Senior QA Automation Engineer
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Summary
Selby Jennings is partnering with a global hedge fund managing over $20 billion in assets looking to add a Quality Engineering leader to its engineering organization. As a hands-on engineer, you will design, build, and maintain automated test suites across several core engineering and investment teams. This high-impact role reports to the Head of QA and will play a key role in evolving the firm's QA methodologies to align with front, middle, and back-office development efforts.
Responsibilities
- Build and implement robust automated test suites across multiple business units, working closely with stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Build and implement performance test suites for systematic trading platforms.
- Develop testing strategies, implement coding standardization metrics, select tools, oversee change management processes, etc.
- Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to improve and automate test strategies.
- Implement test cases, evaluate results, prepare test data, and design functional tests in the required framework.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in QA functions, with at least 5 years in a role within financial services
- Proficiency in building automation and testing solutions with Python, Java and/or C++ is highly desired.
- Expertise in test automation and integrating tests with CI processes.
- Previous experience in trading, capital markets, or investment management is a plus, but not required.
Expected base compensation: $200,000 - $250,000 + Cash Bonus
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