Front Office QA Engineer

Madison-Davis, LLC; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Madison-Davis, LLC is seeking a Front Office Automation Engineer to help modernize Fixed Income sales and trading technology in Charlotte. You will design and execute automated tests across trading apps, APIs, and UIs, applying deep Capital Markets knowledge to ensure coverage of lifecycle events.

The role emphasizes hands-on Python, QA automation, and collaboration with traders, sales, developers, and technology stakeholders to enable a seamless migration to unified workflows.

Qualifications

• Hands-on QA automation experience in finance or trading domains.
• Strong Python programming and automation framework usage.
• Experience testing API and UI for trading platforms.
• Familiarity with fixed income products and swaps is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test suites for Fixed Income trading apps.
• Build Python-based automation for front-office workflows.
• Create API and UI automation across systems.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and trade-lifecycle testing.
• Validate swaps, derivatives, cash flows, and market data.
• Test trade amendments, payments, and lifecycle events.
• Analyze failures, troubleshoot defects, and document results.
• Collaborate with developers, traders, and tech stakeholders.
• Support migration from legacy to unified trading workflows.
• Maintain test plans, data, and defect documentation.

Skills

Python programming

QA automation

API testing

UI testing

Fixed Income knowledge

Trading workflows

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

CI/CD

Job description

A leading global financial-services organization is seeking Front Office Automation Engineers to support the modernization of its Fixed Income sales and trading technology. This position combines hands‑on Python programming, QA automation, and deep Capital Markets knowledge.

You will design and execute automated testing across trading applications, APIs, user interfaces, and end-to-end trade workflows.

The ideal candidate understands how Fixed Income products, particularly swaps, behave throughout the trading lifecycle and can translate that knowledge into effective automated test coverage.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automated test suites for Fixed Income trading applications
• Build Python-based automation for front-office sales and trading workflows
• Create API and UI automation
• Perform functional, regression, component, integration, and trade-lifecycle testing
• Validate swaps, derivatives, cash flows, market data, and system integrations
• Test trade amendments, cancellations, payments, and other lifecycle events
• Build test coverage around business, financial, and regulatory requirements
• Analyze failed tests, isolate defects, and troubleshoot underlying causes
• Partner with developers, QA engineers, traders, salespeople, and technology stakeholders
• Support the migration from legacy trading platforms to newer unified workflows
• Maintain test plans, test data, execution results, and defect documentation

Role Requirements:

• Professional QA or test-automation engineering experience
• Strong understanding of interest‑rate swaps and trading workflows
• API and UI test‑automation experience
• Experience testing trading platforms or sales and trading applications
• Knowledge of functional, regression, component, and integration testing
• Ability to validate trade lifecycles, calculations, and cash flows
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and defect‑investigation skills
• Effective communication with technical and business stakeholders
• Ability to complete a live Python coding assessment
• Ability to work onsite in Charlotte 2-3 days weekly

Nice to Have:

• OIS swaps, inflation swaps, swaptions, CDS, or total‑return swaps
• Bonds, repos, futures, options, or other Fixed Income products
• Selenium, TestNG, or comparable automation frameworks
• Market‑data or regulatory testing
• CI/CD experience
• Investment‑bank, hedge‑fund, or broader Capital Markets experience
• Trading‑platform modernization or legacy‑system replacement experience