sql qa automation engineer (nyc,ny)

$148,907 - $148,907/Yr

Unclassified - New York, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

New York, NY

About the position

The SQL QA Automation Engineer role is a contract position based in New York City, focusing on software development and quality assurance within a financial institution. The ideal candidate will possess strong coding skills in Java or Python, along with SQL experience, to investigate and resolve issues in trading systems. This hybrid role requires effective communication with stakeholders and developers, as well as the ability to build and execute testing suites. The position offers the potential for full-time conversion after the contract period.

Responsibilities

• Interpreting Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
• Communicating with stakeholders to determine accuracy of testing requirements
• Communicating with developers to keep them abreast of testing work and problems uncovered
• Building out testing suites and then running test cases through the suites developed by themselves or by others as needed
• Investigating issues in our trading stack using SQL/Kafka/Java to diagnose the loci of the issues and subsequently communicating with teams needed to fix issues as they arise
• Keeping track of issues identified using JIRA and multiple databases (MYSQL/Oracle)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
• Intermediate to advanced coding experience in Java or Python
• Basic to intermediate SQL experience
• Experience with JIRA and multiple databases (MYSQL/Oracle)
• Strong communication skills

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of FIX protocol
• Experience with CAT/OATS
• Financial knowledge
• Experience presenting results in a group setting

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401K contribution
• Incentive and recognition program