Lead Software Engineer- Java, Selenium

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As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorgan Chase in Consumer & Community Banking in Payments team, 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 :
Leading regression testing activities for initiatives across one or more assigned projects, utilizing processes, methods, metrics and software that ensure the quality, reliability and systems safety and security. Understanding the interfacing applications, test environments and our tools and methodologies.
Drive test strategy formulation with developers including decomposition of business and technical requirements into test case scenarios, defining test data requirements, oversee and advise on test case creation, devising contingencies plans and other preparation activities.
Ensure development of test case execution plan and oversee test case execution, issue management, and status metrics.
Working with a global team and responsible for directing/reviewing the test planning and execution work efforts of an offshore team.
Communicating effectively with business units, IT Development, Project Management and other support staff on testing timelines, deliverables, status and other information. Assisting in the project quality reviews for your assigned applications. Assessing risk to the project based on the execution and validation and making appropriate recommendations. Ability to interpret quality audits, drive improvements and change, and facilitate test methodology discussions across the business unit
Providing project implementation support on an as needed basis. Assisting with application training of new resources.
Acting as a liaison between the Line of Business testing resources and the development team

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

13 + years in Information technology, minimum 5 years of experience working with full SDLC. 5+ years of experience in leading team. 7+ Years of hand on experience in functional testing of Banking Domain applications. 5+ Years of experience in Selenium + Java & Cucumber
5+ years of experience in handling web elements locator. Proficient in creating & using xpath & css locators. Hands on experience in writing BDD test scenarios
Hands on experience in different testing methodologies. Strong understanding & work experience in automation framework. Strong experience in script / code debugging. Strong hands on experience in handling defect life cycle
Strong hands on experience in Bitbucket / source control. Strong knowledge and experience in Agile Methodology
Strong knowledge of testing methodologies with specialization in Web services, middleware technologies and UI automation
Must work collaboratively with Business System Analysts/Developers and proactively identify defects during each Iteration / Sprint. Must be detail oriented and capable of analyzing issues from the perspective of customers/users. Experience in testing SOAP / REST services. Experience with TDD, code testability standards, JUnit/Mockito
Hands-on experience with understanding and updating Gherkin (Given/When/Then) will be a plus. Hands on experience on with Test cycle management tools like JIRA/HP ALM. Strong Knowledge of quality assurance principles, techniques and tools required. 3+ years of hands on automation development using SOAP UI with Java or groovy. 3+ years of hands on automation development using LISA or Cucumber. 3+ years of hands on with development and test automation tools/frameworks (e.g. BDD and Cucumber). Experience with API and service testing

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
3+ years of experience as software developer using any one of Object oriented languages (e.g. Java/Ruby, Python, C#, C++, etc.). Experience with Spring. Strong understanding of OOP & SOA principles, design patterns, industry best practices. Experience building / testing REST and SOAP web services
Experience with SQL/Stored Procedures on one of the following databases (DB2, MySQL, Oracle). Experience with scripting and working in a Linux environment
Experience working on large and medium scale software projects. Experience building distributed systems at Internet scale. Experience working in a fast-paced financial services/digital focused delivery environment
JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.