What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Engineer in Test position at Exegy?
Description
About Exegy
Exegy is a global leader in intelligent market data, advanced trading systems, and future-proof technology. Exegy serves as a trusted partner to the complete ecosystem of the buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, and financial services technology firms around the globe. Headquartered in St. Louis with regional offices in North America, the UK/Europe and Asia Pacific, Exegy has the global footprint to deliver world-class support and managed services to its customer base of elite financial market participants.
Job Summary
Exegy is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and thorough SDET to work directly with Product Development engineers in our Order Execution and Market Data Development team.. The team is responsible for the development, testing, and delivery of new product feature enhancements, fixes, and maintenance updates across a range of products.
You are already or will become a product and industry expert in key areas of the trading systems domain. You will work closely with your Manager, Architect, Leads, and other Development Engineers to develop automated Verification and Validation systems, test strategies, plans, and test cases to ensure the high standard of product quality our customers expect. You will advance to mentor other team members in the domain, our products, and QA methods and processes.
Responsibilities
About Exegy
Exegy is a global leader in intelligent market data, advanced trading systems, and future-proof technology. Exegy serves as a trusted partner to the complete ecosystem of the buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, and financial services technology firms around the globe. Headquartered in St. Louis with regional offices in North America, the UK/Europe and Asia Pacific, Exegy has the global footprint to deliver world-class support and managed services to its customer base of elite financial market participants.
Job Summary
Exegy is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and thorough SDET to work directly with Product Development engineers in our Order Execution and Market Data Development team.. The team is responsible for the development, testing, and delivery of new product feature enhancements, fixes, and maintenance updates across a range of products.
You are already or will become a product and industry expert in key areas of the trading systems domain. You will work closely with your Manager, Architect, Leads, and other Development Engineers to develop automated Verification and Validation systems, test strategies, plans, and test cases to ensure the high standard of product quality our customers expect. You will advance to mentor other team members in the domain, our products, and QA methods and processes.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the full test lifecycle, including analysis & design, implementation, test execution, and release processes
- Application of proven QA techniques and experience working with teams to fully understand requirements to develop appropriate test methods and cases
- Execute tests and report on testing outcomes of functional and non-functional testing
- Following direction from Manager and achieving defined goals
- Self-management of tasks and projects to agreed deadlines
- Developing knowledge of the trading systems domain and company products
- Work with cross-functional team members to advise and ensure appropriate QA occurs
- Strong client focus, with an emphasis on quality and stability in line with service level agreements
- 7 years of experience in software engineering and/or quality assurance
- 7 years of experience in software development and test automation
- 7 years Python and/or shell scripting experience
- 7 years C programming experience desired
- Experience with other programming/scripting languages a plus
- Experience with continuous integration / continuous delivery highly desired
- Experience with test automation highly desired
- Experience with containerization and orchestration highly desired
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal, and organizational skills
- Capital-markets and/or Financial Services knowledge (Trading, Market Data, protocols) desired
- Cross-platform experience (Linux and Microsoft Windows) desired
- Experience with financial, transactional, or message-based (e.g. FIX, FIXFAST, SBE) systems desired
- Practical Agile development knowledge and experience a plus
- The position requires a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field, or the foreign equivalent degree
