Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Job Description

Frontend Quality Assurance Engineer

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Location: Chicago, IL

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Job Type: Full-Time Opportunity

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Responsibilities:

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• Perform hands-on manual and exploratory testing of web-based applications supporting financial operations and instrument management validating critical user workflows, functionality, usability, responsiveness, and accessibility across internal and customer-facing interfaces.

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• Develop, execute, and maintain detailed test cases covering standard functionality, complex scenarios, and edge cases.

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• Identify defects and work closely with development teams to troubleshoot, document, and resolve issues.

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• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to establish and maintain comprehensive quality standards.

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• Contribute to test strategy and planning for new features, products, integrations, and system enhancements.

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• Monitor application behavior, data integrity, system performance, and security requirements.

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• Analyze test results and communicate defects, risks, and quality trends to technical and business stakeholders.

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• Help drive continuous improvements in QA processes, automation, and overall testing effectiveness.

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Required Skills:

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• Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience in software quality assurance, software testing, or test automation.

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• Hands-on experience with modern web application testing and automation.

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• Experience with Playwright, Cucumber, and JUnit or comparable testing frameworks.

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• Experience with both manual and automated testing methodologies.

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• Working knowledge of Java and Python.

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• Experience with SQL and database validation.

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• Familiarity with REST APIs and WebSocket testing.

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• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD environments.

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• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with exceptional attention to detail.

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Preferred Skills:

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• Experience in financial services, capital markets, FinTech, trading, or exchange technology.

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• Familiarity with FIX protocol or other financial messaging technologies.

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• Knowledge of financial markets and instruments, including futures and options.

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• Experience testing high-performance, high-volume, or low-latency applications.

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• Exposure to performance, security, accessibility, or load testing.

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• Experience testing complex workflows across distributed systems.

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