Lead, Tech (QTE)

D. E. Shaw India Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family planning and surrogacy program

Charitable gift match

Job summary

A leading firm in the financial sector seeks a Lead Tech to join its Quality and Test Engineering group in Hyderabad. In this role, you will focus on developing automation frameworks, mentoring team members, and improving testing processes within state-of-the-art trading systems. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in automation and a solid understanding of financial markets.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of relevant work experience in test engineering and automation.
• Hands-on experience in designing test frameworks and white box testing.
• Exposure to financial markets and asset classes.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation tools and frameworks for testing.
• Manage and mentor a team of test engineers.
• Collaborate with Fintech team on testing projects.

Skills

Automation

Test Engineering

Programming

Financial Markets Knowledge

Leadership

Tools

Java

.NET

Python

React

Job description

We are looking for a Lead Tech to join the Quality and Test Engineering group based in the firm’s offices in Hyderabad/Bengaluru/Gurugram. The Quality and Test Engineering (QTE) team manages the entire firm’s quality mandate and delivers quality product releases with deep integration in the software development cycle, focusing on functional correctness, scalability, and performance. Our prime motivation is to mature the software development cycle by bringing robust test-engineering practices, automation, tooling, and quality product releases.

What you’ll do day-to-day

In this position, you will be responsible for developing automation tools/frameworks, understanding the domain, testing and automating complex projects, managing and mentoring a small group of test engineers, and driving innovation by improving on or introducing new tools/processes to improve efficiency and quality. Additionally, you will also collaborate closely with our Fintech business domain from a testing perspective. This includes involvement with various asset classes that the firm trades with, working with our state-of-the-art trading systems, exchange connectivity, pricing/forecasting models, and ensuring that our business-critical processes and workflows function exactly as intended. To elaborate further, you will focus on productivity through automation and tooling, developing end-to-end functional and integration test-case scenarios with an exceptional emphasis on the business domain, owning end-to-end QTE processes, and release planning. Furthermore, you will also have to exhibit leadership in test-case development, coordinate test-plan reviews, and generate repeatable test procedures.

Who we’re looking for

• 6-8 years of relevant work experience
• Hands-on experience in designing test frameworks and white box testing
• A clear understanding of financial markets and different asset classes (both exchange-traded and OTC-traded)
• Experience in building and improving test processes with an increased focus on business context
• Exposure to testing trading systems and broker connectivity
• Experience working with a high-level, object-oriented programming language like Java/.NET/C++
• Exposure to scripting languages like PERL/Python
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks like jUnit, TestNG, and API test automation
• Exposure to UI stacks like React/Redux
• Working experience in UNIX or one of its flavors
• Exposure to testing client-server and distributed systems

At theD.E.Shaw group, we believe the diversity of our employees is core to our strength and success. We are committed to supporting our people in work and in life, which is why we offer benefits such as a family planning and surrogacy program and a charitable gift match to all full-time employees.

Additionally, our staff-led affinity groups are pillars of our community, helping to celebrate diversity, promote leadership and development opportunities, and facilitate inclusive mentorship. Members and allies organize a wide range of educational and social programming, from expert talks to film festivals.

Candidates with relevant experience looking to restart their careers after a break are encouraged to apply for this position.

The members of the D.E.Shaw group do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, caregiver status, or any other category protected by law. We are committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and are eager to hear from individuals having a wide range of backgrounds and personal characteristics.

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