Senior Front Office Test Automation Engineer - Fixed Income & Derivatives 3644613

Job Description

Job Description

Be Part Of A High-Performing Team

Join a global financial services organization supporting sophisticated capital markets and derivatives operations. This team partners closely with sales, trading, technology, risk, and control functions to deliver reliable front-office platforms used in high-volume, time-sensitive trading environments.

The role sits within a collaborative technology transformation group focused on improving application quality, expanding automated test coverage, and reducing operational risk across trading workflows. The environment is fast-paced and requires someone who can communicate effectively with both technical teams and front-office users.

What’s In Store For You

• Engagement: W2 only; no C2C or 1099 arrangements.
• Long-term contract assignment supporting mission-critical capital markets applications.
• Hybrid working arrangement connected to the New York City office.
• Opportunity to work directly with front-office sales and trading stakeholders.
• Exposure to complex fixed income and derivatives products, trading systems, market data, and financial controls.
• Ability to influence the automation strategy and quality standards for critical trading applications.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for front-office trading applications.
• Create automated API and user-interface test cases covering sales and trading workflows.
• Validate trading platforms, order and trade management processes, market data feeds, and downstream integrations.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing across complex financial systems.
• Partner with traders, sales professionals, business analysts, developers, and quality assurance teams to understand requirements and testing priorities.
• Test fixed income and derivatives workflows involving swaps, caps and floors, swaptions, and bonds.
• Develop reusable scripts and automated test components using Python, Java, JavaScript, or comparable programming languages.
• Analyze test results, investigate failures, document defects, and work with engineering teams through resolution.
• Confirm that automated test coverage reflects front-office business processes, financial accuracy, and applicable control requirements.
• Prepare test plans, test data, execution evidence, and results for reporting and audit purposes.
• Integrate automated testing into Agile development and continuous integration processes.
• Help improve test reliability, release confidence, and application stability across the trading technology environment.

Do You Bring Proven Success in Front Office Trading Test Automation?

• 10 or more years of technology, quality engineering, software testing, or related experience.
• Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining automated tests for financial or trading applications.
• Demonstrated experience automating both APIs and user interfaces .
• Experience with Selenium, TestNG, or similar test automation frameworks.
• Strong scripting or programming ability using Python, Java, JavaScript, or a comparable language.
• Practical knowledge of sales and trading workflows within a front-office environment.
• Experience testing trading platforms, order management systems, trade lifecycle processes, or market data applications.
• Strong understanding of fixed income and derivatives products, including:
• Swaps
• Caps and floors
• Swaptions
• Bonds
• Experience performing functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices and continuous integration tools.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to isolate defects across interconnected systems.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work directly with front-office users and technical teams.
• Ability to document testing processes and produce clear, auditable test evidence.