Quality Assurance Engineer
- Montreal, QC, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 1.5 - 5 years experience in a Quality Assurance/Test Engineering role
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Quality Assurance at Squarepoint is a team of Quality Assurance Engineers who work both on manual testing as well as automation. We believe in ownership of overall quality of front to back applications, striving to improve efficiency by automation, collaborating across teams.
Successful candidates will:
- Be responsible for front to back testing and test environment maintenance, interacting with support team
- Learn business lifecycle of listed and non-listed products from Business Analysts and Users, interact with external vendors, brokers, exchanges certifying the front to back flow
- Drive automation by developing and maintaining automation frameworks for applications across technology like data services, position keeping and risk management
The candidate must be comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment with short deadlines, a need for high quality reliable deliverables and strong communication with global colleagues
Position Overview:
- Perform manual or automated testing on firm's technology applications to ensure that system meets quality standards
- Collaborate with development, business analyst and stakeholders to define and execute test plans
- Acquire knowledge and understanding of trade life cycle of capital markets and products
Typical Day of a Quality Assurance Engineer:
- Design test artifacts based on project requirements, perform end to end testing, defect tracking and reporting
- Perform certifications and conformance testing with brokers/exchanges
- Maintain test environment, identify areas of improvements, identify areas of automation, develop automation scripts
- Collaborate with teams globally to ensure effective communication throughout the testing process
Required skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, physics or mathematics
- 1.5 - 5 years experience in a Quality Assurance/Test Engineering role
- Strong Proficiency in Python
- Understanding of trading systems/financial domain with experience in testing front office, back office or risk applications
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with colleagues across multiple regions
- Experience working in Linux based environments
More about this job
Responsibilities
Perform manual and automated front-to-back testing, maintain test environments, and design test artifacts, track defects, and report results. Develop and maintain automation frameworks and scripts, conduct broker and exchange certifications, and collaborate with global teams and stakeholders to improve application quality.
Requirements
A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, physics, or mathematics and 1.5–5 years of quality assurance or test engineering experience are required. Candidates should have strong Python proficiency, experience with Linux and trading or financial applications, and strong communication and collaboration skills.
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Manual Testing
- Test Automation
- Python
- Test Planning
- End-to-End Testing
- Defect Tracking
- Test Environment Maintenance
- Linux
- Trading Systems
- Capital Markets
- Risk Applications
- Communication
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Technology
- Software
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Quality Assurance
- Manual Testing
- Automated Testing
- Python
- Automation Frameworks
- Test Plans
- Test Artifacts
- End-to-End Testing
- Defect Tracking
- Test Environment Maintenance
- Linux
- Trading Systems
- Capital Markets
- Trade Lifecycle
- Front Office
- Back Office
- Risk Management
- Data Services
- Position Keeping
- Broker Certification
- Exchange Certification
- Conformance Testing
- Business Analysis
- Financial Products
- Listed Products
- Non-Listed Products
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Global Communication