Associate Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

We are Gelber Group -- Passion for Trading. Powered by Technology.

For 40 years, we have set the bar as one of the industry’s most innovative and enduring proprietary trading firms. We are headquartered in Chicago with offices and remote team members across the United States and Europe. Our success derives from a relentless pursuit of new trading ideas and careful attention to technology. Our culture of entrepreneurship, innovation and collaboration empowers each member of our team to have a meaningful impact from the day they join Gelber. We believe our talented staff are our greatest asset and we are committed to providing them the resources they need to succeed. With 16 distinct trading groups, we trade a little bit of everything here – with diverse styles and approaches across all major global marketplaces – and we are always looking to expand into new opportunities. Our flat organizational structure ensures a true meritocracy and attracts individuals with an edge to contribute to our consistent success.

As a QA Automation Engineer, you would be working with a team of test engineers at a successful proprietary trading firm. You will work closely with our entire development department to write, maintain and improve new and existing automation scripts. This will have a huge impact on the firm and our software development life cycle. This role is for someone who flourishes in a fast-paced environment, has a strong work ethic, clear communication, and has a strong background in building out reliable automation frameworks. This position will report directly to the QA Manager.

This position will require in person presence in our Chicago office located in River West right next to the Merchandise Mart and convenient to public transportation. This position will be flexible for hybrid once fully onboarded (office presence is required on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays).

What you’ll do:

• Write repeatable, maintainable, scalable and high-performance automation scripts using BDD frameworks.
• Optimize and improve our existing automation scripts.
• Promote testing best practices among all teams within development from design to deployment.
• Identify software application weaknesses and target areas.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related field
• 1-3 years of QA experience.
• At least 1+ years of experience building and maintaining automation frameworks.
• Shift left QA mentality where Quality is shared and owned at all SDLC stages.
• Deep understanding of the STLC and how correlates with the SDLC.
• Experience with Test Driven and Behavior Driven Development (TDD and BDD).
• Experience working with C# and Python.
• Experience within Capital Markets is helpful, but not required.
• Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to find, diagnose, and troubleshoot software issues.
• Great communication skills, inquisitive nature, and strong attention to detail.

Benefits Highlights

Gelber offers a wide range of benefits to full-time employees in order to meet you and your covered dependents needs.  Our comprehensive benefits offering includes:

• Traditional and Roth 401(k) retirement program with discretionary employer match
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical coverage provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield (PPO and HDHP/HSA) and dental coverage; generous employer cost-sharing
• Tuition reimbursement for Undergraduate and Graduate courses
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care; pre-tax commuter benefits for parking and transit expenses
• Life insurance and long-term disability coverage
• Health club membership with on-site facilities (and reciprocal memberships).
• Generous vacation time (20-day accrual in first full calendar year of employment; prorated accrual in initial year), paid holidays, and paid maternity/paternity leave.
• Weekly catered lunches and monthly continental breakfasts.
• Social events including sponsored 5k races and annual holiday party.
• Enjoyable work environment including a game room (foosball, ping pong, Golden Tee).
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Charitable giving and company matching opportunities.
• Casual, relaxed dress code.