Quality Assurance Engineer

Crypto Finance; Zürich; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Crypto Finance Group in Zürich is seeking a QA Engineer to test, support, and coordinate validation of our order management, infrastructure, and risk tools within an agile development setting.

You will contribute to automated and manual testing, participate in specifications, and help ensure the final product meets user expectations while seeking improvements to efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience designing test plans and writing test cases.
• Experience with test management tools like TestRail, Zephyr.
• Experience in Agile environments.
• UI automation with Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Knowledge of Jira/Confluence.
• 2+ years programming (Python preferred).
• Product-minded, proactive to improve test coverage.
• ISTQB certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take on a key role in the QA team that tests, supports, and coordinates the correct execution of our custom-built order management, infrastructure, and risk tools with client facing and internal components in an agile development environment
• Contribute to both automated and manual testing efforts. Take part in specifications and engineering requirements
• Manage release process, executing manual tests, reviewing automated and manual test outcomes, analyzing performance test results, scrutinizing logs for anomalies, and reporting on the quality of the release candidate
• Process product reviews, and inform the development team of defects and errors, and communicate quantitative and qualitative findings from test results to the development team. Monitor efforts to resolve product issues and track progress
• Ensure that the final product satisfies the product requirements and meet end-user expectations. Spot areas for improvement to enhance the product’s efficiency

Skills

QA testing

Test plans

Test cases

TestRail

Zephyr

Agile

UI automation

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Jira

Confluence

Python

ISTQB

Education

Technical degree

Tools

TestRail

Zephyr

Jira

Confluence

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Job description

About Crypto Finance

Crypto Finance Group, part of Deutsche Börse Group, provides professional digital asset solutions to institutional clients. The Group comprises Crypto Finance AG, regulated by FINMA in Switzerland, offering trading, custody, and wallet services, as well as Crypto Finance (Deutschland) GmbH, regulated by BaFin in Germany, offering trading and custody services. As of 25 January 2025, Crypto Finance secured a MiCAR license for the European market as one of the first providers in the EU. Crypto Finance AG is a SIX-approved crypto custodian for ETP issuers.

For more information, please visit our website at: About us - Crypto Finance

Key Responsibilities

• Take on a key role in the QA team that tests, supports, and coordinates the correct execution of our custom-built order management, infrastructure, and risk tools with client facing and internal components in an agile development environment
• Contribute to both automated and manual testing efforts. Take part in specifications and engineering requirements
• Manage release process, executing manual tests, reviewing automated and manual test outcomes, analyzing performance test results, scrutinizing logs for anomalies, and reporting on the quality of the release candidate
• Process product reviews, and inform the development team of defects and errors, and communicate quantitative and qualitative findings from test results to the development team. Monitor efforts to resolve product issues and track progress
• Ensure that the final product satisfies the product requirements and meet end-user expectations. Spot areas for improvement to enhance the product’s efficiency

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong work ethics, eye for detail, patience, and strong documentation abilities
• Completed technical degree
• Experience designing test plans and writing test cases
• Experience with a test management tool such as TestRail, Zephyr, etc.
• Experience working within the Agile framework
• Familiarity with UI automation tool like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.
• Familiarity with industry trends, latest frameworks, and the trade-offs of existing automation/testing solutions
• 2+ years of experience in a programming language (preferably Python)
• Must have a product-oriented mindset, be creative and take the initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness
• Experience working with tools such as Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Relevant training and/or certification, such as ISTQB is an advantage

Benefits

• Become a part of a leading company in the crypto asset space
• Great company culture within an established and renowned group
• Gain deep insights into crypto asset trading, market making, execution strategies, settlement, and custody, etc.
• Work in an exciting, fast-paced, and expanding industry with opportunities and a range of topics that go beyond the traditional financial industry
• Team-oriented and entrepreneurial mindset with high ethical standards

Culture

• At the heart of our company, we prioritize:
• Innovation and Continuous Learning
• Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing
• Entrepreneurial Spirit and Flat Hierarchies
• Values such as Excellence, Delivery, Ownership, Passion, and Unity

Please note:

• We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies
• Due to Swiss labor legislation, we can only accept applicants who have the right to work in Switzerland (are in possession of a Swiss work permit or are EU/EFTA citizens). All other applications will not be considered.