Lead QA Test Engineer

Nasdaq

20h•$106,000 - $148,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The US Equities Development group is responsible for the architecture, development and support of NASDAQ’s North American equities market systems, which includes the core trading and post-trade systems, market data feeds, ticker plants, gateways, smart order routers, and monitoring suite. It is a rich and challenging environment as these systems are subject to requirements of high availability, high throughput, ultralow latency, and also have both rich and innovative functionality. Development is primarily in Java, running on a Linux-based environment. The position creates, executes and maintains tests according to test scripts and test plans. Is required to test either front end or back end software components (or both) and apply industry best practice. Reviews system requirements and business processes; codes, tests, and debugs software solutions. Reports issues found back to development and/or project management teams and/or implementation teams. May be required to develop and maintain testing tools to be used by the broader team. May also specialize in Quality Assurance, Quality Control and/or Process Improvement. Conducts a range of quality control tests and analyses to ensure that all problems are resolved and that software meets or exceeds specified standards, development specifications or client requirements. Creates test data files with valid and invalid records to thoroughly test program logic and verify system flow. Drafts, revises and approves test plans and scripts for other team members. Uses expertise when collaborating with internal or external team members to plan all applicable test phases to ensure that applicable test phases are successfully completed and documented and there is a plan for problem resolution. Documents and proposes for approval the release engineering procedures, so that the process can continually be reviewed and improved. When specializing in QA, develops and maintain the quality of products and processes, including standard procedures and methods. When specializing in Business Process Improvement would collect and analyze process data to make recommendations on improved business practices and procedures.

Requirements

Proficient in Software QA Functional Testing
Proficient in Junit / Automated Testing
Proficient in FIX Messaging testing
Proficient in FIX Messaging testing
Proficient in Linux, backend testing
Scripting with shell, pearl, python
Source Code Control (SVN, Git)
Bug tracking (TRAC, Jira)
Java language and Runtime

Nice To Haves

Preferred knowledge with financial/trading software testing
Self directed, motivated

Responsibilities

Creates, executes and maintains tests according to test scripts and test plans.
Tests either front end or back end software components (or both) and apply industry best practice.
Reviews system requirements and business processes; codes, tests, and debugs software solutions.
Reports issues found back to development and/or project management teams and/or implementation teams.
Develop and maintain testing tools to be used by the broader team.
Conducts a range of quality control tests and analyses to ensure that all problems are resolved and that software meets or exceeds specified standards, development specifications or client requirements.
Creates test data files with valid and invalid records to thoroughly test program logic and verify system flow.
Drafts, revises and approves test plans and scripts for other team members.
Collaborates with internal or external team members to plan all applicable test phases to ensure that applicable test phases are successfully completed and documented and there is a plan for problem resolution.
Documents and proposes for approval the release engineering procedures, so that the process can continually be reviewed and improved.
Develops and maintain the quality of products and processes, including standard procedures and methods.
Collect and analyze process data to make recommendations on improved business practices and procedures.