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Lead QA Analyst
ICE
Calgary, CAN
Full Time
Lead
5 days ago
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About the Role
ICE NGX seeks a Lead QA Analyst to own testing for clearing systems, including intraday risk management and settlement. You will create test plans, execute test cases, mentor team members, and collaborate with development and project management teams.
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Responsibilities
- Create test plans for software releases detailing overall strategy for testing complex systems
- Perform complex QA work utilizing strong technical skillset and understanding of quantitative finance and clearing house risk management
- Document, maintain, and execute detailed test cases to validate system functionality
- Deploy software release builds, maintain test environments, and troubleshoot software/hardware configuration problems
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and work with relevant teams to define and execute ideas
- Mentor and manage projects assigned to QA Analysts on the team
Requirements
- 7+ years of overall QA experience in roles of increasing responsibility
- Strong knowledge of Quality Assurance methodologies and processes
- Experience with both White Box and Black Box Testing
- Ability to independently write complex SQL queries
- Understanding of Financial Markets/clearing house risk management concepts
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline
- 2+ years’ experience scripting using Python, JavaScript, etc.
- Experience with AI assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor
- 5+ years’ experience with commodity markets, financial trading environment, or equity brokerage business
Full Job Posting
Job Purpose
- This is a position with NGX, a subsidiary of ICE Group, offering products across commodities throughout Canada and the US.
- As a Lead QA Analyst (Clearing Systems), you will work with users, System or QA Analysts, Development and Project Management teams to understand business, product and system requirements.
- You will create and execute test plans and test cases, maintain QA artifacts, coordinate test execution, train users, and provide user support.
Responsibilities
- Work with technology team in building cutting edge Clearing Systems like intraday risk management, delivery management, and settlement management systems.
- Create test plans for software releases to detail overall strategy for testing complex systems, including defining resources and test scope.
- Perform complex QA work utilizing strong technical skillset and understanding of quantitative finance and clearing house risk management concepts.
- Be the go to person for all stakeholders for assigned system and functionality.
- Document, maintain, and execute detailed test cases to validate system functionality, identify and document software defects, and track test case execution status.
- Test systems in a multi tiered based design featuring Java and JavaScript architectures (extJS, JQuery, Oracle APEX, ReactJS).
- Deploy software release builds, maintain test environments, and perform troubleshooting of software/hardware configuration problems.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and work with relevant teams to define and execute ideas.
- Contribute to team by mentoring and managing projects assigned to QA Analysts and assisting other technical & product managers in evaluation of product requirements.
Knowledge And Experience
- Strong knowledge and understanding of Quality Assurance and how team contributions factor into overall health of the technology function.
- Strong background in functional testing with ability to design and develop comprehensive test strategy and test cases.
- Strong background in reviewing business and functional requirements to produce test strategy and test cases.
- Experience participating in all aspects of a full lifecycle development methodology and related quality concepts and processes.
- Extensive knowledge of testing process, testing methodology analysis and defect reporting tools.
- Experience with both White Box and Black Box Testing.
- 7+ years of overall QA experience in roles of increasing responsibility.
- Prefer 5+ years’ experience with commodity markets, financial trading environment, or equity brokerage business and exposure to futures markets.
- Understanding of Financial Markets/clearing house risk management concepts (portfolio risk management, margin calculations, options pricing, historical simulation, etc.) is required.
- Ability to understand and implement spreadsheets containing financial engineering formulas and create test plans from the same.
- Ability to independently write complex SQL queries involving data searches and mathematical calculations over large datasets is a must. Prefer 5+ years’ experience writing and executing SQL queries.
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline.
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