QA Engineer
Pico is a rapidly expanding Fintech company that offers innovative, transparent, low‑latency market solutions across a global portfolio of products. We help our clients efficiently scale and access markets, providing end‑to‑end trading lifecycle support.
Responsibilities
- Work with a cross‑functional team following agile development techniques to test new product features.
- Ensure quality of all deliverables across the product life‑cycle, from requirements analysis to test design and implementation.
- Implement cost‑effective test strategies, design and maintain test plans and cases for leading financial and enterprise core product features.
- Execute manual and automated tests covering all QA cycles: functional, regression, performance and system testing/characterization.
- Use scripting and programming skills to automate tests with Python and Selenium.
- Guarantee thorough test coverage for UI, API, and integration layers, verifying data integrity, request/response flows, and validating end‑to‑end workflows.
- Operate within Linux environments to run tests, analyze logs, and debug failures.
- Track test progress, report results, forecast risk areas, and provide mitigation plans.
- Identify product defects, log them in the system, and verify resolution.
Education, Skills and Background
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience, including at least 2 years in a senior role.
- Solid understanding of web technologies and front‑end architecture.
- Strong programming skills in Python (preferred) or another object‑oriented language.
- Proficiency with Selenium WebDriver or similar test automation tools.
- Experience with API testing tools.
- Hands‑on experience working in Linux environments and familiarity with network protocols.
- Good knowledge of manual and automated testing best practice.
- Excellent problem‑solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
Desirable
- Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Exposure to security and vulnerability testing concepts (OWASP Top 10).
- Experience designing or maintaining test automation frameworks.
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools.
- Industry certifications such as ISTQB, CCNA/CCNP, etc.
Working Arrangements
This is a hybrid position with weekly office time and the flexibility of working from home. Travel may be required occasionally, but is not expected to be regular or frequent. The role holder will be expected to work the necessary hours to perform the role, accommodating multiple jurisdictions including EMEA, USA, and APAC.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.