We are looking for QA Automation Engineers to join our newly acquired business, Global Shares (a J.P. Morgan Company). The Global Shares Transaction was announced on March 15, 2022. Founded in 2005, Global Shares is a leading cloud-based provider of share plan management software. Global Shares' employee ownership solutions cover the entire company lifecycle, and caters to corporates worldwide. Global Shares has an expansive client base of over 600 corporate clients that range from early-stage start-ups to mature multinational public corporations. The firm has nearly $200 billion in assets under administration across 650,000 corporate employee participants. It operates with an experienced team of more than 600 employees headquartered in Cork, Ireland and 16 further locations globally.

Why we need you:

• Software testing is required to identify defects and errors that were made during the SDLC.
• Testing improves product reliability and stability, which in turn improves customer satisfaction in the application.
• Testing is necessary in order to provide accurate, consistent and reliable results for each release.
• Testing is required to validate the application is fit to use.
• Testing early helps to ensure issues are identified as early as possible, this reduces costs to other area of the business.
• Test Automation reduces time and effort and automation increases test coverage.
• Helps measure reliability and stability.

What you will do:

• Contribute to the creation of functional and regression test suites
• Analyse test results, record test activities and track defects.
• Clearly articulate and communicate project status.
• Manage priorities and set expectation when faced with multiple demanding tasks.
• Work as part of a Scrum team in an Agile development process
• Take part in all Scrum activities

What you have:

• Minimum 1 year of experience in using test automation tools for web applications & API
• Experience in creating test automation with UI & API based automation frameworks
• Experience in Object Oriented Programming (.NET, Java etc.)
• Experience testing REST API
• Experience in testing frameworks essential(MStest, XUnit, TestNG etc)
• Have a strong QA base, knowledge in testing types & practices
• Proficient in testing techniques.
• Have a strong knowledge on all phases of testing.
• Previous coding experience essential
• Experience working in and Agile environment on a Scrum team essential
• Ability to use initiative and willing to generate ideas to continuously refine testing processes to improve quality.
• Experience with continuous integration tools (Jenkins)
• BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• ISTQB Certification is advantageous

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.