Position: Middle/Senior Python QA Automation
Company: Luxoft
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

Our client is a leading global Financial markets data provider who runs a number of change programs to deliver of high-quality software that connects Financial Markets across the globe in a real-time, high frequency and low-latency data management chain. The projects are technically challenging in an environment that is very engaging.
We are looking for the regular Python/Robot QA automation to join customer team that works within Scrum/Agile.
Proactive and responsible colleague who can reinforce our QA team in automation of Enterprise API testing.

Responsibilities:
• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet customer needs
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
• Monitor debugging process results
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies

Mandatory Skills Description:
Mandatory Skills
• Strong python development skills
• A good Unix background
• Experience and knowledge of Python/Robot. It's a primary automation framework
• Experience in API automation testing
• GIT - Strong
• Scripting languages: Bash
 
Nice-to-Have Skills:
• Experience with languages Java, C++
• Knowledge in networking, Web socket automation testing
• Familiarity with banking, financial concepts, financial data and market data
• Very good communication skills - both verbal and written 
• Experience working in R&D / Agile environments and with distributed teams 
• Upper intermediate and above English  
• Ability and will to make decisions and prove and defend them 
• Ability to document and communicate concepts at multiple levels 
• Good analytical skills and readiness to perform alternatives analysis and to find the best possible option 
• Quick learner, willingness to learn new technologies and to do research on your own
• Experience of working in multicultural environment
• Team player - ability to work in distributed teams, contribute to collaborative team success, treat team / product success as personal goal 
• Result-oriented mindset 
• Experience working in multicultural environment
Able to work independently with defined problems on a senior level in certain areas of technical or business expertise

Languages:
English: B1 Intermediate