Lead/Manager Software Engineer - QA

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines. Understanding of architecture and design across all systems 
• Working proficiency in developmental toolsets. Ability to collaborate with high-performing teams and individuals throughout the firm to accomplish common goals. Proficiency in Java programming languages. Understanding of software skills such as business analysis, development, maintenance, and software improvement
• Analyze Business Requirements, design, develop, test, and deliver quality software products in a complex environment. Actively participate in Scrum team where team members work together to determine who does what. 
• Create detailed manual test cases and automation scripts and work with Business Analysts to determine requirements are captured correctly.
• Works with the development team to analyze and resolve defects. Experience in UI, Database, and API testing. Support Production Implementation tasks and post Production deployment validations.
• Work with globally located team members. Help design, develop and implement test strategy, test plans based on detailed business requirements document provided by the business analysts. Working with business and technology leads to identify the appropriate test data and help in preparing it. Assist Application Developers and technical support staff in identifying and resolving problems. Generate Execution Reports; clearly communicate status/risks/concerns to Senior Mgt.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience of testing mobile apps, preferably IOS.
• Experienced in testing applications developed in various SDLC methodologies. Preferably Agile. Strong written and oral communication skills to collaborate effectively across different business and technology teams.
• Self-starter, able to work in a fast-paced agile development environment.
• SQA Analysis- Ability to read and comprehend business requirements and high-level design deliverables well enough to create detailed test cases.  Ability to map test cases to business requirements.  Basic understanding of development lifecycle and quality assurance phases.
• Java, Selenium, Selenium Web Driver, Eclipse IDE, Maven, and similar tools. ALM, JIRA, or other similar tools for Test cases and Defect Management.
• MS Office Suite, SQL, API testing, JSON Msg. validations. Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, Time Management.