Senior Automation Developer

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have an opportunity for a Senior Automation Developer to join our team; this is an opportunity to introduce strategy and execute on advanced Automation concepts for a global product.</span></p>

London, UK

Altus Group, developers of ARGUS software

<p>At Altus Group, developers&nbsp;of ARGUS Software, we break ground everyday with products that provide consistency, transparency, and efficiency into the financial and operational processes that drive the global world of commercial real estate. Our products were built exclusively for commercial real estate companies, incorporating best practices learned from over 25 years serving the industry and clients in over 60 countries. ARGUS Software&rsquo;s products have become the industry standard and provide the complete solution for managing and growing your commercial real estate portfolio. Thousands of users globally including leading owners, managers, financial institutions, brokerages and REITs trust ARGUS Software solutions to improve the visibility and flow of information throughout their critical business processes. These processes include asset management, asset valuation, portfolio management, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, lease management, collaboration and knowledge management.</p> http://www.altusgroup.com/analytics

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Overview: <p><strong>Who we are</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Altus Group is a leading provider of independent advisory services, software and data solutions to the global commercial real estate industry. Our business reflects decades of experience, a range of expertise and technology-enabled capabilities. Our solutions empower clients to analyse, gain market insight and recognise value on their real estate investments. Headquartered in Canada, we have approximately 2,500 employees around the world, with operations in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are at the centre of what drives the real estate industry and continue to break ground every day with innovative solutions and best practices that touch every aspect of the real estate life cycle.</span></p> <p><strong>Who you are</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have a newly created opportunity for a Senior Automation Developer to join our team; someone who wants to be a crucial part of the Continuous Deployment pipeline of our AWS Cloud hosted products and environments. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our future is in cloud products. You are an Automation Developer with a few years of experience creating and maintaining the existing end-to-end Automation Test Frameworks for Web Applications, UI and API. You want an opportunity to introduce strategy and execute on advanced Automation concepts for a global product. As we continue to diversify and invest in our products, the priority is to run automation in a virtual environment. </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Responsibilities: <p><strong>What&rsquo;s in it for you</strong></p> <ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Knowledge.&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are passionate about technology and as the industry leaders in CRE Tech. We will give you the opportunity to lead the way, introduce best practices and expand your skills in automating of the application through UI, API, scalability and load testing. You will have a voice as to the processes, tools and consumption methods we use for our audience. &nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Exposure.&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an opportunity to be part of rolling out a unique product that will support and positively impact users around the world. It is a brand new platform that will change how our global clients access and engage with our full range of products.</span></li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Career Development.&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: 400;">You will work on&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a cutting edge technology product from the very beginning and deliver a quality product with a high degree of test automation. You will&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">coordinate the proper execution of automation test procedures and automated test tasks within the onsite and offsite team, including code management, best practices and review. &nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Make an impact.</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">&nbsp;This is the chance to be a driver of our future growth and the betterment of the industry. You will&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">adopt and raise the standards, demonstrating your expertise and knowledge of solid design principles and automation framework design by working side-by-side with the team, enforcing our high standards and introducing improvements where possible.</span></li> </ul>
Requirements: <p><strong>How do we know that you are the new </strong><strong>Senior Automation Developer, you have:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The education. You have a Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in computer science or a related discipline. You have solid math skills and knowledge of financial concepts.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The experience. You have hands on expertise with C#, .NET and Selenium developing test automation for customer facing software applications. You have experience:</span></li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developing new test automation frameworks for web applications.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maintaining and extending test automation in an Agile environment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Analyzing user stories and coming up with test plans and test cases. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Consuming QA generated artifices and interacting with manual QA.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Understanding of Object Oriented Principles, class design and the HTTP protocol for Web testing and automation. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Using some or all of the following: </span></li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Test Case Management tools like Microsoft Test Manager &amp; TFS. Familiarity of Microsoft Lab Management Tooling.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Writing Test Automation for REST &amp; SOAP based APIs.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Understanding of tools like RunScope, Postman or FIDDLER.</span></li> </ul> </ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The innovation.. You think creatively in automating commercial grade software. You have a high desire to learn rapidly and expand your skills and your contribution. You can quickly become an expert on our product(s).</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The communication skills. You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You can build positive relationships with stakeholders, end users and members of a project team. </span></li> </ul> <p dir="LTR">&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Altus is:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Fast.</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We are responsive and fast, developing new solutions and features that meet the demands of our users. With the solid financial stability of our bigger parent-group, we can offer the best of both worlds - cool tech, great benefits, challenges and rewards. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>First. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">We continuously innovate to stay ahead of our competitors. We set the standard for the CRE industry.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Fun. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">From social Fridays to summer sailing; from holiday parties to mid-winter hackathons, we know how to take a step back and relax with co-workers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Future-focused. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">As an organization, we are focused on growing our reach and our product offering. For anyone joining us, this means the chance to work on critical projects that will shape the success of our clients and grow your own career moving up to the next level, choosing to specialize or exploring different product teams. </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Altus Group is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment where employees feel valued and respected and where every employee has the opportunity to realize their potential. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if required and will work with you to meet your needs. &nbsp;</span></p> <p dir="LTR">&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:careerscanada@altusgroup.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">careerscanada@altusgroup.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or 416-641-9500. &nbsp;</span></p> <p dir="LTR">&nbsp;</p>