QA Engineer
QA Engineer
Summary
Selby Jennings is partnered with a leading hedge fund in Montreal looking to expand its team of Quality Assurance Engineers who work both on manual testing as well as automation.
Responsibilities
- Learn business lifecycle of listed and non-listed products from Business Analysts and Users, interact with external vendors, brokers, exchanges certifying the front to back flow
- Drive automation by developing and maintaining automation frameworks for applications across technology like data services, position keeping and risk management
- Perform manual or automated testing on firm's technology applications to ensure that system meets quality standards
- Collaborate with development, business analyst and stakeholders to define and execute test plans
- Acquire knowledge and understanding of trade life cycle of capital markets and products
- Design test artifacts based on project requirements, perform end to end testing, defect tracking and reporting
- Perform certifications and conformance testing with brokers/exchanges
- Maintain test environment, identify areas of improvements, identify areas of automation, develop automation scripts
- Collaborate with teams globally to ensure effective communication throughout the testing process
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, physics or mathematics
- 1-6 years of relevant experience in QA
- Understanding of trading systems/financial domain with experience in testing front office, back office or risk applications
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with colleagues across multiple regions
- Experience working in Linux based environments and proficiency in at least one scripting language(e.g. bash, python)
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