Senior Automation QA Engineer with Python

Project description

Join our Market Connectivity team, focused on building and maintaining ultra-low latency trading systems and exchange connectivity solutions for global financial markets. As a Senior Automation QA Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of high-throughput applications operating in a high-performance computing environment, developing automated testing solutions that support critical trading and market data workflows.

Responsibilities

Design test strategies and automation approaches for low-latency trading platforms and exchange connectivity solutions

Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and test suites using Python

Create automated API, integration, end-to-end, and regression tests for trading and market connectivity workflows

Validate exchange connectivity, market data flows, and order processing across global trading venues

Verify the functional correctness, reliability, and performance of trading gateways and market access components

Analyze business requirements and latency-sensitive trading workflows to ensure effective test coverage

Investigate test failures, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate closely with developers to resolve issues

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and contribute to the quality, stability, and production readiness of trading systems

Skills

Must have

Strong experience in software testing with a solid understanding of test automation principles and best practices

Hands-on experience in Python development for test automation

Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites

Strong knowledge of API, integration, end-to-end, and regression testing

Hands-on experience with PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, or similar automation frameworks

Experience testing distributed, real-time, or high-performance systems

Good understanding of market connectivity, market data flows, exchange integrations, or trading workflows

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern software delivery practices

Good knowledge of SQL and database testing techniques

Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills

Nice to have

Experience with Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Electronic Trading, or Market Connectivity solutions

Experience with performance and latency testing of high-throughput distributed systems

Knowledge of messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka, Solace, or IBM MQ

Experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or other CI/CD platforms

Good understanding of Linux/Unix environments and containerization technologies such as Docker

Other

Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

Seniority

Senior

Krakow, Poland

Req. VR-124742

Automated Testing Python

BCM Industry

26/08/2026

Req. VR-124742