Senior Test Engineer (12 Month Max Term Contract)
Core
Validating highly available, mission-critical trading and market infrastructure systems, including real-time transaction processing and multi-protocol integrations.
Role type
Senior Test Engineer (Contract)
Builds
Production-ready market technology platforms ensuring quality, reliability, and operational readiness.
Domain
Financial markets / Securities exchange / High-frequency trading
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Test automation strategy and execution, System integration testing, End-to-end testing, Regression testing, SQL and complex data reconciliation, Linux/Unix command-line tools, CI/CD pipeline management, Defect tracking and investigation, Protocol analysis (FIX, APIs, messaging), Test planning and risk assessment
Preferred skills
Low-latency system testing, Event streaming architectures (Kafka, Avro), Cloud-native and containerization, Electronic trading domain knowledge, Java or Python development
Technologies
Jira, Confluence, Linux/Unix, SQL, FIX, Kafka, Avro, CI/CD tools
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain a test automation suite; Validate trading workflows, order management, and market data processing; Analyze business and technical requirements for testability; Identify, document, and track defects through resolution; Prepare and manage test data and environment dependencies; Participate in release readiness reviews and risk assessments; Utilize AI tools to improve test engineering productivity.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC