QA Automation Engineer (Capital Markets)

QA Automation Engineer

New York, NY – onsite Need to come to office 3 Days Week & Face2Face Interview Required Pay Rate – $50-55 /Hr

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled QA Automation Engineer with strong Capital Markets domain knowledge to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of trading and financial systems. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in test automation (preferably Playwright) and deep understanding of capital markets workflows, instruments, and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks using Playwright (preferred) & (Selenium, Cypress)
• Develop automated test scripts for UI, API, and end-to-end testing
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure high test coverage and maintain test data management
• Capital Markets Domain

Understand and validate workflows related to:

• Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives
• Trade lifecycle (Order → Execution → Settlement)
• Market data, pricing, and risk calculations
• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to ensure requirements are accurately tested
• Validate front-office, middle-office, and back-office systems
• API & Backend Testing

Perform API testing using tools like Postman, REST Assured

• Validate data integrity across microservices and databases
• Work with messaging systems (Kafka, MQ) where applicable
• Quality Assurance & Testing

Create detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios

• Perform functional, regression, integration, and performance testing
• Identify, log, and track defects using tools like JIRA / Azure DevOps
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• DevOps & CI/CD

Integrate test automation with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

• Support continuous testing in Agile delivery environments
• Monitor test execution and reporting
• Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills Strong experience in:

• Test Automation using Playwright (highly preferred)
• JavaScript / TypeScript or Java/Python for automation
• Experience in:
• UI automation, API testing, and end-to-end testing
• Version control systems (Git)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with:
• SQL and database validation
• Test frameworks and design patterns
• Domain Expertise (Mandatory)

Strong understanding of Capital Markets domain Knowledge of:

• Trading platforms and order management systems (OMS)
• Market data feeds
• Regulatory and compliance requirements
• Experience in investment banking / brokerage / trading environments

Experience Required: 8+ Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.