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S&P Global Ratings The Role: Lead Software Engineer, QA(Automation, Python) Grade: 10 The Location: Denver, CO The Team: A part of Ratings Technology, the Ratings QA team leads the IT organization in the delivery of trusted quality to our users. From a foundation of disciplined processes, QA seeks out innovative testing solutions, reliable & transparent test execution, and aspires towards continuous improvement in achieving top quality. In close partnership with Product Management and Product Engineering, QA team members help drive quality accountability, and work to ensure our end users receive reliable, stable, defect free products, which help confidently execute our business and elevate our products The Impact: As a Lead QA you will make a key contribution in building solutions to test applications across Web/Windows/Mobile/API/Services/Mobile platforms and framing efficient data comparison methods. Your challenge will be reducing the “time to market” for products without compromising quality, by leveraging automation and innovation. You will use a wide range of technologies and have the opportunity to interact with different internal teams What’s in it for you: • Working with a team of highly skilled, ambitious and result-oriented professionals. • Using a wide range of cutting-edge technology to innovate while testing. • An ever-challenging environment to hone your existing skills in Automation, performance, service layer testing, SQL scripting etc. • A great opportunity to think and execute like a developer while performing the role of QA. • Being a part of an organization which values ‘Culture of Urgency’ and ‘Shift Left’ approaches. • A plenty of skill building, knowledge sharing, and innovation opportunities. • Building a fulfilling career with a global financial technology company. Responsibilities: • Create tools and frameworks with quality code to simplify testing scenarios. • Design and develop test plans, test cases based upon functional and design specifications, execute test cases and analyze and report test results to the teams • Work in partnership with the development teams to deliver business functionality on time with required quality that meets the acceptance criteria • Acts as a test lead, planning the work of other testing staff and assigning tasks to meet project deadlines. • Uses strong testing skills to provide guidance and assist project staff • Reviews and approves the work of project team members in the writing of scripts, expected results, test results and defect descriptions. Ensures best practices are followed and testing activities stay on schedule. • Focus on building efficient solutions for Web, Services/APIs, and Database testing requirements. • Participate in internal/cross team meetings, project scoping, functional reviews, test specifications, technical reviews for assigned projects in an Agile environment • Involved in requirements review and participate in architecture/design reviews with an emphasis on test automation/performance strategy and ensuring best practices • Participate actively in functional, system and regression testing activities • Capture quality assurance data and metrics to provide insights and conclusions • Estimate and perform risk analysis for quality delivery What we’re looking for: Basic Qualifications: • 8+ years of experience in software testing or development with good understanding of testing, coding and debugging procedures • Experience in programming using Python • Experience in design and development of automated tests using automation tools (e.g. Selenium, Appium) across the application layers (UI/Service/Data layers) and root cause analysis • Experience in advising team to identify automatable test cases at different layers (UI, Services and Data layer tests). Ability to working with developers to build automation/performance friendly code is highly desirable • Experience in refactoring and extending test automation/performance frameworks and suites as necessary • Experience of working with SOAP and REST service and understanding of SOA architecture • Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git • Exposure to SQL/PL-SQL, writing SQL queries, stored procedures and RDBMS • Experience with Test Data Management and mapping automated test code coverage • Experience in developing Test Plans and Test Cases, engage in Exploratory Testing, creating and maintaining Defect Reports • Experience in performance testing tools like HP Load Runner/Performance Center/Storm Runner, JMeter. • Demonstrate ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences • Strong communication skills and ability to deliver clear, concise documentation and presentations • Excellent problem solving, analytical and technical troubleshooting skills • Bachelor's or higher qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent is preferred Preferred Qualifications: • Experience of testing in CI, DevOps, rolling deployment/upgrade model is a plus • Knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS/Azure and experience of testing micro-services, containers, Dockers is a plus Compensation/Benefits Information: S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $80,000 - $125,000. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location. This role is eligible to receive S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, visit https://www.spgbenefitessentials.com/newhires. About S&P Global Ratings: S&P Global Ratings is the world’s leading provider of independent credit ratings. Our ratings are essential to driving growth, providing transparency and helping educate market participants so they can make decisions with confidence. We have more than 1 million credit ratings outstanding on government, corporate, financial sector and structured finance entities and securities. We offer an independent view of the market built on a unique combination of broad perspective and local insight. We provide our opinions and research about relative credit risk; market participants gain independent information to help support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide. S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/ratings. S&P Global has a Securities Disclosure and Trading Policy (“the Policy”) that seeks to mitigate conflicts of interest by monitoring and placing restrictions on personal securities holding and trading. The Policy is designed to promote compliance with global regulations. In some Divisions, pursuant to the Policy’s requirements, candidates at S&P Global may be asked to disclose securities holdings. Some roles may include a trading prohibition and remediation of positions when there is an effective or potential conflict of interest. Employment at S&P Global is contingent upon compliance with the Policy. Equal Opportunity Employer: S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. ----------------------------------------------------------- Equal Opportunity Employer S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.  US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law. ----------------------------------------------------------- 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), IFTECH202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group) Job ID: 280765 Posted On: 2023-09-07 Location: Englewood, Colorado, United States