Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the product team to understand business requirements and ensure alignment with functional expectations
- Coordinate with Product and QA teams to translate requirements into Gherkin format for seamless integration into a BDD automation framework
- Design and develop maintainable automated test scripts using Java and Cucumber/Gherkin
- Execute test cases, analyze test results, and report defects using Elastic Search
- Work closely with product and development teams to identify and resolve requirement gaps and functional issues
- Liaise with the Performance Testing team to provide comprehensive functional details for performance test planning
- Act as a functional testing lead with strong domain knowledge and the technical skills to maintain automation scripts (not a purely technical role)
- Strong understanding and hands-on experience in the Investment Banking domain
- Good knowledge of financial products and their characteristics
- Understanding of trade lifecycle and workflow within capital markets
- Familiarity with FPML schema design, XML messaging, and Message Queues (MQs)
- Experience supporting Business Analyst functions through technical documentation or solution validation
- Programming experience in Java for maintaining test automation frameworks
- Testing certifications such as ISTQB
- Domain certifications like NCFM or CFA Foundation are highly desirable