On behalf of our client, an international financial service provider located in Prague, we are looking for an external resource with skills and abilities as stated below:

Functional Test Engineer - Test Automation - Trading - Python - Selenium - GitHub (f/m/d) financial area Prague

Tasks and responsibilities:

• System Testing of our client's cash and derivatives platform and pricing engine.
• Review IT specifications and provide feedback to the Trading Functionality team.
• Test case design and test data definition as well as test execution per functional specifications.
• Back End and Front End test case automation using an in-house automation tool, python, selenium and BDD test framework.
• Defect analysis, reporting and retesting.
• Close collaboration with specification and build teams as well as business stakeholders to verify expectations and test findings.
• Maintain and update automated test suites (regression test portfolio) with new functional requirements
• The Software Engineer has the skills to develop large and/or complex programs, incl. design, coding and testing. As part of test responsibilities, the Software Engineer defines and creates test cases, executes test activities and reports on progress.

Mandatory skills and experiences: 

• University degree in Information Technology or equivalent.
• University degree, preferably in Economics, (Financial) Mathematics, Computer Science or any other quantitative discipline.
• 2+ years of test automation experience, preferably using python and/or BDD test frameworks.
• Scripting experience, preferably in Python, Selenium and Shell.
• User level experience with a Linux operating system.
• Knowledge of cash and derivatives trading, in addition to options pricing models strongly preferred.
• Experience with GitHub, Jira, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) is of advantage.
• Knowledge of relational databases (eg MySQL) is of advantage.
• Willingness to learn in addition to identify, drive and implement potential improvements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills in a distributed working environment.
• Ability to manage multiple project priorities, deadlines and deliverables simultaneously.
• Fluent English, German is beneficial.

Additional Information:

• Start date of assignment: ASAP
• Initial contract duration: 31.12.2024
• Degree of project work: Full-time
• Location: Prague (50% remote work possible)

Please let us know if this position is of interest to you. We will be happy to send you further information and look forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,
Andy

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