Senior Lead QA Engineer
LSEG · Hyderabad, India · 1y ago
About the job
FX Trading Systems Senior QA Lead, Performance Testing
Job Scope/Duties
- Shape the performance testing strategy for robust and scalable backend systems that power critical financial applications on a multi dealer FX Platform!
- You will work as a Senior Lead in Test Engineering within an elite delivery team.
- Be very hands on while leading a team of QA engineers focused on performance testing.
- Apply your understanding and expertise in performance testing methodologies to ensure high-quality, stable releases that meet non-functional requirements!
- Design and execute comprehensive performance test suites including soak, load, stress testing, and throughput analysis.
- Work closely with multi-functional teams to deliver innovative testing solutions that meet the evolving needs of the financial industry.
- Develop and maintain NFR calculations and performance benchmarks for trading systems.
- Drive the development of test engineering tooling using Java for the entire QA organization.
Qualifications/Requirements
Proven experience
- Good understanding of trading systems architectures and how to effectively test them for performance and scalability.
- Excellent knowledge of QA principles for both Functional and Non-Functional testing.
- Expert-level proficiency with performance testing tools such as Gatling and JMeter.
- Strong experience in defining and implementing performance test strategies, including soak testing, load testing, stress testing, and throughput analysis.
Technology
- Proven experience as a QA engineer with performance testing focus, with at least 8-10 years in a senior testing role, preferably with an exchange, multi-dealer FX platform or a top tier bank.
- Strong Java development skills to build test engineering tooling, test doubles/simulators, and test reporting services.
- Must have used Cucumber-java as framework for 3+ years to deliver BDD style automated test cases and writing cucumber glue code.
- Experience with Spring framework for building test reporting services and other test tooling.
- Understanding of Kafka, Redis, ELK stack, Datadog for monitoring and analyzing performance metrics.
- Proficiency in analyzing and interpreting performance testing results to identify bottlenecks.
- Understanding of RTO/RPO and how to test them would be considered a huge positive.
- Experience with database performance testing and optimization (SQL and NoSQL databases).
- Have knowledge of AWS or Azure Cloud Environment.
- Understanding of docker and Kubernetes.
- Confident with Linux, including shell scripting.
Development Process
- Understands Agile process and metrics related to monitor the team
- Excellent at automating performance testing processes and recognizing potential improvement in testing methodologies
- Experience in establishing performance testing as part of CI/CD pipelines
Attitude
- Strong communication skills with ability to articulate performance testing strategies, issues, and results to both technical and non-technical audience.
- Go getter attitude and ability to balance quick iterative development with parallel elaboration on requirements.
Education
- Bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or related field.
Benefits
- Work with elite global and diverse engineering team located in Singapore, Bangkok, London, New york and Bucharest
- We are a diverse and inclusive organization
LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
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LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.
If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.