QA Engineer

A CAREER WITH POINT72’S TECHNOLOGY TEAM As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology group is constantly improving our company’s IT infrastructure, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts experimenting, discovering new ways to harness the power of open-source solutions, and embracing enterprise agile methodology. We encourage professional development to ensure you bring innovative ideas to our products while satisfying your own intellectual curiosity.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Create and execute automated and manual test cases to ensure optimal system performance according to specifications.
• Work closely with software development and support teams to deliver high-quality applications in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans, including manual and automated tests for functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Build consensus between stakeholders and developers to define clear and testable acceptance criteria.
• Document quality assurance and process flows, both existing and proposed.
• Advocate for best quality assurance practices and testing techniques.
• Ensure any new software changes meet business, legal, compliance, and technical requirements.
• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks for various applications in trading domains.
• Maintain and track quality assurance capacity, velocity, statuses, and deliverables with the team lead.

WHAT’S REQUIRED

• 5+ years of experience in quality assurance with test automation, software engineering, or business analysis roles.
• Comprehensive expertise in processing trades, managing trading and lifecycle events, handling corporate actions, and managing cash flows.
• Experience supporting fixed income products, Equities and Treasuries.
• Solid understanding of position management for listed and OTC products.
• Understanding of SDLC, Test lifecycle, and testing methodologies.
• Experience creating and writing SQL queries and workings with databases.
• Experience with messaging and communication technics, such as API, HTTP methods, Kafka.
• Development experience with Java, JavaScript, C#, or Python programming languages.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.