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Own the quality engineering strategy for a complex fintech trading platform — ideal for engineers who enjoy architecture, automation, distributed systems, and solving high-impact engineering challenges beyond traditional testing.

ClearRoute is a global engineering consultancy focused on quality engineering, cloud platforms, and developer experience. We are hiring a QA Automation Architect to lead testing strategy, automation architecture, and quality engineering practices for a sophisticated fintech trading platform where reliability, scalability, and engineering excellence are critical.

This is a highly technical role where you'll work as an engineering peer to development teams, helping shape architecture decisions, improve software quality, reduce release risk, and build modern testing practices across complex distributed systems.

Candidates from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, HSBC, Fidelity, Nasdaq, CME Group, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, HCL, Capgemini, Cognizant, EPAM, Thoughtworks, Publicis Sapient, Accenture, IBM, Oracle, or similar fintech, financial services, and enterprise technology organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you meet 70% of the requirements below, we strongly encourage you to apply.

What You'll Do

Own quality engineering architecture and automation strategy for a complex fintech trading platform.
Design scalable testing frameworks, automation approaches, and quality engineering best practices.
Write, review, and improve C++ unit tests across business-critical applications and services.
Improve software testability, regression coverage, mocking strategies, and engineering standards.
Design and implement contract testing solutions using PactBroker, Pact, or equivalent consumer-driven contract testing approaches.
Define testing strategies across APIs, services, integrations, distributed systems, and release pipelines.
Partner closely with software engineers, architects, and product teams to understand architecture, business workflows, and system risks.
Analyze failure scenarios, release risks, integration challenges, and platform reliability concerns.
Drive improvements across CI/CD pipelines, automation reliability, release quality, and engineering productivity.
Promote software engineering discipline, automation-first thinking, and modern quality practices.
Mentor engineers and influence quality engineering standards across teams and stakeholders.
Communicate technical recommendations and architectural decisions to senior engineering and business stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

8+ years of experience in software engineering, SDET, QA automation, or quality engineering roles.
Strong hands-on experience with C++ development and automated testing.
Experience designing and implementing automation frameworks for complex distributed systems.
Deep understanding of unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and software quality principles.
Experience with contract testing tools such as PactBroker, Pact, or equivalent consumer-driven contract testing frameworks.
Ability to read, analyze, and contribute to production-grade application code.
Experience working with APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and service-oriented architectures.
Strong understanding of CI/CD practices, automation architecture, and release engineering.
Experience in fintech, capital markets, trading platforms, financial services, or highly regulated environments is highly desirable.
Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and architectural decision-making skills.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and consulting capabilities.
Comfortable operating in client-facing environments and influencing technical direction.

QA Automation Architect, Test Architect, SDET Architect, Software Engineer in Test, Principal QA Engineer, Quality Engineering Lead, Automation Architect, QA Architect, Test Automation Lead, or equivalent professionals are welcome to apply.

Don't meet every requirement If you're excited about this role and meet 70% of the criteria, apply anyway. We hire for engineering excellence, technical depth, and long-term growth potential.

Why Join ClearRoute

Work on a mission-critical fintech trading platform where quality engineering directly impacts business outcomes.
Influence architecture, automation strategy, and engineering practices at an organizational level.
Collaborate with highly skilled engineers, architects, and fintech technology leaders.
Solve challenging problems across distributed systems, APIs, cloud platforms, and financial technology environments.
Join a consultancy recognized for quality engineering, cloud engineering, and developer experience expertise.
Gain exposure to complex financial systems and modern engineering practices.

What We Offer

Architect-level ownership and decision-making responsibility.
Exposure to advanced automation, contract testing, and software engineering practices.
Opportunity to shape engineering quality across a strategic customer engagement.
Flexible working arrangements following initial collaboration requirements.
Competitive compensation for candidates with rare combinations of C++, contract testing, and fintech expertise.

Our Hiring Process

Flexiple Interview → Profile Review → ClearRoute Technical Architecture Round → Domain & Stakeholder Round → Final Alignment Round

Applications close this Friday — apply before then to be considered in the first round.

We are shortlisting candidates within 24–48 hours — apply now to be considered.

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