Position: QA Tester (Wealth Management application testing)
Location: Weehawken, NJ
Duration: 12+ Months
 
Job Description:
 
Detailed JD:

Have a background in Software Engineering
Either a Bachelors' or above in a Science field preferably in Software Engineering, Information systems etc.
Have at least three years of professional coding experience covering all facets of Software Development Life cycle (Requirements Gathering, Design, Development while Testing)
Can write idiomatic code in a mainstream OOP language such as Java, C# etc.
Strong foundation in Object Oriented and Functional Programming principles and experience with any of the relevant languages such as Scala, Kotlin, Closure etc.
Solid understanding of the Dependency Injection Pattern and other mainstream Enterprise Design patterns (DAO, Factory, MVC etc.)
Strong Test Driven Development experience
Can work with other Software Engineers and come up with recipes to write (if necessary)
Unit tests using Mocking, Stubbing and other strategies
Integration tests within the layers of an Application (Example: Testing the integration between Controller, Service & DAO layers in an MVC architecture)
Refactor original source code based as necessary based on Unit tests
Can work with Product and Technical leaders to develop Quality assurance plans
Understands the right mix of types Testing needed - i.e Unit, Integration, Functional, API/Systems, Regression and Performance testing
Can refactor, improve and fix code quality issues
Have a good understanding of CI/CD principles, Git Flow strategies and Agile methodologies
Solid understanding of Database fundamentals (Data Normalization, Indexing strategies, Data Architecture, NoSQL databases)

You are:

Hands on in writing quality code and test cases
Able to  assist/write high level test strategies with input from the Dev Feature Lead and/or business and derives time estimates
Able to leverage automated testing solutions within the team and projects
Able to manage a small team of testers within local, onshore and offshore locations (with aid of QA manager)
Able to manage relationships with development and business stakeholders engage proactively with QA Manager regarding project statuses, resourcing, risks
Reporting to QA manager on a weekly basis by way of structured reports and informal meetings outlining achievements/issues understand and respond appropriately to internal and external client needs
Strong responsibility, accuracy and attention to details. Strong analytical and logical reasoning capability

The following qualifications are necessary: 
 
Full understanding of SDLC, QA and Defect Lifecycle 
Experience with Test data identification & creation 
Prepare, execute, and manage software testing engagements 
Automation skills 
Assists/writes high level test strategies with input from the Dev Feature Lead and/or business and derives time estimates 
Leverage automated testing solutions within the team and projects 
Ability to manage a small team of testers within local, onshore and offshore locations (with aid of QA manager) 
Manage relationships with development and business stakeholders 
Engage proactively with QA Manager regarding project statuses, resourcing, risks 
Reporting to QA manager on a weekly basis by way of structured reports and informal meetings outlining achievements/issues 
Understand and respond appropriately to internal and external client needs