Full Description

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

5+ years of professional QA automation or SDET experience building scalable and reliable automated test systems.

Strong proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Java for building automation frameworks and reusable test utilities.

Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks for UI, API, and microservices‑based architectures.

Hands‑on expertise with modern testing tools such as Cypress, Playwright, Jest, and PyTest for functional, regression, and E2E automation.

Strong understanding of API testing methodologies, contract testing, load/performance testing, and distributed service validation.

Familiarity with AWS fundamentals and cloud‑native testing patterns.

Deep experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring fast, reliable, and traceable execution.

Ability to drive testability improvements by collaborating closely with developers on architecture, error handling, and quality gates.

Strong debugging, analytical, and problem‑solving skills to identify root causes across UI, backend, and infrastructure layers.

Experience improving test coverage, stabilizing flaky tests, and optimizing test execution performance.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and evolve automation frameworks supporting UI, API, and microservices test coverage.

Develop automated test suites using Cypress, Playwright, Jest, PyTest, and other modern testing tools.

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable validation across build, deployment, and release workflows.