Senior Specialist QA – Functional Testing (Trading & Clearing Domain)

Nasdaq; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Nasdaq Bangalore is expanding its P&SE Post Trade NCCP QA team. The Senior Specialist QA will lead functional/manual testing for the CCP system, collaborating across a multi-disciplinary team to ensure robust test coverage and timely delivery.

You will mentor testers, perform end-to-end validation, and align with global QA practices while contributing to a fast-paced exchange technology environment. Ideal candidates bring deep testing experience in trading/clearing domains, API testing, SQL

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Functional/Manual QA experience with 2+ years of hands-on automation
• Proficient in test effort estimation, planning and reporting
• Hands-on API testing experience
• Strong domain experience in Trading & Clearing (Financial Markets)
• Good knowledge of DB concepts and SQL
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban)
• Working knowledge of Java

Responsibilities

• Review functional business requirements
• Build, implement and maintain tests; develop test plans and effort estimates
• Create test specifications and test reports
• Lead and mentor a small team of functional testers
• Perform end-to-end testing across application components and integrations
• Coordinate with NCCP Automation team for test handover, execution and sign-off
• Identify and mitigate test data and environment bottlenecks
• Stay updated on QA trends and best practices

Skills

Manual Testing

Automation

API Testing

Trading Domain

SQL

Java

Agile

Test Planning

Education

CS/IS Degree

Job description

The P&SE Post Trade NCCP engineering organization is expanding technology center in Bengaluru (Bangalore). We are looking for a Senior Specialist with Manual/Functional testing to join our Clearing Counter Party (CCP) system QA team.

This is an opportunity to join the world’s leading exchange technology company and work with innovative technologies in an international environment where our clients include high profile organizations like Hong Kong Exchange, Singapore Exchange, Swiss Exchange and Saudi Stock Exchange. If innovation and efficiency drive you forward this is the place for you!

We are looking for candidates with strong technical skills, good understanding for Trading & Clearing domains, who have a genuine desire and drive to deliver top technology solutions to today's markets.

With this position we offer:

In this role, you will join the P&SE Post Trade NCCP QA team in Bangalore, part of Nasdaq Marketplace Technology. As this is a growing team in Bangalore, you will play a key role in helping build and shape our local QA function from the ground up. At the same time, you will be connected to a broader global network of QA professionals working across our Clearing systems, giving you exposure and collaboration opportunities well beyond the local team

Role Requirement

As a Senior Specialist QA for Functional/Manual testing, you will work in a multi-functional product engineering team with highly skilled and expert Business Analysts, Software Engineers, and Test Engineers.

• Your responsibilities will be related to Functional/Manual testing in a DevOps oriented environment for a clearing system. Including such as:
• Review functional business requirements.
• Build implement and maintain tests, develop test plans & test effort estimates,
• Build test specifications and test reports.
• Lead and mentor a small team of Functional testers.
• Understand the Application/Product Components and integration points to perform E2E testing
• Work closely with NCCP Automation team for test case handover, execution and Sign off.
• Analyze & Mitigate complex problems/issues arising because of Test failures, identify & resolve bottlenecks such as Test data and Env issues.
• Surveillance within Nasdaq works to keep our markets fair and efficient by implementing and upholding effective and well balanced regulation and fairly enforcing our rules. We are at the core of the market places and we interact with issuers, trading participants, investors and regulators to build and preserve confidence in our markets. We participate in forming regulation and practices and we make important decisions to protect investors and to uphold orderly trading.
• Stay up to date on the latest trends in the QA space.

We expect you to have

• Overall experience of 10+yrs as a Functional/Manual QA with 2 years of hands on Automation experience.
• Support, participate, test and implement new business initiatives, products, programs, processes, etc. (e.g., process simplification and automation, business requirements) that are aligned with the organizational strategy.
• Proficient in Test effort estimation, Test planning and Test Reporting.
• Hands on experience in API testing.
• Strong experience in Trading & Clearing domains (Financial Markets).
• Proactively assembles and commits to results the extended Nasdaq team of experts that together leads all business activities with an existing customer or prospect.
• Good understand of DB concepts and hands on experience with SQL.
• Experience working in agile teams either using Scrum or Kanban.
• Working knowledge of Java

You can expect a collaborative, fast-paced, and constantly evolving work environment where you are recognized for your results and ability to drive things forward proactively & persistently. Every day brings many opportunities to learn & grow and rewards with a global impact we build.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent work experience

It would be great if you have

• Experience in the post-trade domain or the financial market.
• Experience in non-functional tests such as failover tests and performance tests.
• Experience in security related testing.

Come as You Are

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives, experiences, and identities are valued and celebrated.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation throughout the hiring process.