Software Engineer in Test III (SET III)

CME Group Inc.; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

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Software Engineer in Test III (SET III)

Apply locations Belfast - Millennium House time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id 32339

CME Group is seeking an experienced Software Engineer in Test (SET) to join the CME in Belfast. The successful candidate will work in the Credit Configuration team and help deliver mission-critical projects on CME's Globex electronic trading platform.

As a SET, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our systems. You will collaborate closely with Product Owners, developers and other pods to create, execute and automate tests, identify defects and help in speeding up time to market.

The successful candidate will be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and work both independently and collaboratively.

This is an absolutely fantastic opportunity to join a great, self-organising team of go-getters.

CME Group have recently entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Google Cloud that will transform global derivatives markets, by migrating our technology infrastructure to Google Cloud (GCP) and becoming a fully cloud based company. As part of the role, the technology will be migrating to Google Cloud, this is an excellent opportunity to get involved in GCP.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and execute automated and manual tests
2. Identify, document and track defects
3. Analyse and interpret business/stakeholder requirements; translate these requirements into test scenarios.
4. Creation of test strategies, planning & execution/implementation of automated test cases.
5. Work closely with the application teams to identify opportunities to provide innovative testing solutions, which enable teams to achieve goals of continuous delivery.
6. Maintain test environments
7. Contribute to and build test automation for application teams to use in testing our market leading applications, using object-oriented programming and scripting skills.
8. Keep abreast with latest testing technologies and advocate for shift-left testing strategies.
9. Work closely with developers and advise on appropriate tests to be implemented at the right stage of development lifecycle.

Competencies:

1. Solid QA Analyst skills
2. Strong attention to detail
3. Strong working knowledge of BDD
4. Self-motivated and enthusiastic team player
5. Happy to take personal responsibility and be accountable for outcomes
6. Proven communication, analysis and problem solving skills
7. Customer focused with a talent for building excellent working relationships with business and technical stakeholders
8. Ability to work to tight deadlines and effective prioritization of workload

Candidate Criteria (Required):

1. Ability to understand compound business requirements quickly, and to define clear acceptance criteria.
2. Prior experience building out robust test automation and BDD frameworks
3. Coding experience with Python, Java or other comparable object-oriented languages
4. Strong SQL skills (Oracle / PostGreSQL)
5. Familiarity with testing REST API's and API testing frameworks
6. Experience of modern software development practices, incl tooling such as GIT
7. Experience of modern continuous delivery pipelines, implemented with e.g., Jenkins, Argo, XLR

Nice to have:

1. Experience with Unit testing
2. Experience of cloud technologies, ideally GCP/GKE
3. Experience with messaging platforms like Kafka.
4. Experience with Kubernetes / Docker.

Company Benefits:

• Bonus Programme
• Equity Programme
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Private Medical and Dental coverage
• Mental Health Benefit Programme
• Group Pension Plan
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Cycle To Work
• EV Car Benefit Scheme
• Gym Membership
• Family Leave
• Education Assistance – MBA/Advanced Degree/Bachelor Degree
• Ongoing Employee Development Training/Certification
• Hybrid Working

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