Quality Assurance Specialist

Quality Assurance at Squarepoint is a team of Quality Assurance Engineers who work both on manual testing as well as automation. We believe in ownership of overall quality of front to back applications, striving to improve efficiency by automation, collaborating across teams.

Successful candidates will :

Be responsible for front to back testing and test environment maintenance, interacting with support team

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

The candidate must be comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment with short deadlines, a need for high quality reliable deliverables and strong communication with global colleagues

Position Overview :

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

Typical Day of Quality Assurance Analyst :

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

Required skills :

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, physics or mathematics

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)