QA Lead/Test Automation Engineer, Swimbird

Swimbird is a FinTech startup aiming to make the financial industry more automated, efficient, and digitized through modern technology solutions.

Our platform, SWIP, is used by investors across the Nordics and our vision is for it to become the go-to platform for Nordic investors.

To achieve that vision, we need to ensure excellent quality, high security, and fast deliveries of new features. This is where you come in. As a QA Lead/Test Automation Engineer, you will have a crucial role, in navigating through Swimbird's codebase identifying weak spots and places for improvement.

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What you’ll do

You will become a crucial member of our awesome engineering team and develop scalable tools that help develop, test, debug, and release software quickly. 

• Design creative ways to break the software and find potential problems.
• Have an impact on the quality of Swimbird's growing suite of products and services and the users’ experience of the platform.  
• Use your knowledge to influence better software design, bug prevention strategies, testability, accessibility, privacy, and other quality concepts across products. 
• Design and develop scalable automated infrastructure, tooling, and frameworks

Who you are

You are a person who enjoys breaking stuff for a living and might be a bit of a perfectionist, paying attention to every little detail. You are a great communicator and able to not only identify bugs but also understand the value of communicating your findings to key stakeholders.  

• You keep yourself updated with best practices in terms of test automation and QA
• Have a Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience. 

• Are experienced building developer tools that improve velocity, code quality, and code health (e.g., compilers, automated releases, code design and testing, test automation frameworks)
• Have programming skills and are familiar with writing code for test and performance optimization.  
• Preferably have experience from the FinTech or finance/banking sector

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What you can expect working at Swimbird

You will work with a team of entrepreneurs and all-in technology folks with a passion for improving the financial industry. Some benefits of the daily work-life at Swimbird:

• A flexible work-life situation with remote work possibilities
• Great offices in the heart of Stockholm
• Team workout sessions

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Some of the technologies we use

• Java (With Project Reactor)
• Python
• Kafka
• Kubernetes/Helm
• Google Cloud Platform
• Angular
• GitHub

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Our product

The Swimbird Portfolio Platform (“SWIP”) is a modern portfolio management solution which gives the client a holistic view of their total portfolio – everything in one place.

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SWIP is a platform that, in real-time, aggregates and visualizes portfolio data (assets and liabilities), irrespective of format and data source. SWIP handles all geographies and instrument types; financial instruments (listed and OTC), private equity, crypto, and alternative investments such as real estate, infrastructure, vehicles, art, and collections.

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The solution is built on best-of-breed technology, can be tailored for individual businesses, and is constantly evolving to keep up with future demands.

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SWIP facilitates informed investment decisions, executive management reporting, performance- and cash flow analysis, enhanced risk management, and operational efficiency through automation of manual processes, including accounting records for bookkeeping.

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Interested?

Please provide us with a copy of your CV or a link to your LinkedIn profile. Also, note that applicants may be called on interviews continuously so let us know if you are interested as soon as possible.