Summary
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Join a high-performance engineering team as a senior automation QA engineer, ensuring the quality, reliability and performance of low-latency applications. You will design test strategies, build Python-based automation frameworks and create API, integration, end-to-end and regression tests. The role includes validating data flows, connectivity and transaction processing in demanding real-time systems.
Highlights
Senior automation QA role focused on high-throughput, low-latency applications. Offers ownership of test strategy and automation frameworks, with exposure to API, integration, end-to-end and regression testing in a demanding financial technology environment.
Description
HYBRID MODE: 3 DAYS FROM THE OFFICE IN KRAKOW OR WROCLAW)
Project Description:
Join our Market Connectivity team, focused on building and maintaining ultra-low latency trading systems and exchange connectivity solutions for global financial markets.
As a Senior Automation QA Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of high-throughput applications operating in a high-performance computing environment, developing automated testing solutions that support critical trading and market data workflows.
Responsibilities:
• Design test strategies and automation approaches for low-latency trading platforms and exchange connectivity solutions
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and test suites using Python
• Create automated API, integration, end-to-end, and regression tests for trading and market connectivity workflows
• Validate exchange connectivity, market data flows, and order processing across global trading venues
• Verify the functional correctness, reliability, and performance of trading gateways and market access components
• Analyze business requirements and latency-sensitive trading workflows to ensure effective test coverage
• Investigate test failures, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate closely with developers to resolve issues
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and contribute to the quality, stability, and production readiness of trading systems
Mandatory Skills Description:
• Strong experience in software testing with a solid understanding of test automation principles and best practices
• Hands-on experience in Python development for test automation
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites
• Strong knowledge of API, integration, end-to-end, and regression testing
• Hands-on experience with PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, or similar automation frameworks
• Experience testing distributed, real-time, or high-performance systems
• Good understanding of market connectivity, market data flows, exchange integrations, or trading workflows
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern software delivery practices
• Good knowledge of SQL and database testing techniques
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills
Nice-to-Have Skills Description:
• Experience with Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Electronic Trading, or Market Connectivity solutions
• Experience with performance and latency testing of high-throughput distributed systems
• Knowledge of messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka, Solace, or IBM MQ
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or other CI/CD platforms
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix environments and containerization technologies such as Docker
Languages:
English: B2 Upper Intermediate
