Senior Test Automation Engineer

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world's leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

As a member of the Avaloq Test Automation team, you will be part of a group of highly skilled, motivated and dynamic people that are responsible for a central part of the Avaloq Banking Suite. You will be part of the team responsible for Automation and innovation of test for the Avaloq solution used by banks in the Swiss market. 

As a Test Automation Engineer, you will work in close cooperation with Test Managers, Developers, Release Managers and other key stakeholders with the objective to deliver high-quality automation solutions that meet customer needs and requirements.

Your key tasks

• Give hands-on support to the team with the implementation of the software testing process, e.g. for dedicated testing levels and / on test types
• Define test cases and scenarios for new functionalities
• Support the team in their day to day work with test management tools
• Participate in the creation of new concepts in automated testing and testing strategies
• Develop, maintain and execute automated tests using Avaloq Test Framework, Java, TestMaster, Cypress, and more automation tools
• Understand the Avaloq Core and Front Banking Platform and the corresponding business areas

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent
• Must have 5+ years of work experience in software developer or test automation engineer role
• Has firm understanding of the testing processes and methodologies
• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, JavaScript
• Knowledge of programming languages such as PL/SQL, Avaloq Script
• Quality-conscious attitude, self-motivated and goal-oriented
• Open-minded and a good team player
• Very good communication skills (proficient in English verbally and in writing)
• Keen Interest in banking and/or wealth management business

You will get extra points for the following:

• Proven experience on manual or automated testing
• Knowledge in Oracle database architecture
• Experience with Orbium's TestMaster and/or Avaloq Banking System is/are a BIG plus
• Experience in automation tools like Cypress, Appium, Jest
• Experience with Performance testing tool (Gatlin, LoadRunner, JMeter)
• Experience with Angular, NgRx, RxJs operators, TypeScript
• Experience with JavaEE, Spring Boot
• Banking know-how
• ISTQB certification

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.