- Lead manual testing across trading products, covering functional, regression, integration, and workflow scenarios.
- Validate trading protocols, including message flows, order lifecycles, and market data interactions.
- Review and analyze business requirements to design comprehensive test plans and cases.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine requirements and identify edge cases.
- Test and validate trading screens for accuracy, usability, and trader expectations.
- Reproduce, document, and track defects, working closely with developers for timely resolution.
- Participate in release readiness, risk assessments, and go/no-go decisions.
- Mentor junior QA team members and establish best practices for trading system testing.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes, tools, and documentation.
- 8+ years of experience in QA roles within financial markets, trading platforms, or interdealer broker environments.
- Proficiency in manual testing, including test planning, execution, and defect management.
- Deep knowledge of trading protocols (FIX, proprietary protocols, market data feeds).
- Experience building, testing, or supporting trading screens or front-end interfaces.
- Understanding of order types, execution workflows, market structure, and trade lifecycle.
- Ability to interpret logs, message flows, and protocol-level interactions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a trader's mindset.
- Excellent communication skills for effective cross-functional collaboration.
- Familiarity with automation frameworks and performance testing is preferred.
- Experience in interdealer broker environments or OTC markets is an asset.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of QA experience in financial markets, trading platforms, or interdealer broker environments
- Proficiency in manual testing including test planning, execution, and defect management
- Deep knowledge of trading protocols (FIX, proprietary protocols, market data feeds)
- Experience building, testing, or supporting trading screens or front-end interfaces
- Understanding of order types, execution workflows, market structure, and trade lifecycle
- Ability to interpret logs, message flows, and protocol-level interactions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a trader's mindset
- Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
- Familiarity with automation frameworks and performance testing
- Experience in interdealer broker environments or OTC markets
What We Do
Cantor Fitzgerald is a leading global financial services firm, serving clients from over 30 offices around the world. Founded in 1945 as a securities brokerage and investment bank, the firm pioneered computer-based bond trading, built one of the broadest distribution networks in the industry and became the market’s premier dealer of government securities. Today, Cantor Fitzgerald is known for its strength across a diverse array of businesses, including equity and fixed income capital markets, investment banking, commercial real estate finance and services, prime brokerage, asset management and wealth management, and e-commerce and online ventures. In all its businesses, the firm is an acknowledged leader in developing advanced technologies to expand market access, and help clients achieve their most important financial and strategic objectives. This commitment to client-centered innovation has led to enduring relationships with many of the world’s most demanding institutional investors and corporations. For more information please visit www.cantor.com.
