Principal Engineer QA, FX Exchange Engineering

FX Trading Systems Principal Architect, Quality Assurance

Job Scope/Duties

Shape the testing team and test architecture for a robust and scalable backend systems that power critical financial applications on a multi dealer FX Platform!

You will work as a Lead in Test Engineering within an elite delivery team.

Be very hands on while driving a team of around 30+ QA.

Apply your understanding and expertise in distributed systems to design and develop strategy of testing to provide quality releases!

Work closely with multi-functional teams to deliver innovative solution that meet the evolving needs of the financial industry.

Manage the velocity of the team by assigning stories and issues to team members based on their expertise.

Represent the team in SOS ceremonies and Product discussions with Business aligned teams.

Qualifications/Requirements

Proven experience

Good understanding of trading systems architectures and how to effectively test them.

Excellent knowledge of QA principals for Functional and Non-Functional testing.

Technology

Proven experience as a Java developer, with at least 10-15 years in a senior development role, in test organization focus on trading systems preferably with an exchange, multi-dealer FX platform or a top tier bank.

Must have used Cucumber-java as framework for 5 years to deliver BDD style automated test cases.

Understanding of Kafka, Redis, ELK stack, Datadog, would be useful

Understanding of RTO/RPO and how to test them would be considered a huge positive.

Strong proficiency in Java and JVM technology.

Have knowhow of AWS or Azure cloud environment.

Understanding of docker and Kubernetes.

Some knowledge of cloud orchestration tools like terraform and helm

Knowledgeable on cloud-native architectures.

Experience with database design and management (SQL and No SQL databases).

Confident with Linux, including shell scripting

Development Process

Understands Agile process and metrics related to monitor the team

Excellent at automating processes and recognizing potential improvement in processes

Attitude

Strong communication skills with ability to articulate technical design, issues, choices etc. to both technical and non-technical audience.

Go getter Attitude and ability to balance quick iterative development with parallel elaboration on requirements.

Education

• Bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or related field.

Benefits

• Work with elite global and diverse engineering team located in Singapore, Bangkok, London, New york and Bucharest
• We are a diverse and inclusive organization

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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