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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) · 6 hours ago

Associate Principal, Software Engineering SDET

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$103K/yr - $172K/yr

3+ years exp

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity. The Associate Principal, Software Engineering SDET will design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks, collaborate with various teams to ensure quality standards are met, and contribute to the company's testing and automation strategies.

FinanceFinancial ServicesProperty Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Creating, maintaining and executing automation test plans

Writing code against software platforms

Estimating testing efforts

Analyzing and communicating test results

Defect tracking and participation in day to day acceptance test activities

Contributing to the company’s performance and scalability testing efforts

Collaborating with others to deliver complex projects which may involve multiple systems

Continuously thinking about the next steps while improving yourself and others around you

Contributing to our long-term vision and strategy for improved quality via automation

Developing, enhancing and extending automation frameworks

Identifying quality tasks during team sprint cycle and implementing automation for new features

Analyzing and communicating test results and defect tracking

Participating in performance and load test efforts

Assisting in the planning, creation and control of the test environments and test data

Defining test strategy, conducting requirements analysis for testability, identifying scope, conducting risk and mitigation planning, configuration management planning, writing master and detailed test plans for test planning and design

Participating in the review of acceptance test procedures and processes and providing recommendations for improvements to eliminate redundancies in testing and improve efficiency

Qualification

Automated Testing FrameworkAgile Environment ExperienceJava Development ExperienceAutomated Testing TypesDeep Analytical SkillsSaaS Environment ExperienceObject-Oriented DesignCollaboration SkillsCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving Skills

Required

Automated Testing framework experience (Cucumber, Selenium, Mocha/Chai, TestNG)

Experience working in an Agile environment

Hands-on experience with writing automation test code and utilizing leading industry standards tools and frameworks that can simulate complex multi-system scenarios

Proficiency with automated testing types (Unit, Functional, Load, Security, Behavioral, Integration, Component, Contract and End to End)

Experience working with two or more of the following: web/mobile application development, Unix/Linux environments, event driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software systems development, security software development, public-cloud platforms

Strong testing experience which includes developing test plans, automate test cases, and working with test frameworks

Deep analytical skills with ability to describe methods of testing highly sophisticated systems, diagnose systems defects, and clearly communicate to project constituents, key findings and learning

Experience working in a SaaS environment

Java based software development experience

Fluent in object-oriented design, industry best practices, software patterns, and architecture principles

Automated testing framework experience

BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

3-7 years of experience

Preferred

Practical experience with AI, Machine Learning usages in Quality Engineering

Previous experience testing in Financial Services, Derivatives Clearing, Risk, and Data warehousing systems

Benefits

A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work

Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely

Generous PTO and Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Company

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization.

Founded in 1973

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.theocc.com/

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