Automation Engineer - Financials

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That's why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don't need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

The Financials Core Accounting team is in the center of it all and has touch points with nearly all other financial application teams. The team's overall goal is to provide high business value for our customers, by accelerating the delivery of our product features in an agile environment while safeguarding the high quality our customers expects from Workday financial applications.

About the Role

The Workday Development team is seeking innovative individuals who are passionate about quality and technology; people who want to work with up-to-date tool sets and modern testing methodologies. We put heavy emphasis and value on testing. We design and build our own test tools, which has helped us to achieve unparalleled customer satisfaction over the years. We are an innovator in the enterprise software space and, as a result, are able to consistently present our quality engineers with new learning and development opportunities.

As a Test Automation Engineer, you will have the opportunity to design and develop automated tests using innovative tools and frameworks. You will work closely with Quality and Product Management to build and execute automated test scenarios against the Workday application. Automated testing is a crucial aspect of our SaaS model and your contributions will directly impact the quality of the Workday product. The automated tests you develop will run as part of our continuous development environment, providing product quality feedback to Development and QA.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of automated testing efforts for the Financials application
• Design, develop and debug automated functional tests for Workday applications
• Work closely with Product Management and functional QA teams
• Diagnose functional issues, report bugs, and take ownership of issue resolution
• Identify and recommend process or tool enhancements to improve efficiency
• Train and mentor other team members on an ad-hoc basis
• You will write automation using our proprietary automation tool.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years in Test Automation roles
• Experience with object oriented programming languages
• Working knowledge of QA methodology, testing techniques and approaches

Other Qualifications

• Experience testing web services (SOAP, REST)
• Experience & knowledge on ETL is a plus
• Experience in test driven development.

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