Automation Engineer - Python

So, who are we?

Hello, we're IG Group. We are a publicly-traded FTSE250 FinTech company who run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto.

We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We're global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We're hungry to move faster, ship better product for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers.

We work in cross-functional teams and are laser focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

Your team

Exposure calculates and manage IG's risk from client trading; it provides data for our trading desks, quants, and risk teams. It initiates orders to automatically hedge IG's risk in the market.

Your role in the Team's Success

Your primary responsibility developing and extending our automated test suite to cover an existing manually regression suite. This suite will be used by developers on their own machines to validate changes to the complex system they maintain and be part of the delivery pipeline. The key goal is to reduce the delivery time of software, specifically the manual testing, from days down to minutes.

What you'll do

• Deep dive into our Exposure system and migrate our existing manual regression suite into a python-based automated regression which runs in docker

• Work with the existing QAs, ask questions, and ensure the manual regression is understood and migrated

• Adapt the automation suite itself, where needed, to support and mock out external dependencies so the test suite can run in isolation without any other systems or existing environments

• Ensure the automated suite runs reliably and promptly on both developers machines and as part of our giblab pipeline

What you'll need for this role

Key Qualification Requirements:

• Proficient in Python, async and modern programming principles

• 5+ years of experience as an Automation or Software engineer using similar technologies

• 2+ years of Python specific experience

• Familiarity with BDD (gherkin based) 

• Proficient with docker and experience with docker-compose

• Proven record of understanding and using a wide selection of technologies, like databases, queuing systems or RPC technologies

• Keen and engaged; the domain of the Exposure/risk system is quite complex and will need you to learn & understand both the domain and how Exposure works

• Not required but knowledge of Pricing technologies (e.g. Reuters RFA)

• Not required but ideally knowledge of trading and risk

• We offer 1- year B2B contract

How we work

When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm

• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes

• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs

• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth

• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We're committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.

The Perks

Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work. 

Learn more about the Perks here!

Join us for this exciting journey. Apply now!