Senior QA Engineer (Backend / API)

Role Overview:

We are looking for a QA Engineer to join the team developing our intraday / real-time risk platform in the financial markets domain. The platform is live in production and is currently undergoing intensive scaling, with additional trading desks being onboarded sequentially.

This is a fully technical role focused on backend and API, with a strong emphasis on stability, regression, and data quality in a high business-critical environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Test backend services and APIs (functional + regression)

• Conduct integration testing in a distributed systems environment

• Validate risk data (intraday vs EOD, consistency, completeness)

• Collaborate with developers (Java) to analyze defects and edge cases

• Test changes arising from onboarding new trading desks

• Work closely with releases – ensuring fast feedback loops

• Contribute to defining backend testing strategies

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience as a QA / Test Engineer in backend systems

• Strong knowledge of API testing (REST Assured)

• Practical experience with Java-based systems (reading code, understanding logic)

• Experience with gRPC / RPC-based communication (or similar mechanisms)

• Testing real-time / near real-time systems or complex data systems

• Experience with CI/CD – preferred: Azure DevOps

• Experience working in Agile environments

• Ability to analyze problems independently

• Experience in Financial Markets / Risk / Trading systems