QA Engineering Lead

Michael Page; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Job summary

Michael Page International Italia S.r.l. cerca un QA leader in un contesto di system integrator orientato all’innovazione tecnologica nel settore finanziario.

La risorsa collaborerà con lo Head of QA per definire la strategia di test basata sul rischio e gestire priorità, copertura e criteri di rilascio. Si occuperà di evolvere l’automazione framework per web, API e backend, coprendo scenari di trading (order lifecycle, FIX) e test non funzionali (latenza, throughput).

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years in QA or software testing, including at least 2 years leading or mentoring a team.
• Experience building test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or equivalent; REST-assured, Postman or equivalent) and handing them over to teams.
• Performance, load and resilience testing (JMeter, Gatling or equivalent).
• CI/CD integration, quality gates, and containerised test environments.
• Test management in Jira (Xray, Zephyr or equivalent).
• Experience in regulated environments, with attention to traceability and evidence.
• Fluent English; Italian is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to risk-based test strategy set with Head of QA and apply it in day-to-day planning: priorities, coverage, regression approach, release exit criteria.
• Implement and evolve the automation framework (web, API, backend) within the QA strategy, with documented standards.
• Cover trading-specific scenarios: order lifecycle, FIX and venue connectivity, market simulators, and realistic test data and environments.
• Lead non-functional testing: latency, throughput, market-open load peaks, failover and resilience.
• Operate and refine quality gates in CI/CD with DevOps and Application Management, following QA strategy criteria, stopping defective code before production.
• Work with DevOps to automate unit, smoke and E2E testing in pipelines, fine-tune E2E scope, include results in nightly build criteria.
• Own QA input into SCF and HCF releases, including validation, evidence and release sign-off recommendations.
• Run delta testing for critical EBF situations, document residual risk.

Skills

7+ years QA experience

Team leadership

Test automation frameworks

CI/CD integration

Jira/Xray/Zephyr

English fluency

Education

BSc in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

REST-assured

Postman

Jira

Job description

• International work environment
• Strong focus on technological innovation

Azienda

System integrator, highly focused on technological innovation. The client is a multinational company operating in the financial services' sector.

Opportunità

• Contribute to the risk-based test strategy set with the Head of QA, and apply it in day-to-day planning: priorities, coverage, regression approach, release exit criteria.
• Implement and evolve the automation framework (web, API, backend) within the QA strategy, with documented standards
• Cover trading-specific scenarios: order lifecycle, FIX and venue connectivity, market simulators, and realistic test data and environments.
• Lead non-functional testing: latency, throughput, market-open load peaks, failover and resilience.
• Operate and refine quality gates in CI/CD with DevOps and Application Management, following the criteria agreed in the QA strategy, stopping defective code before production.
• Work with DevOps to automate unit, smoke and E2E testing in the pipelines, fine-tune the E2E scope, and include their results in the nightly build success criteria.
• Own QA input into SCF and HCF releases, including validation, evidence and release sign-off recommendations.
• Run delta testing for critical EBF situations, following the approach agreed in the QA strategy: identify impacted areas quickly, test what matters, and document the residual risk.
• Lead release validation, including version upgrades and database migrations.
• Work with engineering leads to make unit testing a mandatory part of PR acceptance, with agreed coverage thresholds and review checks.
• Contribute to Definition of Ready and Done so acceptance criteria are testable before development starts.
• Maintain traceability and test evidence for Secure SDLC, audits and regulated customers.
• Report quality KPIs to the Head of QA: defects escaped to production, coverage, test stability, regression and release stability.
• Support defect management and root cause analysis, turning every production incident into new regression tests.
• Lead, coach and develop the QA team (including senior QAs), setting clear ownership and accountability.
• Collaborate with Product, Development, Business Analysts and Application Management to align QA with the roadmap and release cycles.
• Promote practical use of AI in testing and continuous improvement of tools and methods.

Competenze ed esperienza

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years in QA or software testing, including at least 2 years leading or mentoring a team.
• Experience building test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or equivalent; REST-assured, Postman or equivalent) and handing them over to teams.
• Performance, load and resilience testing (JMeter, Gatling or equivalent).
• CI/CD integration, quality gates, and containerised test environments.
• Test management in Jira (Xray, Zephyr or equivalent).
• Experience in regulated environments, with attention to traceability and evidence.
• Fluent English; Italian is a strong plus.
• Influences without relying on authority and challenges existing practices constructively.
• Balances quality against delivery timelines under pressure.
• Takes ownership, communicates clearly and mentors by example.
• Strongly preferred
• Experience with low-latency financial or trading systems, including C++ backends and Java clients.
• Financial functional knowledge: order lifecycle, trading venues, FIX, market data, post-trade.
• Familiarity with hotfix, emergency fix and change-control processes in production financial environments.
• Experience driving unit testing adoption and PR quality standards with developers.

Completa l'offerta

• Permanent contract
• Salary between EUR 45-50.000
• Meal vouchers

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