3756 | QA Analyst with FIX

Seeking an exceptional Quality Assurance Analyst to join the Global Trading Technology team.  This individual will be a part of part of a dynamic, agile technology team directly involved in Company’s fast-growing electronic trading businesses.  The role involves testing of equity trading systems including trading algorithms, electronic trading desks, quantitative analytics, reference data, and other electronic trading services worldwide for Company and its customers covering over 40 markets globally.

Responsibilities

• Perform exploratory, functional, regression, integration, and system testing of front and server-side trading applications
• Design, write, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases for algorithmic trading, electronic trading, and other trading-related applications
• Identify, report, and track software issues and bugs
• Collaborate with stakeholders (business analysts, developers, product owners, quants, end-users, vendors, and others) to understand business requirements and stakeholders’ needs
• Analyze system logs, configurations and other system data using common technology tools for test confirmation and defect analysis
• Contribute to the design and improvement of the automation testing framework
• Participate in the creation of test scenarios for capacity, load, and performance testing
• Serve as second or third tier support for production issues
• Responsible for bug management process and issue identification and tracking (bug advocacy).

Skills and Experience

• Three or more years of Software Quality Assurance experience within sell-side electronic trading or electronic trading system provider
• Experience with an electronic trading system ( InfoReach, Fidessa, FlexTrade, Portware, Triton, etc.)
• Strong understanding of order management and order routing
• Experience with FIX protocol, SQL, and Linux
• Understanding of testing methodologies, including test case design, test scripting, defect analysis, defect reporting, and defect tracking
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate and document testing plans and results
• Solid understanding of product development lifecycles and iterative development methods with a commitment to quality and excellence
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, adapting testing efforts to meet project needs and deadlines
• Strong sense of ownership and self-sufficiency

Preferred

• Experience with VeriFIX testing software
• Knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Git
• Understanding of algorithmic trading and smart order routing
• Familiarity with market structure, market data, and transaction cost analytics
• Experience with test automation solutions in the equity trading domain