Job Openings at FNZ Group

Role Description

• Automated Tester will join a dynamic development team working on cutting edge emerging technologies and integrating them into traditional finance systems. They will create and maintain automated test plans, support the development of testing infrastructure, and work with developer and other project team members to produce world class software. The successful candidate will have enthusiasm for troubleshooting, analysing and resolving complex problems, and must demonstrate strong problem solving and communications skills. 

Specific Role Responsibilities

• Automated Testing
• Plan and prioritise all incoming testing. Provide detailed and accurate test estimates. Create and maintain testing data and records.
• Understand and analyse business requirements to enable the design of detailed test requirements for traditional and blockchain based solutions
• Establish functional and automated test objectives, acceptance criteria, workload profiles and use case scenarios
• Document and report issues arising from testing in a timely manner and manage their resolution and tracking
• Issue testing status and completion reports to project teams and clients where necessary
• Provide estimates of testing effort to the Test, Delivery or Project Manager as required
• Solve complex problems and provide clear and concise reports with recommendations
• Work closely with development teams, architects and engineers to test their products under load and make recommendations to improve solution performance, reliability and stability
• Collaboration / Communication
• Promote the testing team both internally and externally. Ensure that creative solutions, robust testing infrastructure, tough problems solved are called out appropriately to the FNZ development community, and where they lead to visible outcomes, to the broader FNZ teams and clients; and
• Collaborate with other developers and testers to share knowledge, best practices, useful technology, and opportunities for cross-project system design / solutions.
• Technology
• Keep abreast of latest and/or relevant technologies, tools and methods. Identify adoption of technology, tools and methods best suited to FNZ;
• Proactively resolve technical (environmental, coding and testing) issues that impede development progress. Assist in the resolution of technical issues when requested by other developers; and
• Create novel solutions to problems by incorporating cutting edge technology or generic concepts.

Experience required

Primary requirements

• Bachelor degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, and/or equivalent experience;
• 2+ years of experience using automated testing test approaches and tools (including use of Cucumber) and conducting automated testing;
• Experience with UI testing, using tools such as Selenium
• Experience managing automated testing pipeline and reporting testing results;
• Experience with the Java programming language;
• Strong self-driven collaborator with ability to work in diverse teams;
• Proven data analysis and problem solving skills; and
• Participated in end-end deliveries of software products.

Secondary requirements

• Experience testing the following types of applications: Windows Software, Database applications, websites, mobile applications;
• Experience working in an agile environment;
• Experience with JavaScript, JSON or React programming languages;
• Experience with public cloud (Azure or AWS);
• Experience testing blockchain or distributed ledger technology solutions;
• Experience with Linux (Unix) commands and scripting languages;
• Familiar with Azure DevOps & Agile development tools (including Jira);
• Familiarity with User Experience (UX) concepts;
• Familiarity with financial products and markets; and
• Experience testing in AWS and working with AWS Lambda Functions.

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Role Description

Java Developers at FNZ are all-rounders who analyze required system changes, design databases, write complex financial business logic and create slick web applications. They also work closely with automated testers and other members of their project team to produce world class software. Java developers will be expected to learn all about our application, the business and the industry we operate in. 

Specific Role Responsibilities

• Analysis & Design
• Assist in the creation of user story definitions and acceptance criteria
• Work within the constraints of the feature/user story to define the underlying design required to deliver these changes
• Ensure the solution is well defined and fit-for-purpose.  It must meet the requirements and work end-to-end.  This will require a solid understanding of the underlying business processes involved in and surrounding the change
• Provide solutions and recommendations for the resolution of technical issues that arise and ensure solutions meet the technical specs and design requirements;
• Help design and build APIs and external system interfaces for integration into core FNZ products and third-party vendor applications;
• Development
• Interpret complex financial business requirements and translate into high-transactional, high-availability, secure, working systems;
• Design and build the highly intuitive user interface and interactive financial tools required by financial advisers and investors;
• Develop real-time transaction processing systems that support millions of trades every day in investment securities in multiple world markets;
• Work closely with our Solution Consultants and Analyst Testers to design and implement new functionality for our major institutional customers around the world.
• Collaborate with other developers to make sure that the solutions developed are robust and in-line with the requirements;
• Ensure code is designed and built in a reusable manner.
• Able to build medium complexity features end-end.
• Continually develop an understanding of the business functionality of FNZ platforms
• Quality
• Adhere to the defined procedures for code management, code reviews, coding standards, naming conventions and security standards;
• Write automated unit tests for any newly created code; and
• Perform manual testing to ensure any changes made to the system are of a high standard and the system hasn’t regressed.
• Perform code reviews for other developers, when required, to ensure that proposed changes meet quality and best practice standards.
• Collaboration / Communication
• Promote the development team both internally and externally. Ensure that creative solutions, tight code, tough problems solved are called out appropriately to the developer community, and where they lead to visible outcomes, to the broader FNZ teams and clients; and
• Collaborate with other developers to share knowledge, best practices, useful technology, and opportunities for cross-project system design / solutions.
• Technology
• Keep abreast of latest and/or relevant technologies, tools and methods. Identify adoption of technology, tools and methods best suited to FNZ;
• Proactively resolve technical (environmental, coding and testing) issues that impede development progress. Assist in the resolution of technical issues when requested by other developers; and
• Create novel solutions to problems by incorporating cutting edge technology or generic concepts.

