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Senior Automation QA Engineer with Python

Luxoft • Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

hybridfull-time
Posted Aug 26, 2026Apply by Sep 25, 2026

**Role & seniority: ** Senior Automation QA Engineer (Market Connectivity / ultra-low latency trading systems)

**Stack/tools: **

  • Python (test automation)

  • PyTest, Playwright, Selenium (or similar)

  • API / integration / end-to-end / regression testing

  • CI/CD pipelines, Git

  • SQL and database testing

  • Market connectivity/trading workflows knowledge

  • Top 3 responsibilities:

    • Design test strategies and automation for low-latency trading platforms and exchange connectivity

    • Build/maintain automated test frameworks and suites in Python; create API/integration/E2E/regression tests

    • Integrate tests into CI/CD, analyze failures, and perform root-cause analysis with developers

  • Must-have skills:

    • Strong software testing fundamentals and automation best practices

    • Hands-on Python for automation; experience designing test frameworks

    • Experience with API/integration/E2E/regression testing

    • Testing experience with distributed real-time / high-performance systems

    • Working knowledge of market connectivity / market data flows / exchange integrations / trading workflows

    • CI/CD + Git; troubleshooting/debugging and RCA

    • SQL and database testing techniques

  • Nice-to-haves:

    • Direct experience validating exchange connectivity, order processing, and market data feeds across venues

    • Experience optimizing test coverage specifically for **latency-s

Full Description

Project Description

  • Join our Market Connectivity team, focused on building and maintaining ultra-low latency trading systems and exchange connectivity solutions for global financial markets. As a Senior Automation QA Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of high-throughput applications operating in a high-performance computing environment, developing automated testing solutions that support critical trading and market data workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Design test strategies and automation approaches for low-latency trading platforms and exchange connectivity solutions

  • Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and test suites using Python

  • Create automated API, integration, end-to-end, and regression tests for trading and market connectivity workflows

  • Validate exchange connectivity, market data flows, and order processing across global trading venues

  • Verify the functional correctness, reliability, and performance of trading gateways and market access components

  • Analyze business requirements and latency-sensitive trading workflows to ensure effective test coverage

  • Investigate test failures, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate closely with developers to resolve issues

  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and contribute to the quality, stability, and production readiness of trading systems

Mandatory Skills Description

  • Strong experience in software testing with a solid understanding of test automation principles and best practices

  • Hands-on experience in Python development for test automation

  • Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites

  • Strong knowledge of API, integration, end-to-end, and regression testing

  • Hands-on experience with PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, or similar automation frameworks

  • Experience testing distributed, real-time, or high-performance systems

  • Good understanding of market connectivity, market data flows, exchange integrations, or trading workflows

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern software delivery practices

  • Good knowledge of SQL and database testing techniques

  • Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills

🏠 Hybrid work (3 days/week from the office)

What do we offer our employees? 💰Copyrights which means higher net salary for Developers 🌐 Fully remote recruitment process 🖋 Stable employment based on an employment contract LuxMed health & dental care 🏦 Life insurance, 🧳 Travel insurance 🏋🏽 MyBenefit program (sports card, well-being program etc.) 📞Employee assistance program for you and your family! (consultations with a psychologist, coaching sessions, assistance in private life) 🚗 Car rental 🎓 LuxTalent platform (webinars, training, courses with certificates) 🌎 Internal Mobility program - possibility of rotation between projects, locations, accounts ...and even more!

PythonTest AutomationPyTestPlaywrightSeleniumAPI TestingIntegration TestingEnd-to-end TestingRegression TestingCI/CDGitSQLMarket ConnectivityLow-latency Trading SystemsRoot Cause AnalysisDistributed Systemsmulti-location

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