Senior QA Automation Engineer - Pro Desktop

Requirements

• Strong programming skills in Python or another automation-oriented language
• Trading knowledge and experience - understanding of order types, trade execution, margin trading, and general financial markets
• Proven ability to design comprehensive test plans before implementation
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining test automation frameworks for desktop or complex applications
• Strong manual testing skills and ability to think creatively to uncover edge cases and unexpected bugs
• Familiarity with desktop automation tools like WinAppDriver, Spectron, PyAutoGUI, or similar frameworks
• Solid understanding of QA principles, including exploratory testing, regression testing, and bug tracking
• Comfort with CI/CD integration and automation at scale

Nice to Haves

• Deep expertise in crypto markets or derivatives trading
• Experience testing across multiple OS environments (macOS, Windows, Linux)
• Experience with Rust development or Rust tooling (Cargo, Clippy, etc.)
• Familiarity with Iced or other declarative UI frameworks
• Experience in fintech platforms or financial services
• Experience in performance profiling, security testing, or accessibility testing

What You'll Be Doing

• Create comprehensive test plans before feature development, defining manual and automated testing strategies
• Perform hands-on manual testing during development cycles to validate new features before automation
• Balance manual exploratory testing with automation to catch edge cases that scripts might miss
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to define QA processes for a mission-critical trading platform
• Help design and build a custom desktop testing framework, drawing inspiration from tools like WinAppDriver, Spectron, and PyAutoGUI
• Design and maintain desktop UI automation suites, with opportunities to expand into cross-platform coverage
• Lead automation initiatives end-to-end: strategy, implementation, CI/CD integration, and scaling coverage
• Drive performance, security, and accessibility testing to deliver a top-tier experience for traders
• Proactively document, report, and triage bugs to improve release quality and velocity

Perks and Benefits

• No specific perks and benefits mentioned in the job description