QA Automation Engineer

Summary

Selby Jennings is partnered with a leading fintech in the capital markets space looking to add a Senior QA Automation Engineer to the firm's algorithmic trading platform that supports an investment network of 1000+ financial institutions. Reporting to the QA lead of the group, this hire will play a critical role in developing, enhancing and maintaining my client's internal suite of automated tests and expanding testing coverage to support the diverse trading needs of the firm.

Responsibilities

• Drive new designs and improvements of the automation testing framework. This will included offering insights to inform decisions made regarding automation tools and recommendations on new technologies to implement
• Build and maintain automated pipelines for various testing phases including integration test, performance test, and end-to-end test
• Provide adequate test coverage based on specifications written by development teams including trading algorithms, models and various features used by the trading platform.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree or higher in Computer Science and/or Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.

• 6+ years of experience developing manual and automated test suites for trading platforms. Experience with specifically Electronic or Algo trading a huge plus
• 5+ years of experience with developing automation leveraging Python and/or Java
• Experience with Order Management Systems (OMS) and Fix Protocol is a plus
• Past experience working with tools such as Git, Jira, Jenkins, Gitlab, SVN
• Strong understanding of domestic and international Equity market structures

Expected Compensation - $180,000 - $200,000 + Cash Bonus