Software Engineer in Test
Recurring DecimalAbout the role
Recurring Decimal is a premier technology consulting and specialized staffing firm. We partner with major financial institutions, enterprises, and Fortune 50 companies to deliver elite niche technical talent. We are currently seeking a high-caliber QA Automation Engineer / SDET with deep financial domain expertise to support an enterprise Capital Markets technology team.
About the Role
In this position, you will bridge the gap between software development and quality engineering for enterprise post-trade back office and trade flow applications. The ideal candidate possesses good functional and technical expertise in building automation frameworks , combined with advanced data lineage verification and a strong operational understanding of trade systems Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Swaps trading environments.
Required Qualifications & Competencies
Years of Experience: 5–7 years of professional experience in application development or test automation framework development with Python.
Core Programming: Strong hands-on coding experience in Python to automate post-trade back-office and trade flow environments.
Domain & Swaps Expertise: Strong domain knowledge of Fixed Income and Derivatives back-office processing, with specific, hands-on experience in the Swaps trading space.
Trading Systems: Direct, professional experience working with and verifying workflows on major trading platforms, specifically Tradeweb and Bloomberg trade systems.
Data Lineage: 2+ years of direct experience developing test automation scripts specifically tailored for Fixed Income Capital Markets data lineage.
Analytical Mindset: Demonstrated ability to comprehend complex data flows spanning multiple internal and external applications.
Core Responsibilities
Automation Engineering: Expand existing test automation frameworks and programmatically build new automation scenarios for backend systems, frontends, and web service APIs.
Trade Integration & Validation: Leverage hands-on experience with trading workflows to input trade deals, validate deal tickets, and ensure seamless execution across front-to-back office systems.
Test Planning & Execution: Analyze complex business requirements to perform comprehensive impact assessments. Map out test plans and scenarios within Xray, and systematically convert manual scenarios into automated scripts.
Data Verification: Write complex SQL queries to validate deep data flows, datasets, and data lineage across interconnected internal and external applications.
CI/CD & DevOps Integration: Manage code pulls, conduct peer code reviews, and drive future CI/CD pipeline implementations for continuous testing and automated reporting.
Responsibilities
- Expand existing test automation frameworks and programmatically build new automation scenarios for backend systems, frontends, and web service APIs.
- Leverage hands-on experience with trading workflows to input trade deals, validate deal tickets, and ensure seamless execution across front-to-back office systems.
- Analyze complex business requirements to perform comprehensive impact assessments. Map out test plans and scenarios within Xray, and systematically convert manual scenarios into automated scripts.
- Write complex SQL queries to validate deep data flows, datasets, and data lineage across interconnected internal and external applications.
- Manage code pulls, conduct peer code reviews, and drive future CI/CD pipeline implementations for continuous testing and automated reporting.
Qualifications
- 5–7 years of professional experience in application development or test automation framework development with Python.
- Strong hands-on coding experience in Python to automate post-trade back-office and trade flow environments.
- Strong domain knowledge of Fixed Income and Derivatives back-office processing, with specific, hands-on experience in the Swaps trading space.
- Direct, professional experience working with and verifying workflows on major trading platforms, specifically Tradeweb and Bloomberg trade systems.
- 2+ years of direct experience developing test automation scripts specifically tailored for Fixed Income Capital Markets data lineage.
Skills mentioned
About Recurring Decimal
Recurring Decimal is an organically funded; privately held company that specializes in niche technology skills for specific business needs. Our team brings several years of software development, solution architecture, product management and IT/IS management expertise across industry verticals and Fortune 50 companies. We are based in Phoenix,AZ and our focus is to provide the best possible service to our clients, candidates and most importantly to our team.
H-1B sponsorship history
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