The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $90 billion in investment capital as of March 1, 2026, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since our founding in 1988, our firm has earned an international reputation for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk management, and the quality and depth of our staff. We have a significant presence in the world's capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments in both developed and developing economies.

We are looking for a Senior SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) for our Quality and Test Engineering (QTE) team based in Hyderabad/Bengaluru/Gurugram. The team is responsible for ensuring the quality of trading system infrastructure.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

In this role, you'll develop testing frameworks and monitoring tools and also build and maintain automation tools and systems with a more agile approach. You'll be understanding various system components and assessing the impact of the changes. You'll be delivering quality features and products by following rigorous testing techniques. You'll also be exhibiting thoughtful, dedicated ownership and consistently increase your expertise in your specific area of work. You'll improve efficiency by identifying and automating test cases. Furthermore, you'll be focusing more on high order test engineering practices and white box testing with full access to product codebase and awareness of all possible use cases. You'll be working with a tech stack primarily involving Python, Java, Javascript, C++.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

The ideal candidate should have two to five years of experience with an impressive educational background, preferably with an engineering degree in computer science
Candidate should have a hands-on working experience and a firm hold in a high-level programming language like Java, Python or C++
Candidate should have robust analytical, logical, and problem-solving skills with excellent functional testing skills
The candidate should have hands-on exposure to unit-testing frameworks, test automation frameworks
Candidates having experience in UNIX environments with exposure to scripting in Python and shell scripts will have an added advantage

Interested candidates can apply through our website: https://www.deshawindia.com/recruit/jobs/Ads/Link/SrMemQTEJuly26

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The Firm offers excellent benefits, a casual, collegial working environment, and an attractive compensation package. For further information about our recruitment process, including how applicant data will be processed, please visit https://www.deshawindia.com/careers

Members of the D. E. Shaw group do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of sex, race, colour, caste, creed, religion, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

Senior Member/SDET (QTE)