Senior QA Automation/Manual with Trade lifecycle

##### Project description

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).

##### Responsibilities

• QA will work across multiple teams including developers, devOps, other QA.
• Interaction with business stakeholders, end-users, developers, and other QA;
• Lead the Team
• Manual API testing
• Analyzing logs and test results
• Work on backend automation
• Creation test cases in TestRail
• Be pro-active in terms of process building
• Manual testing of desktop application (trading platform)

##### Skills

Must have

• 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 have

• business 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.

##### Other

Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

Seniority

Lead

##### Luxoft Benefits*

Global Relocation

• ●Relocation options **
• ●Experience in an international environment
• ●Cross-cultural experience

Recognition and Evaluation

• ●Feedback culture
• ●Regular appraisals

Time Off***

• ●Annual holiday - 20 or 26 days. The duration of the leave depends on the overall seniority
• ●Occasional leave - 1 or 2 days/ depending on the circumstances
• ●Child care leave - 2 days or 16 hours per year
• ●Absence due to force majeure - 2 days or 16 hours per year
• ●Maternity Leave - 20 weeks
• ●Parental Leave - 41 weeks
• ●Paternity Leave - 14 days

Luxoft Training Center

• ●Expert-led tech courses covering basic to advanced topics
• ●Internal instructor-led soft skills courses
• ●Comprehensive in-house self-learning resources for both soft and hard skills
• ●Access to external self-learning libraries like ProQuest eBook and Udemy for Business
• ●Cloud Programs: MS Cloud Academy, AWS Partner Academy, Google Cloud Academy
• ●Custom Learning Programs: upskilling, reskilling, technical mentorship
• ●Leadership Programs for Managers

Well-being and Work-life Balance

• ●Multisport card
• ●Possibility to order Multisport card at the corporate rate for family members
• ●LuxGood Program: wellbeing seminars, contests, relaxation sessions, yoga sessions, etc.
• ●One Team Program: Buddy for each New Joiner; seminars, meeting and workplace space to support integration with local community and culture; “Hire me” workshops for partners
• ●Preferential banking offer
• ●Preferential car leasing offer
• ●Cafeteria program discounts for shops, cinema tickets, holiday offers
• ●Luxoft Social Benefit Fund: sport and recreation benefits, the possibility to receive financial support

Health Care

• ●Private Healthcare Insurance with unlimited access to specialists
• ●Full dental support
• ●Travel Insurance
• ●Possibility to add private healthcare coverage for family members at the corporate rate
• ●Life insurance at the corporate rate for employees and family members, including payment of the basic package for the employee by the employer
• ●Reimbursement for corrective glasses

Company Events and Friendly Environment

• ●Many fun social activities organized by the Luxoft team offline in your city
• ●Online entertainment events for whole company and local team events
• ●A workplace where you’re treated with respect within a multicultural team

Internal Mobility

• ●Rotation between projects and accounts
• ●New career opportunities

Self-Learning Library

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