Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Software Developer in Test (SDET) – Equity Derivatives Trading Platform

Position Details

• Job Title: Software Developer in Test (SDET)
• Client: Jefferies
• Location: Remote in India
• Employment Type: Contract 1 year
• Domain: Capital Markets – Equity Derivatives Trading
• Zone: US Time zone

Role Overview

Jefferies is seeking a Software Developer in Test (SDET) to join its Equity Derivatives Technology team. This role combines test automation engineering with DevOps and CI/CD automation, supporting a high-performance trading platform across multiple asset classes including Equities, Bonds, Options, Futures, and Swaps.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in C#/.NET, C++, SQL Server, PowerShell/Python scripting, CI/CD pipelines, and Capital Markets, with hands-on expertise in automating end-to-end trade lifecycle testing.

Key Responsibilities

1. Test Automation

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for C#/.NET and C++ applications.
• Develop automated regression, integration, API, and UI test suites.
• Automate end-to-end trade lifecycle validation:
• Order Creation
• Trade Enrichment
• Booking
• Persistence
• Build UI automation using tools such as:
• TestComplete
• Ranorex
• UFT
• Selenium
• Review existing applications and identify automation opportunities.
• Mentor team members on automation best practices.

2. DevOps & CI/CD Automation

• Design and maintain Jenkins/Bamboo CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate application deployment and regression execution.
• Develop deployment scripts using:
• PowerShell
• Python
• Automate environment provisioning, configuration management, rollback, and health checks.
• Support Bitbucket branching and pull request workflows.

3. Test Orchestration

• Build automated test orchestration solutions.
• Seed SQL Server test data.
• Publish test messages to:
• MSMQ
• RabbitMQ
• Automate QA environment setup and teardown.
• Build repeatable automated regression environments.

4. Quality Engineering

• Analyze business requirements and functional specifications.
• Develop:
• Test Plans
• Test Scenarios
• UAT Test Cases
• Test Strategies
• Maintain traceability using:
• QTest
• HP ALM
• JIRA

5. Monitoring & Reporting

• Develop monitoring dashboards.
• Integrate automation with Splunk.
• Build utilities for log parsing and audit validation.
• Monitor application health and test execution.

Required Technical Skills

Programming

• C#
• .NET
• C++
• PowerShell
• Python
• SQL

Automation Tools

• Selenium
• TestComplete
• Ranorex
• UFT
• NUnit
• MSTest
• xUnit

CI/CD & DevOps

• Jenkins
• Bamboo
• Bitbucket
• Git
• PowerShell Deployment
• Octopus Deploy (Preferred)

API & Messaging

• REST APIs
• WCF
• Postman
• RestSharp
• Pact
• MSMQ
• RabbitMQ
• Kafka
• FIX Protocol

Database

• Microsoft SQL Server
• Stored Procedures
• Test Data Management

Performance & Monitoring

• Splunk
• JMeter
• k6

Domain Expertise

• Capital Markets
• Equity Derivatives
• Options
• Futures
• Swaps
• Bonds
• Front Office Trading
• Trade Lifecycle