Hybrid NYC Trading Systems QA Engineer Consultant

Staffing Solutions USA, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffing Solutions USA, a trusted provider of technology staffing, seeks a Trading Systems QA Engineer Consultant for a financial services client in NYC. You will design and execute tests across order routing, P&L calculations, and trade lifecycle events, collaborating with trading desks, operations, and development teams.

You will apply risk-based testing, develop test plans in Jira, write reusable SQL queries, and contribute to Playwright-based automation while supporting after-hours

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in institutional capital markets.
• Ability to describe the trade life cycle and differentiate order routing/execution types (high touch, electronic, algorithmic).
• Hands-on experience validating P&L across equities, fixed income, and derivatives.
• Strong analytical skills and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Test strategy and design.
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into detailed, repeatable test cases with preconditions and acceptance criteria in Jira.
• Author and maintain test plans, documentation, and checklists in Confluence and GitHub.
• Apply risk-based testing to prioritize high-impact scenarios.
• Test API interactions (REST, gRPC) and data flows end-to-end.
• Write reusable SQL queries to validate data across stores.
• Automation and execution with Playwright-based tests.
• Represent QA in stand-ups and project meetings.

Skills

QA testing

Analytical thinking

Communication

Test design

Risk-based testing

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Playwright

SQL

REST

gRPC

Job description

Staffing Solutions USA, a trusted provider of technology staffing, seeks a Trading Systems QA Engineer Consultant for a financial services client in NYC. You will design and execute tests across order routing, P&L calculations, and trade lifecycle events, collaborating with trading desks, operations, and development teams.

You will apply risk-based testing, develop test plans in Jira, write reusable SQL queries, and contribute to Playwright-based automation while supporting after-hours