Job Description

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. 

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as an Automation Tester at Barclays where you will spearhead testing of multiple projects or modules and coordinating with teams to understand requirements, test planning, test execution, functional/automation testing across different phub feature teams

To be successful as an Automation Tester, you should have experience with:

Test Planning & Execution

• Delivery of test plan, test scenarios & test closure as per provided requirements & timelines.

• Able to work on one or multiple projects of varying complexity, undertaking the following activities, maintaining overall accountability for the work of the team in terms of quality and timeliness of delivery:

  • Strong understanding of functional testing, regression testing, system testing & integration testing.

  • Strong understanding of test life cycle

  • Strong analytical skills

  • Supporting and coaching

  • Issue escalation

  • Validation of plans and progress management

  • Hands-on experience of test cases/scenarios writing & test execution

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Relevant experience in API automation testing using Python/Java –Selenium based or any other API centric gherkins(BDD) based framework

• Extensive experience into E2E test management activities right from project test initiation to closedown phase.

• Should be well versed with methodologies such as Agile/Kanban/Hybrid.

• Should be well versed with implementation and designing of the TDD & BDD using Cucumber & Selenium framework for moving towards CI /CD.

• Should be involved in test automation projects right from the framework design, framework amendments to execution.

• Should have experience in story point estimation technique or business case estimation.

• Well versed with setting-up Test Environment with required test data & appropriate level of access

• Strong in SQL/PL-SQL & Unix

• Hands on experience in automation & scripting

• Experience of converting BA stories into test scenarios/cases.

• Well versed with test management tool i.e. Quality Center/JIRA

• Well versed with defect lifecycle

• Good written and verbal communication skills

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The role is based out of PUNE.