Test Engineer - ArcticDB
This is a technical role in Engineering that focuses on advancing product excellence and engineering productivity. ArcticDB is a client-side timeseries database written in Python and C++. You can find more about ArcticDB on our website.
We are looking for a software engineer to contribute to our automated testing infrastructure, which is a collection of tests mostly written in Python that run in Github Actions CI. The ideal candidate would be able to work on projects like:
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Exploratory testing with pytest to find bugs and usability issues as early as possible, for both new and existing features.
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Expanding our CI infrastructure to test backwards and forwards compatibility of ArcticDB versions.
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Stress tests, fuzzing and test runs with dynamic analysis tools to find programming errors.
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Performance analysis and benchmarking.
You might be interested in this role if:
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You have an unwavering passion for, and focus on, polished products, engineering excellence, and productivity.
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You enjoy thinking through complex product and system interactions to find gaps, failure modes, and edge cases.
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You've worked to automate and remove repetitive and manual tasks because inefficiency is one of your least favourite things.
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You love to design, implement, and improve tools, frameworks, metrics, and processes.
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You enjoy working with tests, builds, continuous integration pipelines and automation tools.
Requirements:
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Experience in product engineering and experience testing core infrastructure components.
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Familiarity with continuous integration practices and experience with a CI/CD technology to automate testing and deployment processes.
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Good experience in test engineering with at least one of Python or C++.
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Good experience with at least one automated testing framework (we use pytest and gtest heavily, but prior experience in these is not essential).
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Native level of communication skills in English
Nice to have:
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Bachelor in Computer Science.
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MSc or Ph.D. in any scientific degree Github Actions experience
Perks:
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Possibility of traveling to quantitative finance, scientific and industrial conferences.
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Opportunities to learn from and collaborate with organisations and individuals across the quantitative finance space
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Get involved in our open source communities
Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man
Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry. https://www.man.com/diversity. Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter.
Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.
We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
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What We Do
Man Group is a global active investment management firm, which runs $127 billion* of client capital in liquid and private markets, managed by investment specialists based around the world. Headquartered in London, the firm has 15 international offices and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Our business has five specialist investment engines, which represent the range of our capabilities: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man GPM.
These engines house numerous investment teams, working collaboratively within the framework of Man Group, with a high degree of investment autonomy. Each team benefits from the strength and resources of the firm’s single operating platform, enabling their primary focus to be seeking to generate alpha for clients. The teams invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with highly specialised approaches, with long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis in single and multi-manager formats. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and we engage in close dialogue with our investors as strategic partners, to understand their particular needs and constraints. Man Group’s investment teams are empowered and supported by our institutional infrastructure and technology, which aims to facilitate the efficient exposure to markets and effective collaboration across the organisation.
