Test Developer

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a capable professional to develop models, analytical tools, and testing scripts while collaborating with process owners to understand data, flows, and controls.

You will identify risks, design monitoring strategies, and create methodologies to evaluate process effectiveness and compliance within the financial services domain. Strong communication and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Operations Research, Data Science, Accounting, Business Administration or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience in software engineering in Quantitative Finance or related industries.
• Strong Programming skills (e.g., Python) and solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle principles.
• Ability to document and verbally explain the intuition and details behind testing methodologies clearly.
• Knowledge of financial services industry and related regulations.
• Demonstrating analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience implementing process improvements and automation.

Responsibilities

• Developing capabilities such as models, analytical tools, and testing scripts.
• Collaborating with process owners to understand data, process flows, and controls.
• Identifying risks to design effective testing and monitoring.
• Creating methodologies to evaluate process and control effectiveness and compliance.

Skills

Analytical Abilities

Problem-Solving

Documentation Skills

Verbal Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Tools

Python Programming

Job description

• Developing capabilities such as models, analytical tools, and testing scripts


• Working with process owners to understand data, process flows, and controls


• Identifying risks to design effective testing and monitoring


• Creating methodologies to evaluate process and control effectiveness and compliance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degrees or above in fields including Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Process and Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Data Science, Accounting, Business Administration (or equivalent work experience)


• 2+ years of relevant work experience in software engineering in Quantitative Finance or other industries


• Strong Programming skills (e.g., Python) and solid understanding of Software Development Life cycle principles


• Able to document and verbally explain the intuition and details behind testing methodologies clearly


• Knowledge of financial services industry and related regulations


• Demonstrating analytical and problem-solving abilities


• Experience implementing process improvements and automation

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong programming skills in Python and a solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle principles, with the ability to develop analytical tools and methodologies for evaluating process effectiveness in the financial services industry.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Python Programming


• Software Development Life Cycle


• Analytical Tool Development


• Process Improvement Implementation


• Financial Services Knowledge

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Analytical Tools


• Testing Scripts


• Process Flows


• Risk Identification


• Methodology Creation


• Quantitative Finance


• Automation


• Data Science


• Mathematics


• Statistics

Soft Skills

• Analytical Abilities


• Problem-Solving


• Documentation Skills


• Verbal Communication

Industry Keywords

• Finance


• Economics


• Compliance


• Process Engineering


• Operations Research


• Business Administration