QA Automation Tester

Project description

The Market Surveillance Technology team is responsible for developing and supporting applications within the Financial Services/Markets domain. The role focuses on Quality Engineering and test automation for applications built on Microservices Architecture, ensuring application quality, reliability, and data integrity. You need to have a strong hands-on experience in test automation, microservices testing, and Financial Services, preferably within the Markets domain.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts and automation frameworks.
• Develop and implement automated testing solutions for applications based on Microservices Architecture.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, API, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate service-to-service interactions, data flows, and application integrations within a microservices environment.
• Develop and execute API automation using appropriate automation tools and frameworks.
• Perform database and data validation testing where required.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous quality practices.
• Identify, analyze, document, and track defects through to resolution.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and other stakeholders in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Contribute to improving automation coverage, framework capabilities, test efficiency, and overall Quality Engineering practices.

SKILLS

Must have

• 8+ years of overall experience in Software Testing / Quality Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience in Test Automation.
• Strong experience testing applications built on Microservices Architecture.
• Strong programming experience in Java and/or Python.
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or similar.
• Strong experience in API Testing and API Automation using tools/frameworks such as Rest Assured, Postman, or similar.
• Good experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices, including tools such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Good hands-on experience with Git/version control.
• Strong understanding of Quality Engineering and automation best practices.
• Good understanding and hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Financial Services domain experience is mandatory, with Markets domain experience preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience in Capital Markets, Trading Platforms, Exchange Systems, or Market Surveillance. • Good understanding of Equities, Derivatives, Fixed Income, and/or Commodity Markets. • Knowledge of Order Lifecycle Management and Trade Lifecycle. • Understanding of Trade Surveillance and detection of trading anomalies. • Exposure to regulatory and compliance-related systems or applications. • Experience working with large-scale financial or market data.