Senior QA Automation Engineer

Position: Senior QA Automation Engineer
Location: Hybrid in NY, NY or NJ
Contract (W2)

Job Description:

• Perform functional and automation testing for Capital Markets ensuring quality, reliability, and performance.
• Understanding of index methodologies, benchmark indices, and capital markets data, experience in validating index calculations, market data, reference data, and benchmark-related financial applications or similar capital markets platforms
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Java or Python, and execute regression, API, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate data using SQL, databases, ETL pipelines, and Data Services to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Demonstrate AI fluency by leveraging AI-powered tools and Agentic AI/GenAI assistants to improve test design, test automation, defect analysis, root cause investigation, and overall QE productivity.
• Work with market data, pricing, reference data, index calculation, or similar financial applications.
• Experience testing high-volume, low-latency, real-time data platforms in Financial Services is highly preferred

Responsibilities:

• Develop and document application test plans and test cases based on software requirements and technical specifications
• Evaluate requirements and define testing objectives and approaches while working in Agile methodology
• Continuous review and improvement of the testing and quality assurance methodologies and measurement of these processes
• Test and respond to Software Quality Assurance issues with related groups such as Development, Database, Integration, and Customer Support
• Understand business model and customer needs and apply/modify QA techniques accordingly
• Provide effective communication regarding issues, testing status and potential risks
• Effectively interact with global customers, business users and IT staff
• Manage, maintain QA environments along with build and deployments
• Design and develop test automation solutions using Cucumber / Selenium, and other technologies determined to best suit our needs

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems or Engineering is required, or in lieu, a demonstrated equivalence in work experience
• 8+ years of experience in complete software testing activities.
• Experience with Capital Market and FinTech is ideal
• Experience with Index/Benchmarks, Asset Management, or Portfolio Investment modeling
• Experience with Market Data such as Equity, Forex or Options asset classes preferred and will be given preference.
• Hands on experience working with testing frameworks, Selenium web driver, Cucumber
• Hands on experience with Object oriented language like Java or Python
• Hands on experience with test frameworks like Carina, Karate would be plus
• Knowledge of cloud technology (AWS preferred)
• Experience in SQL a must. Knowledge of PL/SQL, No SQL DB, Linux/UNIX, Jenkins preferred
• Experience in supporting test strategy activities, particularly in integration of multiple applications and systems
• Experience in evaluating testing technologies , conducting test strategy design and test script code reviews
• Demonstrated skill to proactively resolves issues and escalate appropriately
• Experience in Gen-AI tools preferred.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, with strong verbal and writing proficiencies
• Excellent understanding of release testing, sign-off and deployment methods

What are the top skills required for this role?
1. Selenium
2. Java
3. Python
4. SQL
5. GenAI

About Trident Consulting
Trident Consulting is an award-winning staffing and consulting firm headquartered in San Ramon, CA. Since 2005, we've partnered with Fortune 500 and high-growth companies to deliver high-quality talent across technology, engineering, business operations, and professional services.

We specialize in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements, supporting roles across IT, data & analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, finance & accounting, HR, operations, and more. With a strong focus on hard-to-fill and niche positions, our global recruiting engine enables us to deliver speed, quality, and scale.