Experience required.

Primary requirements

• Bachelor degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, and/or equivalent experience;
• 2+ years of software development experience, creating full stack applications with Java, PostgreSQL and REST APIs;
• Confident, and able to take initiative in a delivery-focused environment;
• Independent, self-directing working style;
• Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic fast-paced industry;
• Enjoy working as part of a high-performance team;
• Hard-working, innovative and takes pride in their work;
• Passionate about creating innovative solutions for customers; and
• Participated in end-end deliveries of software products.

Secondary requirements

• Experience with Public Cloud (especially AWS).
• Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes or AWS infrastructure.
• Understanding of web services and REST APIs.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Agile Development Tools (including Jira)
• Experience with JavaScript and JSON programming languages.
• Experience supporting end user customers and diagnosing solution bugs in a support role.
• Experience with Blockchain or distributed ledger technologies, especially with open source blockchain platforms or development of smart contracts.
• Familiarity with financial products and markets; and
• Familiar with code analysis or automated testing tools.

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Role Responsibilities

Valued Business Partner

• Attend and contribute to Resource Planning discussions with hiring managers of assigned functional areas to establish recruitment needs and business direction.
• Provide support to the wider recruitment function on projects/initiatives aligned to the recruitment framework
• Offer ‘Valued Partner’ solutions to the business that differ from typical transactional recruitment methods.
• Provide guidance to the business on recruitment market conditions, competitor hiring and compensation information.
• Offer guidance and support to provide manager enablement throughout the recruitment process.
• Assist and support the wider HR function on business deliverables.
• Direct Recruitment
• Responsible for meeting recruitment delivery targets and managing internal stakeholders throughout recruitment assignments.
• Lead the end to end recruitment process (i.e. requisition creation, job posting, sourcing, screening, compliance, offers).
• Direct sourcing and headhunting of best in class talent adhering to FNZ standards. Source candidates through multiple channels; heavy focus on LinkedIn Recruiter and business referrals.
• Undertaking direct sourcing strategies to ensure consistent results and high quality hires.
• Building and maintaining a pipeline of qualified candidates to support continuous recruitment.
• Conduct external research and build communication strategies /campaigns to attract candidate prospects.
• Depending on requisition volumes & demand, there is an expectation to support other recruitment areas (outside of specific remit).
• Quality & Diversity of Hire
• Support the promotion of FNZ Group’s employer value proposition and brand in the market. Represent FNZ Group at industry and networking events.
• Support diversity & inclusion initiatives and ensure this is embedded in the recruitment life-cycle for appointments.
• Work with the business to add value throughout the recruitment cycle to make better hiring decisions.
• Provide support to regional Graduate Programmes to ensure our offering remains current and market leading.
• Contribute and support alternative sourcing methods to enhance quality & diversity of hire across the business.   
• Group Standards  
• Ensure global recruitment standards in place are robust, effective and focused on ROI.
• Encourage and share best practice standards across the global talent acquitision function.
• Assist the automation and standardisation of the recruitment cycle with heavy focus on embedding Workday Recruitment.
• Continuous Improvement
• Continuously review and refine the FNZ Group recruitment proposition.
• Explore and recommend new recruitment tools & methods.
• Participate and support on regional recruitment and HR initiatives

Requirements

• Attitude & Behaviours
• Highly professional and able to quickly establish credibility and maintain positive relationships with internal & external stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication skills - verbal, written and in meetings.
• Proactive self-starter with the drive to deliver results.
• Portray positivity when faced with business adversity.
• Maintain a strong commercial awareness whilst navigating business change.
• Maintain strict working practices within a robust governance framework.
• Works with others in a collaborative and solutions focused manner to achieve measurable outcomes that improve business performance.
• Resilient individual with the ability to operate in a demanding and fast-paced environment.

Education & Experience

• Strong education (ideally Bachelor degree level) with demonstrable ability to quickly take on new information and apply themselves to new tasks.
• Recruitment experience either from a Recruitment Partner (in-house model) or Agency background.
• Market knowledge within Technology & Financial Services advantageous.
• Experience building upon and improving existing recruitment processes and supporting value initiatives (e.g. D&I, recruitment training, etc.).