Performance & Quality Software Engineer

Job Description:

Performance & Quality Software Engineer

Fidelity’s Workplace Consulting Digital Solution Technology team designs, develops, implements, and supports a suite of custom client digital applications along with digital product offerings. We are passionate about delivering innovative solutions that exceed our customers’ needs. We adopt diversity of thought and experience. The team thrives with a steadfast dedication to innovation which promotes a culture of continuous improvement and significant product advancement. This is a fast-paced technology group that adopts modern technologies to build powerful tools and deliver an outstanding end user experience.

You will blend your strong technical skills with an enthusiasm for orchestrating innovative solutions, fostering engaging experiences, and delivering high business value outcomes for our customers. You will collaborate with other leaders to establish the standards for the teams, influence the strategic decisions, and help set work priorities. You are committed to developing your own expertise and knowledge to bring the latest thinking to your role to empower others with that knowledge.

The Team

You will be working with a team of technologists focused on delivering Automation, Continuous Integration and Test Data ecosystems. This role demands significant collaboration with members of various engineering and development groups throughout the lifecycle of a typical project. As a technical associate, you will be working directly to shape our technology vision and will have a real impact on our Workplace Investing organizations success.

The Expertise You Have

• 3+ years of test automation development using Java or similar language.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a technology related field (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.) required.
• You have a passion for technology and can navigate your way across sophisticated and rapidly changing landscapes by staying on top of the latest trends and thrive by sharing knowledge.
• Are a creator, a doer, and a disruptor who will help us seek real-life problems and meet real customer needs. You’ll be helping us build things, taking an idea, and crafting rapid prototypes that are shippable and learn from real-life feedback.
• A self-starter, who actively challenges status-quo, is curious and not afraid to ask “Why” and “What if”?
• Are experienced with the tools of the trade including a variety of modern programming languages and frameworks.
• Have an attitude of test first development and are experienced in modern test frameworks. We believe in testing and that quality is everyone’s job.
• Can measure, collect, and use data to make decisions. We understand the value of intuition and the need to balance decisions accordingly.
• Demonstrated experience in DevOps and CI/ CD pipelines.
• Have the proven ability to work independently as part of an Agile Sprint, Kanban team/squads.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new technical skills.
• Being candid and honest in all discussions to ensure the best outcomes.

The Skills You Bring

• Proven experience with writing automated tests (functional, integration and performance).
• Experience with test automation tools such as Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright and Jenkins.
• Knowledge of with Version Control Systems (Git, ClearCase etc.).
• Proven technical skills (e.g., SQL, XML, HTML, JavaScript, Java, or Python).
• Cloud – AWS, Azure (preferred).
• Your experience in executing projects in an Agile environment.
• Your ability to collaborate with other technical and business experts in the team.
• Curiosity to stay current with new and emerging technologies and concepts, finding ways to apply those to business problems.
• Experience working on customer-facing products preferred.

Any combination of the following is a plus:

• Experience on Python scripting
• Experience or exposure to Docker and other cloud technologies like EC2, S3, VPCs, CloudFront, on-demand instances
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm
• Experience on Automation Tools/Frameworks (JUNIT, Jasmine, Selenium, Protractor)
• Experience with PHP and Drupal 9
• Hands-on experience with the API Design & Development and Micro Services Architecture
• Experience with UI and UX design

The Value you deliver

• Your passion to follow modern test driven and automation driven software development methodologies.
• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated tests while adopting industry best practices and tools.
• Champion continuous improvement regarding application quality and stability.
• Strong sense of ownership for the quality of solution delivery.