Job Summary

HK Development team is delivering technology solutions for Hong Kong. QA Automation Engineer is responsible for testing automation in building resilience solutions strengthening the reliability, observability, operability and scalability across different business flows and applications of the bank. 
 
The engineering team will ensure the overall system reliability, uptime, health, and performance of the bank's service.  The candidate will work closely with various stakeholders to understand the architecture and design of different applications in the bank to help quickly resolve service impacting issues, detect and self-heal problems before they become service impacting, and provide valuable information and data back to the application developers to improve the long-term reliability of the platform. The candidate would have a strong knowledge of application development and Agile delivery practices, as well as a disciplined approach to planning, executing, and reporting.

The role will require ongoing engagement with Application Development/Support, Product, and Operations teams to manage development / testing efforts and create clients first mindset and effectively implement client journeys-based Service Level Deliveries with the support of Development Lead.  

•    Establish test strategy and test plan with individual and teams that are aligned with business goals
•    Communicating and inspiring confidence at a senior level with technical and non-technical audiences
•    Manage test environment, team resources and stakeholder of multiple projects concurrently in multiple regions
•    Create and execute functional test cases for the systems impacted by the project changes
•    Perform different type of testing include UI test, interface testing, automation test, performance test, security test

Key Responsibilities

•    Write, review, and execute test plans/strategies for validating product/system performance, scalability, and reliability
•    Identify creative ways to break the products, uncover and report defects, as well as validate systems/solutions are operating as intended
•    Perform/support SIT, support UAT, and conduct Performance & Capacity testing activities for various systems involving multiple applications
•    Set up test automation solutions for systems to optimize test effort, schedule, quality and overall process improvement
•    Effectively manage multiple stakeholders demands and expectations while maintaining quality and delivery
•    Bring best practices and own environment management, ensuring all dev/test/prod environments are reproducible with high availability
•    Serve as a quality and reliability ambassador as part of an Agile software development team
Maintain and communicate testing timelines, schedules, and status reports

Skills and Experience

Strategy
•    Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role.

Business
•    Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates.

Processes
•    Responsible for the system architecture, development, build and deployment processes of the resilience solutions to be delivered.

People & Talent
•    Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.

Risk Management
•    The ability to interpret the Group’s financial information, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures.

Governance
•    Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.