QA Automation (Trading Systems)

We are looking for a highly experienced QA Automation Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our real-time trading systems in a global Forex/CFD environment.
You will work closely with developers, product teams, and dealing/risk departments to design robust automated testing frameworks for pricing, order execution, trading cores, market data feeds, risk engines, and integrations with external liquidity providers.

Responsibilities

Automated Testing
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Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive automated test suites covering:
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order execution flows
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market data distribution
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risk calculations
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Build frameworks for deterministic simulation of trading scenarios and edge cases.
Performance & Stress Testing
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Implement and manage stress, latency, throughput, and stability tests for:
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trading cores
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pricing engines
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real-time message pipelines
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Detect bottlenecks, resource leaks, deadlocks
Quality Engineering & Analysis
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Analyze business requirements, trading/risk logic, and code to ensure full test coverage of critical flows.
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Work with developers and quants to identify root causes, validate fixes, and improve system resilience.
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Build tools to automate operational testing tasks and regression checks.
Automation Operations
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Ensure reliability of tests in distributed environments with eventually consistent data.
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Maintain and improve AI framework.
Essential
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Extensive experience in test automation and software development (5+ years preferred).
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Strong coding skills in Python.
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Strong experience with AI tools and agentic approach.
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Strong understanding of:
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concurrent systems
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distributed microservices
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event-driven architectures
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Experience testing systems that use:
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API (REST, gRPC, GraphQL)
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Message brokers (Kafka, NATS, Redis Streams)
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Deep understanding of software testing principles:
functional testing, integration testing, regression testing, performance testing, non-functional requirements.
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Strong troubleshooting skills (profiling, metrics, logs, distributed tracing).
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Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.
Nice to Have
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Understanding of the Forex trading domain, including:
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order types
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execution models (A-book/B-book)
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market data (ticks, L2)
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risk systems (margin, exposure)
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Experience testing FIX protocol integrations.
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Experience with:
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Docker/Kubernetes
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GitLab CI/CD
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monitoring/observability (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)