings Workflow Analytical applications. This role entails close collaboration with the systems supporting the Fitch Ratings operations and analytical communities. The position offers a unique opportunity to gain a profound understanding of the business domain and to ensure the highest standards of system and data quality for Fitch Ratings. What We Offer:

• Opportunity for career growth and advancement
• Access to the latest technologies
• 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:
• Contribute to and develop sophisticated automation frameworks that are efficient, flexible, and reusable in Selenium
• 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
• Advocate for system testability
• Work in the SDET capacity to automate early in conjunction with other engineer's efforts to build systems.
  
  5+ years of experience with automation testing, recent experience with Selenium and translating requirements into test cases using Selenium Java or Python
• Experience integrating automated testing with DevOps tools (Bamboo/Jenkins, Git/Bitbucket) and working in Scrum-based Agile teams
• Experience with API testing
• Exposure to event-driven services, message queues, and event brokers (Kafka)
• Experience in writing SQL/NoSQL queries for data verification
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to deliver in a complex environment
What Would Make You Stand Out:
• Python code for testing and use of Python frameworks (Pandas, Numpy, Requests)
• Exposure to BDD concepts, including enhanced acceptance criteria and testing practices
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, K6, Neoload, LoadRunner)
• Exposure to Code quality metrics, and shift-left principles
• Experience testing container resiliency (Docker/Kubernetes)
• 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. Fitch Ratings is a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, Fitch ratings offers global perspectives shaped by strong local market experience and credit market expertise. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide have helped fund a century of growth and enables our clients to make important credit judgements with confidence. For more information please visit our websites: | | | 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.