The client is a global multi-manager platform hedge fund investing capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical, and discretionary macro & fixed income trading strategies.
The client has created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.
They have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics and continue to capitalize on new opportunities. In 2021 they launched their newest strategy, discretionary macro & fixed income as part of the continual growth of hedge fund's investible universe.
The project is to work on Accounting and Valuation Technology (AVT) platform which provides shadow accounting services to the firm. They manage warehousing and quality of accounting data, maintain accounting reference data, EOD marks for all asset classes and manage PM and Investor Tools and reporting. The technology stack is Python, Kafka, KDB+.
The candidate will evaluate internal test frameworks and build initial set of required drivers and actors. The candidate will work on understanding the business requirements and software design/architecture to come up with component and integration tests-cases and automate the cases using Python test framework. Candidate will participate in daily scrum meetings, review development tests and contribute to all aspect of testing and advocate on best QA practices and methodologies.
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- Lead end-to-end testing initiatives throughout the entire SDLC from test planning, test design, test execution, and test reporting. This includes performance testing, stress testing, front end, back end testing, automation testing, includes functional, regression, black box, white box,
- Drive standardization and adoption of Test Automation Technologies to maintain consistency across the company that will allow us to scale as we grow.
- Be a strong quality advocate, collaborating closely with software engineers, designers, and product managers to release revolutionary products.
- Pair with software engineers to identify and prevent gaps with automation/regression coverage and even build frameworks.
- Be part of transforming monolithic applications into more scalable and resilient distributed systems with high quality, using cloud technology.
- Build and improve automation testing frameworks and tools for API and web-based
- Plan, develop, and execute regression, functional, load and other tests
- Design, develop, and use frameworks and harnesses for automated testing
- Take full ownership of and maintain a robust QA environment, including test databases and system deployments
- Work closely with the global QA team to design and build integration tests
- Work with developers on improving system testability and creating a testing environment
- Document test plans, procedures, and test cases
MUST
- At least 5 years of experience in automation testing
- Strong experience with Python, good knowledge of its ecosystems
- Familiarity with continuous integration
- Experience with Continuous Testing and Continuous Delivery
- Working proficiency with Unix
- Have the ability to solve complex problems with practical, maintainable, and scalable solutions.
- Familiarity with continuous integration tools (Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus a plus)
- Experience in automated testing of distributed systems/solutions.
- Experience designing, implementing or enhancing test harness/framework
- Excellent communication, documentation, and analytical skills; attention to detail, thoroughness and strong ownership of work
- Good team player with a strong willingness to participate and help others
- Able to prioritize in a fast moving, high pressure, constantly changing environment; Good sense of urgency, resourcefulness and independence
- Be a self-starter, chase down blockers, and proactively finish projects in a timely manner.
- Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
- Skill for writing reusable Java libraries
- Knowledge of concurrency patterns in Java
- Basic understanding of JVM, its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
- Bash-scripting knowledge.
Luxoft Poland
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Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company, is a global digital strategy and software engineering firm with about 18,000 international employees within its 44 offices in 21 countries. It is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
In January 2019, Luxoft was acquired by U.S. company DXC Technology. Luxoft partnered with LG Electronics to create a next-generation Autonomous Mobility concept vehicle that integrates consumers' personalized digital lifestyles into a driving experience. Luxoft enabled Switzerland's first Blockchain based e-vote platform with the City of Zug and Hochschule Luzern's Blockchain Lab.
Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company is a world-renowned company. It has been present on the Polish market for over 11 years. We have offices in Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Tri-City. We employ almost 2,500 experienced experts carrying out projects for over 40 clients from the financial, automotive, medical, tourist industries, etc. We work for many international clients, including the USA, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
So far, Luxoft Poland has made a name for itself as a company that offers work on innovative projects, we offer various experiences in the field of IT, opportunities for rapid development, an extensive training program, and attractive benefits for employees.
At present, 62% of Luxoft Poland employees come from Poland, and 38% from around 50 countries, including Ukraine, Brazil, India, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania, USA, etc.
At Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company, as much as 85 percent of employees are experts with the "Senior" experience level, with at least five years of experience. We care about our employees, so every day we try to provide them with the best possible conditions for work and development.
Technology is our passion! We focus on top engineering talent means that you will be working with the best industry professionals from around the world. Because of that, Luxoft is a global family with an epic atmosphere – we love what we do!