Lead Engineer, Quality Assurance
Core
Own quality across the full BIDS platform (workstation, matching engine, back-end services, FIX connectivity) to ensure reliability for institutional asset managers trading large blocks of liquidity.
Role type
Lead individual contributor quality assurance engineer
Builds
The BIDS Trader workstation, core matching engine, back-end services, and FIX connectivity for equity block trading
Domain
Financial markets / Equity trading infrastructure
Required skills
Test strategy design, functional/regression/integration testing, CI/CD pipeline integration, defect root cause analysis, test automation, SQL, Linux command line, Git, Agile delivery
Preferred skills
Java, Selenium, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, REST Assured, Postman, Docker, AWS, FIX protocol, trading system testing
Technologies
Git, TeamCity, Jira, Selenium, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, REST Assured, Postman, Docker, AWS, Linux, Bash, SQL, Java, FIX
Responsibilities
Validate FIX connectivity and client onboarding flows; Define test approach for new features from requirements to release; Execute and evolve functional, regression, and end-to-end integration testing; Build test harnesses, test data, and environment tooling; Integrate automated suites into CI pipelines; Investigate defects to root cause and partner with developers on fixes; Contribute to release readiness reviews and verify production behavior; Champion continuous improvement in quality practices
Seniority
Senior, hands-on individual contributor