Introduction
Software Developers at IBM are the backbone of our strategic initiatives to design, code, test, and provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today - planes and trains take off on time, bank transactions complete in the blink of an eye and the world remains safe because of the work our software developers do. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client, software development is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM, you will use the latest software development tools, techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of.

Your Role and Responsibilities
In this Test Automation (Software Developer in Test) position, you will be responsible for ensuring high quality releases of the Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) suite of products, creating/updating complex automation to identify defects in the product before it is released to the market by:

• Automating test cases using our existing test framework (Java; Playwright; SoapUI)
• Analyzing product design specifications and functional requirements
• Driving defects through completion by strongly communicating with product developers, project managers, team leads and team members in general.
• Cloud/Container skills (Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift etc.)

• Minimum of 2 years' Automated testing experience
• Playwright Automation experience
• JAVA experience
• API testing and API automation experience
• Linux and Unix environment skills
• Jenkins experience
• Deploying/Configuring test environments
• Debugging skills
• Experience within Agile Development Methodologies
• Ability to collaborate meaningfully and respectfully in a team environment under high pressure.
• Ability to work independently and proactively.
• Self-Starter, quick learner of technology, who is also excited in teaching and transferring knowledge, be able to multi-task.
• Genuine interest in solving customer issues and software quality.
• Fluent in English with excellent oral and written communication skills

• Banking/Finance test experience
• Experience in other Automation frameworks, such as Selenium Webdriver etc
• DevOps skills
• CI/CD Build Pipeline experience
• Build Tooling (Jenkins, Ansible etc) and Build Best Practices knowledge
• Software Quality Assurance experience
• Ability to see clarity in complex situations.
• Flexible and willing to adapt to quickly changing product requirements.
• Proven ability to work on multiple projects.