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Cantor Fitzgerald Securities

Lead QA Engineer

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Job Description

Responsibilities: Leading the Quality Assurance function for GBX, the firm's flagship front-office platform for trading Fixed Income, and Interest Rate and Credit derivatives Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met. Act as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources. Work with Development and Product teams to ensure high quality delivery of features. Lead and mentor QA team members. Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated). Responsibilities

Skills Required:

Minimum of 7 years QA/Testing experience, preferably within a global financial firm Minimum of 5 years actively working on financial systems Understanding of Trading Platforms and Trade processing. Test planning skills; requirements mapping, test design and troubleshooting are essential. Experience with defect reporting and tracking tools such as JIRA Excellent verbal and written communication skills Understanding of the entire software development lifecycle Self-motivator Working knowledge of SQL Preferred:

Knowledge of Front office Trading Techniques Knowledge of UNIX/ Linux platforms Knowledge of performance testing techniques Experience in automating Java applications is a plus Experience with FIX protocol is a plus Experience in Java, XML, JSON and Web services is a plus Educational Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree required