Senior Automation QA Engineer with Python

Luxoft Poland; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft Poland is seeking a Senior Automation QA Engineer to join the Market Connectivity team in Wrocław, focusing on ultra-low latency trading systems and exchange connectivity for global markets.

You will design strategies, develop Python-based test frameworks, and automate API/integration/end-to-end tests, ensuring reliability and performance of trading gateways and market data workflows in a high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software testing and test automation.
• Hands-on Python development for automation tasks.
• Experience designing and maintaining automated test suites.
• Expertise in API, integration, end-to-end, and regression testing.
• Experience with PyTest, Playwright, or Selenium.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern delivery practices.
• Strong SQL knowledge and database testing.
• Troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Design test strategies and automation approaches for low-latency trading platforms and exchange connectivity solutions
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and test suites using Python
• Create automated API, integration, end-to-end, and regression tests for trading and market connectivity workflows
• Validate exchange connectivity, market data flows, and order processing across global trading venues
• Verify the functional correctness, reliability, and performance of trading gateways and market access components
• Analyze business requirements and latency-sensitive trading workflows to ensure effective test coverage
• Investigate test failures, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate closely with developers to resolve issues
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and contribute to the quality, stability, and production readiness of trading systems

Skills

Test automation

Python

API testing

Test frameworks

CI/CD

Git

SQL

Debugging

Trading systems

Tools

PyTest

Playwright

Selenium

Docker

Linux

Job description

Work Mode: 3 days a week from the office

Project Description

Join our Market Connectivity team, focused on building and maintaining ultra-low latency trading systems and exchange connectivity solutions for global financial markets. As a Senior Automation QA Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of high-throughput applications operating in a high-performance computing environment, developing automated testing solutions that support critical trading and market data workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design test strategies and automation approaches for low-latency trading platforms and exchange connectivity solutions
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and test suites using Python
• Create automated API, integration, end-to-end, and regression tests for trading and market connectivity workflows
• Validate exchange connectivity, market data flows, and order processing across global trading venues
• Verify the functional correctness, reliability, and performance of trading gateways and market access components
• Analyze business requirements and latency-sensitive trading workflows to ensure effective test coverage
• Investigate test failures, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate closely with developers to resolve issues
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and contribute to the quality, stability, and production readiness of trading systems

Mandatory Skills Description

• Strong experience in software testing with a solid understanding of test automation principles and best practices
• Hands-on experience in Python development for test automation
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites
• Strong knowledge of API, integration, end-to-end, and regression testing
• Hands-on experience with PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, or similar automation frameworks
• Experience testing distributed, real-time, or high-performance systems
• Good understanding of market connectivity, market data flows, exchange integrations, or trading workflows
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern software delivery practices
• Good knowledge of SQL and database testing techniques
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills

Nice-to-Have Skills Description

• Experience with Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Electronic Trading, or Market Connectivity solutions
• Experience with performance and latency testing of high-throughput distributed systems
• Knowledge of messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka, Solace, or IBM MQ
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or other CI/CD platforms
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix environments and containerization technologies such as Docker