Senior Automation QA Engineer(SDET)

Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior SDET to join a collaborative, cross-functional agile team responsible for delivering high-quality software systems for flagship products such as Microsoft Office Add-ins, IDE extensions, and financial applications. This role requires a strong blend of automation expertise, manual testing precision, and excellent communication skills. This role will work as part of a scrum team, collaborating with business analysts and developers. 

Essential Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in test automation for web & desktop applications.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and automation tools like WebdriverIO or Selenium
• Analyse software and quality requirements and document test plans
• Design, develop, review and implement integration, system, acceptance and end-to-end test strategies
• Assess and report on software risk and release readiness which includes Production monitoring and Production issues investigation along side dev and business stake holders
• Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman or REST Assured.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and test automation frameworks.
• Manual testing expertise with a strong eye for detail and ability to identify edge cases with rreadiness to combine automatic and manual testing
• Experience testing multi-tier, on-prem, and cloud-based integrated solutions.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, and version control systems like Git.
• Familiarity with testing extensions in IDE’s or Office Products (e.g., Excel, Word, Outlook) is a plus.
• Understanding financial systems such as trading platforms, market data, or portfolio management—is a plus but not required.

Crucial Personal Skills and Values

We’re looking for a passionate, adaptable, and creative Senior SDET with a strong sense of ownership, excellent communication skills, and a sharp eye for detail—someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and stays ahead of emerging technologies. The candidate should be self-learner, a phenomenal teammate, flexible & independent.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Deliver high-quality, on-time software releases that meet client and business requirements.
• Work effectively within an inclusive, collaborative culture across global teams.
• Perform both automated and manual testing with a strong eye for detail, ensuring thorough validation of complex systems and edge cases
• Ensure consistent application of software testing best practices and quality standards throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement in testing processes, tools, and coverage.
• Actively participate in project planning sessions to analyze requirements and provide accurate work estimates.
• Align testing efforts with business and technical priorities, ensuring a clear understanding of customer needs.
• Ability to document test cases, report bugs clearly, and present findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Present and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, including technical and non-technical stakeholders, leadership, and management.

Desired Skills

• Typescript/Javascript
• Selenium, WebDriver IO, Mocha framework, Postman,Python
• CI/CD, testing automation tools and frameworks
• Microsoft Azure Dev Ops
• MSFT Office, Visual Studio Code, JupyterLab, PowerBI, Jira, TestRail
• Experience working with Microsoft Office add-in and Visual Studio Extensions
• Agile methodologies, Scrum, SAFe

Benefits

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career! We enhance each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions. Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to reengineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity. LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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