QA Automation Engineer - Trading Domain

QA Automation Engineer – Trading Domain

Seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer with recent (last 1–2 years) experience in the Trading/Financial Markets domain. This individual will work closely with development and business teams to ensure the quality and performance of high-volume, low-latency trading platforms.

Candidates must have hands-on automation skills, solid knowledge of Linux environments, and strong SQL abilities. Trading, brokerage, or capital markets exposure is a must.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end functional, regression, and automation testing for trading platforms.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks using Selenium and BDD tools like Cucumber.
• Write and execute SQL queries to validate data and perform back-end testing.
• Work extensively in Linux/CLI environments for testing, troubleshooting, and deployments.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Ensure test coverage for FIX protocols, order management, and trade execution flows.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) testing pipelines.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 7–14 years of experience in software QA/testing, with recent trading domain experience (last 1–2 years).

• Hands-on automation testing with Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber (BDD).
• Strong knowledge of Linux Command Line Interface (CLI); experience working in non-Windows environments.
• Solid RDBMS experience with SQL queries for validation and troubleshooting.
• Exposure to trading protocols and asset classes: FX, FIX, Fixed Income, Bonds, Equities, Derivatives.
• Understanding of testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience testing trading workflows like order routing, matching engines, and post-trade processing.
• Exposure to tools like Jenkins, Git, or other CI/CD frameworks.
• Familiarity with performance testing and scripting languages (Python, Shell).