Capital Markets - Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Merwel Inc; United States; On-site; USD 105,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer to validate critical trading workflows and regulatory reporting mechanisms. This role requires a strong background in QA automation and financial systems like Calypso, along with excellent mentoring abilities in an agile environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in QA or software testing.
• Strong understanding of financial regulatory reporting.
• Experience with financial systems like Calypso.

Responsibilities

• Lead the quality assurance strategy for trading systems.
• Design and execute test cases for derivatives products.
• Validate trade booking and lifecycle event processing.

Skills

QA Testing

Automation

Financial Systems

Agile Methodologies

Collateral Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Financial Engineering

Tools

CATT

Cucumber

Jenkins

Job description

Capital Markets - Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Capital Markets - Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer

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This is an opportunity to work closely with developers, business analysts, and traders to ensure the reliability and accuracy of trading operations for a leading financial institution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the quality assurance strategy for trading and derivatives systems across the full trade lifecycle (execution, booking, confirmation, settlement, and reporting).
• Design, implement, and execute manual and automated test cases for derivatives products including swaps, options, futures, and structured trades.
• Validate trade booking, lifecycle event processing, and accounting flows across front, middle, and back office modules.
• Develop test scenarios to cover regulatory reporting obligations (CFTC, EMIR, CAD) and verify reporting accuracy under various edge cases.
• Test collateral management workflows, margining scenarios, and ISDA SIMM implementations across systems.
• Support Calypso platform upgrades or related financial application deployments with regression testing, UAT coordination, and defect triaging.
• Use tools like CATT (Calypso Automation Test Tool) to build automation frameworks for regression and lifecycle event testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams using Agile methodologies to embed testing earlier in the SDLC (shift-left).
• Analyze complex issues using logs, data extracts, and test artifacts to identify root causes and drive resolution.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and establish test best practices for finance-focused system validation.

Required Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in QA or software testing within the capital markets domain.
• Strong understanding of financial regulatory reporting (CFTC, EMIR, CAD, etc.).
• Experience testing payments, trade confirmations, and accounting modules.
• Proven expertise in collateral management and ISDA SIMM processes as a tester.
• Strong experience with financial systems such as Calypso, Murex, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with QA automation tools and frameworks, including experience with CATT or equivalent.
• Expertise in Agile development practices with experience participating in scrum ceremonies and sprint planning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in test automation using Java, Python, or scripting languages.
• Familiarity with SQL for data validation and reconciliation.
• Exposure to test case design in BDD format using tools such as Cucumber or Gherkin.
• Knowledge of DevOps or CI/CD pipelines for test integration (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

Education & Certifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, or related technical field.
• Preferred: Industry certifications or Calypso platform certifications.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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