At Barclays, Functions Digital Channel is a control function that helps to protect the Barclays and promote a strong compliance culture throughout the firm by providing regulatory and compliance advice and guidance (e.g., through policy and training) and maintaining a risk-based program designed prevent, detect and address violations of applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, deviations from industry standards and other relevant standards.

Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our Banking Compliance Quality Assurance team. The chosen candidate will work with our Banking compliance quality assurance team to gather testing requirements, test and automate and help us deliver quality products to our global user base.

The candidate will be responsible for manual as well as automation activities in the project space.

The role will require interacting with Business Analyst, business stakeholders and developers to understand various test cases. The candidate will contribute to the strategy to automate the test cases via suitable test framework.

The candidate will also train and mentor junior testers within the team and manage their performance. Candidate will also drive best practises for end-to-end automation via selenium, cucumber, rest assured and related technologies.

To be successful as a Senior QA Automation Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Hands on experience with Playwright OR Selenium web driver.
• Experience in CI/CD tools like GITLAB.
• Extensive knowledge of Testing lifecycle and core testing process/techniques using different test approaches and manual testing .
• Relevant experience with implementation of test strategy and frameworks needed to test all the dimensions of a complex, high-throughput distributed system including functional correctness, performance, scale, and security.
• Good understanding of NFT - Performance testing tools (JMeter and Load Runner).
• Good understanding of Database design with ability to write complex SQL queries.

Some of Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Candidates with experience in Salesforce preferred.
• Experience of working with UI testing tools like Playwright, Selenium.
•  Experience of working with API Automation like Rest Assured, Karate, Postman.
• Ability to identify issues and risks with projects which may impact delivery timelines; and cognizance to escalate issues with vendors/management as required.
• Good to know performance testing tool like loadrunner, JMeter.
• Extremely organized, excellent oral and written communication skills, particularly in documenting system architectures and workflows.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. 

The location of the role is Pune, IN.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. 

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organizations technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L Listen and be authentic, E Energise and inspire, A Align across the enterprise, D Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge and Drive the operating manual for how we behave.