ABOUT US
We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy.
We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions.
Responsibilities - Acting as a Chapter Lead
You are responsible for the leadership of a group of engineers, in terms of staffing, coaching, growing the individuals, sharing best practises & knowledge within the chapter. More precisely, you are expected to:
- Handle people management activities, such as recruitment, assignment of the correct engineering resources, setting objectives, conducting performance appraisals.
- Ensure consistency of technical expertise across the chapter (e.g. RobotFramework, JMeter, Cucumber, Jenkins, UIPath, Maven, Quality Center or other test management tools …).
- Ensure best practices & software testing patterns are applied. Ensure the understanding of current technology and QA practices within the chapter. Follow future trends via education, conferences or articles.
- Create a culture of excellence and continuous learning, of knowledge & experience sharing between the members, allowing professional growth of the chapter members.
- Build a network outside the chapter, maintain relationships with all relevant stakeholders.
- Orchestrate the feedback collection and introduce a positive feedback culture.
Responsibilities - Acting as a squad member
You work on the Swift Translator product and its integration with the MyStandards portfolio. Swift Translator is an essential component leveraged by key customers and market infrastructures to validate and transform message formats. It is also used by Swift for the message processing performed for the financial community. You participate to the activities and the success of the squad, in terms of lead testing engineer:
- You are part of a dynamic team using up-to-date technologies and applying agile software delivery practices.
- You participate to the full product lifecycle. While doing so, you use your expertise to influence the software design and promote good engineering practices in terms of testability, accessibility, scalability, performance.
- You develop test strategies based on documented functional requirements.
- You develop a wide variety of automated tests scenarios and integrate those in a continuous delivery workflow.
- You contribute to the maintenance of the testing infrastructure, the evolution of the testing framework and the manual testing of software solutions.
- You have the opportunity to develop yourself and others in a true BizDevOps agile environment; engaging in the product evolution, covering software architecture, development, quality assurance, security, operations and IT infrastructure aspects.
Qualifications
Education
- Master degree in Information Technology or equivalent work experience.
Experience and essential knowledge
- At least 6 years of relevant experience in software delivery
- Senior-level experience in software solutions testing and qualification.
- Experience and expertise on the following activities:
- Automated testing technologies (Robot Framework, Sikuli, Cucumber)
- Performance testing tools (JMeter)
- Translation of complex requirements into detailed test strategies
- Continuous integration and deployment using Jenkins
- Windows and Linux commands and shell scripting
- Experience in Agile and Scrum development is an asset.
- Knowledge of financial message standards (ISO20022, FIN) is an asset.
Skills
- Capacity to empower, lead and coach a group of IT profiles.
- Strong analytical skills, recognized as subject matter expert.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written), good communication skills.
- Team player, open-minded, curious.
What we offer
We put you in control of career
We give you a competitive package
We help you perform at your best
We help you make a difference
We give you the freedom to be yourself
We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.
If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us to request accommodation.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.
Top Skills
What We Do
SWIFT is a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services.
We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance.
Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories.
SWIFT also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern.
For more information, visit www.swift.com or follow us on Twitter: @swiftcommunity
