Pico fuels the global capital markets community by providing exceptional market data services and customized managed infrastructure solutions. As financial industry experts at the center of markets and technology, we help our clients efficiently scale their business and quickly access markets. From infrastructure to connectivity, we support our clients through the full trading lifecycle. We are a global company headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Senior QA Engineer (Backend)
PICO (formerly Corvil Ltd) is expanding its test engineering team which is responsible for ensuring the quality of its high performance, real-time analytics products, utilizing the latest software, hardware and cloud technologies. This team delivers innovative, automated testing solutions to verify the accuracy, performance, functionality, stress, resilience, and use case validation of the company’s products.
Working from our Krakow office, you will be working in a team that is passionate about quality. Working in our agile team you will be responsible for designing comprehensive functional testing and system testing strategies along with playing a key role in automating developed tests, using in-house automation test framework, to ensure our industry leading product is high quality.
Role Description
The successful applicant will have 5+ years of test engineering experience, preferably dealing with enterprise products based on Linux, and have a good working knowledge of network technologies and scripting languages. Working experience in setting up network lab environments is desirable. Working experience in cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, etc.) is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring the quality of industry leading financial and enterprise core product features
- Working within an agile software development lifecycle to test new product features
- Designing functional and system test strategies using QA best practice
- Using scripting and programing skills to automate tests using Python, shell scripting, etc.
Required Skills
- Good working knowledge of IP networking protocols and systems
- A working knowledge of Linux OS
- Strong Python programming & Linux /bash scripting skills
- Knowledge of Cloud platform(s) like AWS, GCP, etc.
- Experience with CI/CD like Jenkins, Bamboo etc...
- Detailed understanding of testing methodologies and SDLC, with experience of system testing
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Ability to work independently and as a team member
- Excellent verbal and written English-language communication skills
- Ability to take ownership of features and deliver them with high quality
- Ability to prioritize tasks across multiple projects based on release schedule
Desirable Skills
- Cisco certification, e.g., CCNA. Familiarity with the configuration of network devices such as switches, aggregation taps (for e.g., Arista) etc...
- Certification/training in any cloud technologies
- Experience with Terraform
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Knowledge/experience of Docker containers usage
- Knowledge of SQL
- Experience with distributed systems testing, XML API
Qualifications
Third Level Degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or similar.
Working Arrangements
This is a Hybrid position with [weekly time in the office with the flexibility of working from home]. Though travel may be required from time to time, it is not expected to be regular or frequent.
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Pico is an equal opportunity employer. Pico does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at Pico are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.
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What We Do
Pico is a leading provider of technology services for the financial markets community. Pico provides a best-in-class portfolio of innovative, transparent, low-latency markets solutions coupled with an agile and expert service delivery model. Instant access to financial markets is provided via PicoNet™, a globally comprehensive network platform instrumented natively with Corvil analytics and telemetry. Clients choose Pico when they want the freedom to move fast and create an operational edge in the fast-paced world of financial markets
