QA Automation Engineer

Description of the project:
A British company with over 1,000 people employed in offices across Europe, Asia and Australia. The company is a global financial technology provider which powers the wealth management, administration and custodian platforms for leading financial institutions. They develop long-term partnerships with customers, transforming their customer service offering and helping them grow their assets under management across multiple distribution channels. The company partners with life insurance companies, banks, asset managers and discretionary wealth managers.

Key Responsibilities:
Gathering the requirements in order to deliver automation solutions and save manual testing time
Designing, development and customization of automation modules/tests enabling
Collaborative working with Test Teams
Low maintenance approach incorporating a shared automation library
Variable data to be input via User Interfaces
Implement test automation in the Continuous Integration and Version Control processes
Developing tests to ensure that the automation works correctly, visualize and present results
Participating in test automation framework enhancements
Communicate and distribute the test automation capability to other teams
Qualifications:
Skills in test automation development on enterprise-level systems (or equivalent)
Strong design skills
Knowledge of software development practices, including version control, code reviews, design patterns, continuous integration and refactoring
Knowledge of software testing and quality assurance practices in software development (Test stages, Regression tests, Risk-based planning etc)
Good SQL, database & systems knowledge
Experience in any programming or scripting language (C#, Java, .Net, PHP, Groovy, Python, etc)
Will be a plus:
Selenium IDE, Selenium WebDriver, WatiN, SoapUI, QTP, Fitness, NUnit, xUnit, Gallio, Visual Studio or other
Agile
Project management tools
Performance testing and system optimization
Experience in working with colleagues in other locations (Nearshore teams)
Experience with OOP
UML and the ability to produce effective documentation
REST, SOAP, HTTP, XML.
Knowledge of financial business covering client applications
Conditions of work:
Opportunity to work in a well-established international company
Your results have direct and immediate impact
Budget for professional development
Support for keeping your body fit and healthy
Fun team with lots of varying interests and activities
Ability to work with the latest technologies
Flexible hours

The company is located in Brno Czech Republic.