At R3 our vision is a world where value moves freely, and business is done safely. Our mission is to enable an open, trusted, and enduring digital economy. We are a scale up with a startup’s grit. We encourage a workforce where no idea is too small, and no two days are the same.
About the Role
The QA Test Engineer will be responsible for developing functional and non-functional test cases to validate operation of R3s product suite The successful candidate will have hands on manual and automated test engineering experience, understand the challenges of testing platform technologies, demonstrate critical investigative abilities, and be able to work well at all levels of the software testing lifecycle. They will be able to analyse complex distributed systems and to plan, execute and report on test cycles. They will be experienced using several programming languages and test frameworks, be comfortable with ambiguity and may have worked both in banking and start-up environments. The majority of their experience will be from working in agile environments where software engineers, testers, product managers and DevOps work closely together. Trading/Banking system technology experience is not mandatory but a plus.
Responsibilities:
- Produce detailed test stage plans.
- Develop functional and non-functional test cases within R3's regression automation framework for testing (CRAFT) and maintain test suites and test cases.
- Execute test cases, document results, update progress, and track bugs.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of manual and automated test scenarios working as part of an agile engineering team.
- Participate in prototyping and experimentation to validate system architecture.
- Partner with internal and external teams in testing, deploying and operating highly scalable blockchain networks.
- Undertake system performance analysis from the ground up to determine operational limits of the system.
Skills and Experiences:
- 4+ years of enterprise test engineering (both manual and automation).
- Proficiency in Java, Kotlin or another similar programming language.
- Familiar with basic Dev Ops, Jenkins , Kubernetes , Docker.
- Familiar with tools for API testing i.e Postman , Rest Assured.
- Familiar with tools for UI testing , i.e Selenium, Cypress.
- Familiar with project tracking software such as JIRA and test management systems such as XRAY.
- Broad understanding of computer science and engineering principles.
- Proven track record of delivering test automation for highly complex software.
- Experience planning for and executing end-to-end functional and non-functional.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
- Comfortable and able to work under pressure.
R3 is a leading enterprise technology firm specialising in digital solutions for regulated financial markets. Our technology enables financial markets to operate with greater efficiency, transparency and enhanced connectivity. Our focus is on progressing markets and fostering an open, trusted and enduring digital economy.
R3ers center around our core values – Collaborative, Ownership, Bold and Customer First – as a result our flagship DLT platform, Corda, and R3 Digital Markets product suite is trusted by the world’s leading financial market infrastructures (FMIs), exchanges, central banks and commercial banks.
R3 is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are a diverse and inclusive team that supports all ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, origins, disability and veteran status and cultures. At R3, we’re committed to fostering an environment where individuality–not conformity–is embraced and valued because we believe our collective differences are what make us better together. For more information, visit www.r3.com or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn.
If you don’t meet all of the above criteria, but you think you’d be a great addition to R3, send us your CV/resume. We’re always interested in meeting bold, collaborative people who are excited to work with us.
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What We Do
R3 is a leading provider of enterprise technology and services that enable direct, digital collaboration in regulated industries where trust is critical. Multi-party solutions developed on our platforms harness the "Power of 3"—R3's trust technology, connected networks and regulated markets expertise—to drive market innovation and improve processes in banking, capital markets, global trade and insurance.
As one of the first companies to deliver both a private, distributed ledger technology (DLT) application platform and confidential computing technology, R3 empowers institutions to realize the full potential of trusted direct collaboration. We maintain one of the largest DLT production ecosystems in the world connecting over 400 institutions, including global systems integrators, cloud providers, technology firms, software vendors, corporates, regulators, and financial institutions from the public and private sectors. For more information, visit www.r3.com or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn.
