Description
RESPONSIBILITIES- Act as the primary point of contact in quality assurance working directly with the firm's risk teams
- Review technical requirements with quantitative terminology to produce test scenarios, test cases, and overall strategy for testing the quantitative models
- Perform all aspects of verification, including functional, regression, system, integration, and performance testing
- Develop and maintain comprehensive test data and regression test suites
- Take ownership of testing procedures by ensuring code is designed and built to meet business needs
- Collaborate with development in the design process to maximize testability of systems
- Some opportunity for automation testing to increase regression test coverage and efficiency
- Conduct both white box and black box testing
QUALIFICATIONS
- Financial background a MUST:
o Experience in working with Risk Management or Portfolio Margining Models and Systems
o Experience with spreadsheets containing financial engineering formulas and create test plans and test cases
- Ideally 5+ quality assurance/testing experience working with highly transactional systems in the financial or trading industry
- Technical background:
o Scripting experience preferred- Matlab, Python, etc.
o Experience with full SDLC
o Experience working in a Unix environment
o Proficient with database concepts (SQL)
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment, delivering quality software to production within tight schedules amid rapidly changing requirements
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
- Education:
o Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Finance, Applied Math, Economics, Financial Engineering, Computer Science or Management Information Systems
o Masters degree in financial mathematics, financial engineering, MS Finance is preferred.
Very competitive compensation packages offered. If you feel that you are a good fit for this position, please submit your resume highlighting your technical experience as it relates to this description. Please contact Lindsay Haddock at Huxley Associates at with questions.