Senior-Lead QA Auto/Manual (with Trading exp and JS)
Building a trading platform for an innovative international top-tier hedge fund from the ground up, comprising a front‑office system for traders, pre‑trade checks and analysis, intra‑day positions management, order management and routing, risks and limits management, reports of trading activities, FIX connectivity, market data providers connectivity (e.g. Bloomberg B‑pipe).
Responsibilities
- Interaction with business stakeholders, end‑users, developers, and other QA
- Lead the QA team
- Manual API testing
- Analyzing logs and test results
- Work on backend automation
- Creation test cases in TestRail
- Be pro‑active in terms of process building
- Manual testing of desktop application (trading platform)
What is relevant to have
- Strong experience in manual and automation testing of both UI and backend (APIs, Java microservices)
- Proficiency in functional, regression, integration, and end‑to‑end (E2E) testing
- Hands‑on experience with Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, or Cypress for UI test automation
- Experience testing UI built with React or similar
- Experience testing RESTful APIs using Postman, RestAssured
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
- Ability to work in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps teams
Leadership & Team Management Skills
- Experience leading QA teams, mentoring testers, and driving best practices
- Ability to define testing strategies, prioritize test efforts, and improve overall QA processes
- Experience in collaborating with developers, DevOps, and product teams to ensure high‑quality releases
- Strong decision‑making skills and ability to coordinate testing efforts in an Agile environment
- Experience in hiring, training, and performance reviews for QA team members
- Ability to drive automation initiatives and ensure alignment with business goals
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in UI and backend testing (manual & automation)
- 2+ years of experience in leading QA teams or mentoring junior testers
- Experience testing microservices, APIs, event‑driven systems, and web applications
What is nice to have
- Business domain experience (Trading, FIX protocol)
- Experience integrating automated tests into Jenkins/Azure CI/CD
- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
- Experience with JMeter, Gatling for performance testing
hybrid in Gdansk, Wroclaw, Warsaw or Krakow
