Senior Test Automation Engineer
About Us
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.
The Role
We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our European Regulatory Operations Scrum team. The Senior Test Automation Engineer will have a background in trading or investment banking domain and will be working within the scrum team to design and run automated tests and to help delivering value via features/user stories each sprint.
How You’ll Help Take Us There
- Designing test suites for automation to validate functional and non-functional requirements
- Designing test automation framework in Java, Selenium and creating Automation scripts for Regression
- Maintaining and improving existing regression test suites
- Executing Automated and Manual Test cases
- Leading offshore test team members on feature/project delivery
- Keeping up to date with new developments and strategies within their area and the general IT marketplace.
- Offering ideas, advice, and support regarding improvement initiatives within the team.
- Doing what is necessary to ensure all team tasks are completed on schedule
- Working closely with Product Owners, Developers and Client Support staff
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years’ experience in automated testing and creating test automation framework
- 2+ years’ experience in Financial Services
- Ability to analyze and develop test cases for trading applications
- Ability to build on trading system knowledge and provide inputs to the team
- Experience with Java, C# and other object-oriented programming languages to create/ modify automation framework
- Experience testing FIX APIs
- Hands-on experience working on the Cucumber framework for behavior-driven development (BDD) to automate software testing
- Experience with Selenium is a plus
- SQL knowledge with SQL Server or Oracle experience
- Experience working with offshore teams
- Exposure to systems developed on various platforms (Windows and Linux)
- ISEB/ISTQB certification to at least Foundation level is a plus
- Agile Ways of Working, preferably SAFe framework
What You Can Expect from Us
- Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's.
- Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines
- Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days
- Reward for your service: We offer a two-week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service
- Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a “Share Incentive” plan
- Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences
Collaboration and innovation are integral to our success – it's how we got to where we are and how we’ll maintain and grow our competitive advantage. We believe this best happens in an office environment. Employees in Technology work in the office 2 or more days a week. This approach still allows for flexibility depending on the business function you work within but also helps us maintain a collaborative office environment long-term.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- FSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Fitness Subsidies
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- Snacks
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Company Equity
- Stock Purchase Program
- Performance Bonus
- Pension
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Access to Online Courses
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Founder led
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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