
Manual Test Engineer (Backend Testing & Unix)
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in a strong experienced team delivering complex technology solutions to international clients.
- You will work with, and learn from subject matter experts, and have the opportunity to take on more responsibility and progress within the Quality Assurance team.
- Document test strategy, test cases, prepare test environment, perform integration and system testing, regression testing, and raise defects in the system.
- Independently test the software systems end to end and perform root cause analysis of issues observed during the testing cycle.
- Effective communication skills, with excellent ability to question vague requirements and be comfortable in presenting testing strategies in front of any audience.
- Analytical skills with a structured approach, a great teammate and someone who has a goal for improving business best practices and a passion for problem solving.
- At least 8-12 years of software testing experience specifically in Server-Side Testing with strong back-end testing knowledge and proven record of using UNIX/Linux command line tools and regular expression (grep, sed, Perl, awk, etc.)
- Must have commercial experience with Linux based scripting languages, such as Bash and Python.
- Financial Services, Trading or Capital Markets domain experience is preferred.
- Should have a can-do positive attitude and able to multi-task multiple project priorities.
- Must be proactive, act as an owner and able to follow-up on the blocking issues affecting release schedule and look for alternative test solutions.
- Should be able to identify the project risks in terms of the testing perspective and meeting committed deadlines.
- Must be able to determine the scope of testing based on the business requirements and technical specifications.
- Ability to independently plan and set up the test environment and focus on getting the things done till completion.
- Ability to analyze the test results, perform deep dive investigation and root cause analysis of the data.
- Ability to mentor, guide and train more junior QA team members.
- Bachelor/Master in computer science, Information Systems or related discipline.
- Experience working with multiple asset classes (equity, commodities, fixed income)
- Experience in working with high transaction volumes.
- Experience in testing applications/service hosted in AWS.
- Previous experience working in Compliance, Regulation, Surveillance domain or any other related domain.
- Experience in developing and maintaining testing tools/framework to be used by the broader team using Bash, Python, etc.
- Specialist Certifications in QA/Testing Methodology.
- Annual monetary bonus.
- An opportunity to become a Nasdaq shareholder
- Employee Stock Purchase Program Nasdaq stocks with a discount
- Health Insurance Program
- Flexible working schedule and hybrid way of work
- Flex day program (up to 6 paid days off a year)
- Internal mentorship program – get a mentor or become one
- Wide selection of online learning resources, e.g., Udemy