Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

The successful candidate will be responsible for verification and validation of Trade management system developed for management of trade processing:

• Working as a part of global and diversified team to test changes to the application
• Create test plans based on requirements provided by the development team
• Run tests on the application using UIs and spreadsheets
• Perform initial analysis of failed tests
• Communicate the results of tests and analysis back to the development team
• Maintain and update tests based on continuous feedback
• Capture and report any defects throughout test execution
• Provide regression scripts into automation functions and options

• Quality Assurance & Testing background
• Deep knowledge of SW Development Lifecycle
• Working knowledge of requirement analysis or REQB Certification
• Test documentation preparation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills,
• English - Full professional proficiency
• Great analytical and problem solving skills
• Automated Testing experience
• Experience working with Unix
• Experience working with SQL
• Knowledge in Java (understanding Java code errors) as a plus
• Real-time transaction processing system as a plus
• Experience developing test tools as a plus (QTP or other)
• Non-functional testing experience (e.g.: SW performance, load, stress) as a plus

Nice to have:

• FID FX business knowledge as a plus
• Experience of using JIRA or Quality Centre (or equivalent tools)
• Scripting language knowledge
• Knowledge on Agile, TDD, ATDD as a plus
• ISTQB Advanced Certification
• Team leadership attributes as a plus

The project uses a wide spectrum of technologies in the development of business solutions including languages such as Java, C++, C#, .Net; database technologies such as Oracle, Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server, and operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, UNIX and LINUX. There are positions in the project for a wide variety of skill sets from technical expertise in the technologies mentioned above, to Business Analysis positions requiring excellent written communication skills and fundamental business understanding.

One of the most rewarding aspects of working within the project is exposure to the huge variety of products in a very dynamic market. This diversity creates lots of opportunities for internal movement, with teams in areas such as research, sales, equities, mortgage products, bond trading, FX and Client Technology. It also means that the biggest challenge is to gain an in depth understanding of these products in order to better serve the needs of clients today, and whatever the market will bring tomorrow.