Job Description

The Role:

At Morningstar, helping investors is what brings us together and drives our work. We are looking for a Lead QA Automation Engineer or Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who specializes in full stack QA (Front end, Web service, & 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 will work with team members across disciplines developing products for investors. You\xe2\x80\x99ll interact daily with our product managers to understand our domain and create technical solutions that push us forward. You will participate in agile ceremonies such as standups, retrospectives, and planning meetings. We want to work with other engineers who bring knowledge and excitement about our opportunities. This position will be in our Toronto office.

This position is part of our Enterprise Advisor Software group working on our Morningstar\xc2\xae Advisor Workstation\xe2\x84\xa0 products. Investment research, financial planning, client reporting, and proposal generation for financial advisors. For more information:

Responsibilities

Building test automation frameworks, as well as playing a part in maintaining our existing suite of automated tests to be used by the entire Agile squad

Developing and maintaining functional test cases, system & integration test cases and test artifacts like test data, test cases and automated scripts used in SDLC

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

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

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

Researching emerging test tools, trends and methodologies and enhancing existing systems and processes

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

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

Working effectively with a distributed team across multiple geographic locations and time zones

Working with Software Development Engineers to understand the overall technical architecture and how features are implemented.

Being a creative and strategic thinker who is eager to dive into challenging and interesting projects demonstrating your passion for achieving high quality results

Proactively engaging in career development with continuous learning

Requirements

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

Expertise in one or more languages such as Java, JavaScript, or C#.

Experience in Web testing technologies such as Selenium / WebDriver, Junit/TestNG

Expertise in testing Web services and APIs

Experience with Load & Performance testing tools

Excellent understanding and knowledge of software quality assurance practice

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

Experience with load and performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner

Good engagement, collaboration skills and a strong team player

Passion for automating tests and delivering high quality features in a fast-paced environment

Pro-active, flexible, and creative

Ability to work flexible hours to support release process

Nice To Have

Financial Services background

Experience with Jira and Confluence

Experience working in an Agile software development environment

Experience with AWS Cloud Technologies

Experience with scripting languages such as Python

For additional information on Morningstar and our perks and benefits please visit our careers page:

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Morningstar\xe2\x80\x99s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We\xe2\x80\x99ve found that we\xe2\x80\x99re at our best when we\xe2\x80\x99re purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you\xe2\x80\x99ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

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