Senior QA Automation Engineer

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About the Role
At Morningstar, helping investors is what brings us together and drives our work. We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer or Software Development Engineers in Test (SDET) who specialize in full stack QA (Front end, Webservice, & Non-Functional testing) to join our team, grow with us, introduce us to new ideas and develop products that empower our users. Every day, you'll work with team members across disciplines developing products for investors.

You'll interact daily with our product managers to understand our domain and create technical solutions that push us forward. We want to work with other engineers who bring knowledge and excitement about our opportunities. This position is based in our Toronto office.

Job Responsibilities
Builds test automation framework, as well as plays a part in maintaining our existing suite of automated tests to be used by the entire Agile squad.

Develops and maintains functional test cases, System & Integration Test cases and test artifacts like test data, test cases and automated scripts used in SDLC.

Reviews functional requirements and determines the data requirements for executing the use cases end to end from creating functional manual cases to automating the cases for regression.

Executes manual or automated test cases that validate the functionalities, code quality and reports test results, following all formal test architectures and project processes.

Has ownership and autonomy to work on tasks and be pro-active in managing them end to end.

Researches emerging test tools, trends and methodologies and enhance existing systems and processes.

Acts as test lead in various work streams working closely with Product Managers and Developers, while collaborating across teams.

Mentors other Engineers on test methodologies, test automation, coding standards and best practices through code reviews and designing test plans.

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent plus a minimum of 5 years of working experience in a related field.

Strong experience with OO programming and concepts.

Excellent understanding and knowledge of software quality assurance practice.

Hands on experience in Java, C#, JUnit/TestNG, Jenkins, Selenium, Fit Nesse, SoapUI, Java script, HTML5, CSS, and one or two scripting languages such as Groovy, Python, Ruby.

Experience in TDD, continuous integration, and code review practice is strongly desired.

Good engagement and collaboration skills and a strong team player.

Pro-active, flexible and creative.

Base Salary Compensation Range  $75,.00   Incentive Target Percentage
12.5% Annual

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

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