Building a trading platform for innovative international top-tier hedge fund from the ground up, comprising of front-office system for traders, pre-trade checks and analysis, intra-day positions management, order management and routing, risks and limits management, reports of trading activities, FIX connectivity, market data providers connectivity (e.g. Bloomberg B-pipe).
QA will work across multiple teams including developers, devOps, other QA.
o Interaction with business stakeholders, end-users, developers, and other QA;
o Lead the Team
o Manual API testing
o Analyzing logs and test results
o Work on backend automation
o Creation test cases in TestRail
o Be pro-active in terms of process building
o Manual testing of desktop application (trading platform)
MUST
Technical Skills:
Testing Expertise:
Strong experience in manual and automation testing of both UI and backend (APIs, java microservices)
Proficiency in functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end (E2E) testing
UI Testing (Manual & Automation):
Hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, or Cypress for UI test automation
Experience in testing UI built with React or similar
Backend & API Testing:
Experience testing RESTful APIs using Postman, RestAssured
Basic experience in database validation (SQL & NoSQL) for backend data consistency
Microservices & Messaging Systems:
Understanding of microservices architecture and service-to-service communication.
Experience with Kafka-based event-driven systems (testing producers/consumers, validating messages).
Automation & Programming:
Proficiency JavaScript for test automation.
Experience with Cucumber, or BDD frameworks.
Ability to build and maintain test automation frameworks for UI, API, and backend testing.
Unix/Linux & Scripting:
Strong experience working with Unix/Linux environments for log analysis, process monitoring, and debugging.
Ability to write shell scripts for automation tasks.
Soft Skills:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work in an Agile/Scrum environment.
Excellent communication skills to collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps teams.
Experience in writing detailed test cases, test plans, and defect reports.
Leadership & Team Management Skills:
Experience leading QA teams, mentoring testers, and driving best practices.
Ability to define testing strategies, prioritize test efforts, and improve overall QA processes.
Experience in collaborating with developers, DevOps, and product teams to ensure high-quality releases.
Strong decision-making skills and ability to coordinate testing efforts in an Agile environment.
Experience in hiring, training, and performance reviews for QA team members.
Ability to drive automation initiatives and ensure alignment with business goals.
Experience:
5+ years of experience in UI and backend testing (manual & automation). 2+ years of experience in leading QA teams or mentoring junior testers.
Experience testing microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, and web applications.
NICE TO HAVEbusiness domain experience (Trading, FIX protocol)
Experience integrating automated tests into Jenkins/Azure CI/CD
Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
Experience with JMeter, Gatling for performance testing.
Luxoft DXC
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Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company is a global digital strategy and software engineering firm with over 17,000 international employees within its 58 offices in 29 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 13 years. We have offices in Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Gdansk. We employ over 2,000 professional experts carrying out projects for over 100 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 almost 80 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!