Senior QA Engineer

Posted:
2/12/2025, 5:00:56 AM

Location(s):
New York, United States ⋅ New York, New York, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Pay:
$72/hr or $149,760 total comp

DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world. Our mission is realized through an API-based platform, empowering our partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, all from their mobile devices.

Our technology provides partners with a modern, extensible toolkit, enabling traditional investment workflows and innovative techniques like fractional share ownership. DriveWealth has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.

We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform. Our culture blends the pace and opportunity of a tech start-up with the impact, stability, and significance of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. We value diversity and inclusion, celebrating the unique differences of our employees as we scale and grow together. We’re guided by operating principles grounded in accountability, teamwork, integrity, and solutions built to scale. Join us!

About the Role

You will be part of DriveWealth’s QA team, embedded within a product line to ensure software meets QA standards while automating processes and testing. This role is ideal for someone who proactively shares ideas, suggests improvements, and raises concerns about quality issues.

What You’ll Do

  • Design and develop software solutions for test automation and quality assurance using cloud computing tools, JavaScript/Java, REST API, and FIX API
  • Create and implement test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures for financial and trading systems
  • Develop and execute automated web application test scripts and UI test cases
  • Automate and validate REST API and FIX API test scenarios
  • Analyze test results, identify issues, and document findings for debugging and software improvements
  • Break down larger projects into manageable, implementable tasks
  • Communicate technical solutions to teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives
  • Collaborate with business and tech leads to assess testing approaches, bug reviews, and production issues to drive continuous improvement
  • Work with Infra Engineering, QA, and Corp IT to implement large-scale technical solutions
  • Integrate automated test cases into the Jenkins pipeline for continuous testing
  • Build test cases from a Partner/Client perspective and coordinate with stakeholders to capture operational and back-office scenarios

What You'll Need

  • Bachelor’s degree plus 5-10 years of experience in the financial services industry focusing on trading, money movement, settlement, or clearing
  • Proficiency in Java and Python programming
  • Hands-on experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Rest Assured, and JMeter
  • Experience with API and FIX Protocol Testing
  • Knowledge of testing trading flows (equity/options, etc.), money movement, and post-trade systems
  • Experience using JIRA and Test Case Management Tools (TestRail/Allure)
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
  • Understanding of ActiveMQ/Kafka is a plus

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Compensation
Compensation package offerings are based on candidate experience and technical qualifications, as it relates to the role. These are identified and determined throughout your interviewing experience.

Please note
: this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.

New York, NY (Hybrid) Pay Range
$150,000$170,000 USD

Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental Health and family planning services
  • Unlimited paid time off with ten observed holidays
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • $2,500 each year to invest in continued education and personal development
  • $75 a month in fitness and wellness reimbursement
  • Company-provided phone
  • Hybrid work experience that allows for flexibility
  • For in-office employees, a daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, and engaging office space in the Financial District

*The benefits outlined above are for US employees, benefit offerings vary based on location

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

TO ALL AGENCIES: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of DriveWealth outside of the Talent organization. DriveWealth’s policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via Greenhouse (ATS). Agencies must have a valid services agreement executed and must have been assigned by the Talent team to a specific requisition. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of DriveWealth. In the event a candidate submitted outside of this policy is hired, no fee or payment will be paid.