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The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) · 2 days ago

Director, Software Engineering: Software Development Test (SDET)

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$160K/yr - $262K/yr

15+ years exp

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity. They are seeking a Technology leader to define, drive, and scale enterprise-wide test automation and quality engineering practices, while implementing advanced automation solutions across applications and platforms.

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Responsibilities

Define and execute the enterprise automation strategy aligned with business and technology modernization goals

Drive adoption of automation in all phases of testing including automated regression and smoke tests to improve quality and accelerate testing

Implement automated quality gates, pre/post deployment checks and shift-left testing

Architect scalable, reusable automation frameworks covering UI, API, microservices, data pipelines, Kafka/event driven systems, batch jobs, reports and databases

Define standards for BDD, contract testing, CI/CD integration, synthetic data generation and environment-agnostic test automation

Establish tagging and traceability across automation framework, Jira, Confluence, Test management tools, CI/CD pipelines and Splunk

Introduce and scale synthetic test data management, environment/service virtualization for complex integration testing

Envision and implement AI/ML and Generative AI infused solutions for test case generation, test data generation, automation script generation and quality insights

Build quality engineering and automation center of excellence to drive training, reusable asset libraries and knowledge management artifacts

Partner with development, product, DevOps and Platform Engineering leaders to embed automation into all stages of SDLC

Define, monitor and report KPIs/OKRs for automation outcomes to executives and product owners

Drive compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and audit readiness across automation and QE practices

Qualification

Test automationAutomation frameworksAI/ML solutionsDevOps practicesCloud platformsJiraSeleniumJavaPythonLeadership skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTeam player

Required

Minimum ten (15) years' of IT experience with ten (10)+ years in test automation

Proven track record of leading enterprise-scale automation initiatives in complex, distributed environments (microservices, cloud, batch applications, data, MQ, Kafka event driven systems)

Hands-on experience with service virtualization, synthetic test data management

Strong hands-on expertise in testing and test automation tools and frameworks including Jira, BDD, Selenium, Cucumber, REST-assured, JMeter, Playwright

Strong programming experience in Java and Python

Deep understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Harness, GitHub), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker)

Experience with Kafka/event-driven testing, large data set validations

Experience with Agile development processes for enterprise software solutions

Strong background in metrics-driven quality reporting and risk-based decision making

Strong organizational leadership skills

Ability to manage multiple, competing priorities and make decisions quickly

Knowledgeable about industry trends, best practices, and change management

Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate and interact with a variety of internal/external customers, coworkers, and Executive Management

Strong work ethic, hands-on, detail oriented with a customer service mentality

Team player, self-driven, motivated, and able to work under pressure

Results-oriented and demonstrated record of developing initiatives that impact productivity

Proficiency with modern quality engineering tools including Jira, Jenkins, automation frameworks, test management tools

Software QA methodologies (requirements analysis, test planning, functional testing, usability testing, performance testing, etc.)

Familiarity with AI/ML/GenAI Solutions in QE

Utilizing best practices in software engineering, software test automation, test management tools, and defect tracking software

Past/Current experience of 3+ years working on a large-scale cloud native project Experience with cloud technologies and migrations using public cloud vendor preferably using cloud foundational services like AWS's VPCs, Security groups, EC2

BS degree in Computer Science or Information Systems Management or a similar technical field

10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance space preferably on complex systems and large programs

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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