Quality Engineer
New York, NY

Job Description

Job Purpose

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) presents a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and address complex business challenges in the financial sector. The Quality Engineer position plays a key role in testing and delivering trading, listing, compliance and surveillance applications, while supporting all stages of the Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC). The successful candidate will be able to multitask in a dynamic team-based environment, while demonstrating strong problem-solving, extensive technical skills, decision-making abilities and the highest level of professionalism. The candidate is also expected to have a strong programming etiquette and excellent business knowledge/experience.

Responsibilities

* Work with cross-functional teams to build scenarios in requirements, design and coding phases
* Develop solutions to do session level, functional, technical, failover testing across the entire stack - application, hardware, firmware, OS and network
* Perform analysis of data from QA and production to build scenarios
* Review code base in C++ and make recommendations for testing scenarios; analyze changes introduced and assess the technical testing required
* Maintain testing and analysis tools; identify any negative changes to both QA and production environments and work with teams to resolve those concerns
* The candidate will be responsible for building programs in C++ and Python to help ensure the delivery of quality trading system applications and drive solutions
* Take the initiative to improve efficiencies across systems/projects
* Support operations, including executing process validations, methodology and audits

Knowledge and Experience

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field preferred
* 3+ years of experience as a Quality Engineer, working on low latency client/server applications
* 3+ years of relevant experience including software design, development, testing and deployment
* Intermediate programming/scripting knowledge in C++, and Python or Perl Scripting
* Must have 3+ years of Linux/Unix experience with handling big data files
* Minimum 3+ years hands on experience on RDBMS
* Extensive financial domain business experience and acumen
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Excellent verbal, written communication and customer service skills
* Ability to work in a highly demanding and fast-paced environment
* Ability to multitask and work independently on multiple projects
* Knowledge of FIX and binary protocol is a plus
* Experience with trading applications is a plus
* Experience with supporting production changes, UAT testing and debugging prod issues

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability or veteran status, or other protected status.

Additional Information

* Job Type: Standard
* Schedule: Full-time