Morningstar Inc.
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Chicago · Senior
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About the role
- The Senior QA Automation Engineer will work closely with cross functional teams, Development teams, and other development teams to ensure a timely and high-quality delivery.
- Will have to coordinate and work with the members in a global team.
- Position Location: Chicago, IL (we follow a hybrid policy requiring 4 days onsite)
Responsibilities
- Understand complex application architecture and design effective automation test frameworks.
- Build end-to-end web QA automation with Python for the back end, using GitHub Copilot where appropriate.
- Help establish AI standards and practices to support faster and more reliable adoption across the QA group.
- Lead and coordinate application enhancement and TechOps testing activities with technology and business teams.
- Analyze requirements, design test scenarios, and develop automation test cases.
- Own QA requirements and provide testing guidance to the broader technology team.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Testing, including 3+ years of hands-on automation experience.
- Strong understanding of test frameworks, Selenium WebDriver, test management tools, bug-tracking tools such as ALM, TestRail, and Jira, and Agile methodologies.
- Proven experience in automated testing of financial applications and web portals.
- Expertise in UI automation using Selenium WebDriver and automation framework development.
- Experience with Python, SQL/NoSQL databases, and AWS.
- Hands-on experience using GitHub Copilot as an AI assistant during software development.
- Proficiency in Java and JavaScript.
- Expertise in API testing, both manual and automated, using Rest Assured and ReadyAPI.
- Ability to write use cases from product requirements, execute them, and report defects in a bug-tracking system.
- Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines and supporting SDLC automation, including cloud-based test execution and reporting through tools such as ALM and Jira.
Compensation
- 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
- 1x salary + commission
- Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual
Benefits
- Financial Health
- Stock Ownership Potential
- Company provided life insurance
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
- Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
- Emotional Health
- Trust-Based Time Off
- 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
- Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave
Company info
- Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent credit rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally.
- Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, we are one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world and a market leader in Canada, the U.S., and Europe in multiple asset classes.
- Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry.
- Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets, but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require.
- Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech-forward approach, and exceptional customer service.
- We are looking for an individual who can apply discipline, create solid software products, and be accountable for deliverables.
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