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Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.\nEthoca is a Mastercard business unit where you can join a team of top business and technology innovators who are changing the payments landscape and reinventing the way global merchants and issuers combat fraud and reduce costs. Our services allow customers to focus on what really matters - increasing sales and creating a great customer experience. Our relentless customer focus is what makes us an award-winning company.\nWe believe that when people come together, it unlocks potential. Our collaborative environment enables our teams to deliver and develop solutions that provide safety, security and convenience for our customers.\nEthoca is a place where risk-takers thrive, change makers excel, and innovators shape a better tomorrow. 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We are using or considering technologies like Kafka, Springboot, Angular, Bootstrap, Chef, Nomad, Docker and so on.\nWe are recruiting a Lead Software Engineer In Test who has a proven record of leading and solutioning full automation testing strategies and lifecycles for microservice-oriented Cloud-based systems using the appropriate industry leading products, patterns, and practices.\nRole\nWork as a member of an agile team to design, build, test, and deploy new products and features\nLead Testing strategies and efforts inside and across teams and software components\nDesign and implement test frameworks reusable across multiple components in on-prem and cloud environments\nCreate test plans to achieve the best test approach in collaboration with team members\nCreate comprehensive and well-structured test cases for all test types in scope\nIndependently design and implement modularized, data driven, reusable automated tests\nTroubleshoot defects to resolution and closure\nSupport the release process by executing and maintaining test suites for smoke, sanity, regression and operational validation.\nConduct reviews of test case coverage for any test types in scope to ensure appropriate risk-based testing approach is achieved.\nConduct peer code reviews, providing feedback and coaching over logical implementation, and best practice improvement opportunities around patterns, algorithms, etc\nProvide technical guidance, support and mentoring to other QA Team members\nProactively understand stakeholder needs, goals and expectations to deliver results\nEffectively host technology education forums (i.e. Technology Brown Bag Session) around relevant topics for the wider organization\nIndependently apply problem solving skills to identify symptoms and root causes of issues\nMake effective and efficient decisions even when data is ambiguous\nThrive in a highly collaborative company environment where agility is paramount\nAll About You\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.\nAbility to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately through an evolving, dynamic, agile environment.\nSolid experience with Continuous Integration & Delivery principles\nPractical experience using AI to improve Test Automation and Testing efficiency.\nAdvanced working knowledge of Java.\nSolid experience using testing frameworks like Selenium, TestRail, Junit, TestNG.\nExperience with JavaScript testing frameworks like protractor/jasmine.\nExperience with testing SOAP/REST web APIs.\nWorking knowledge of Postgres and/or other relational databases.\nExpertise in microservice-based applications development using Springboot\nExcellent knowledge of QA principles within SDLC.\n• Strong experience with Agile Development Practices and Processes, advocating and developing Agile values and principles.Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact  and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.\nCorporate Security Responsibility\nAll activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:\nAbide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;\n\nEnsure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;\n\nReport any suspected information security violation or breach, and\n\nComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.\n\nIn line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in Canada, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive pay based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. 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