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Junior Test Automation Engineer - Trading Systems

RTX Fintech and Research
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RTX FINTECH & RESEARCH

RTX is a marketplace for derivatives dealers, and other ECPs in the global interest rate swaps and options markets. https://www.rtxfintech.com/

 

RTX is led by interdealer swap market professionals who utilize unparalleled industry expertise to deliver highly liquid, scalable, and low-cost trading solutions for swaps trading practitioners in the global derivative markets.

 

Job Title: Junior Test Automation Engineer - Trading Systems

 

Company Description

RTX Fintech and research develops and operates the 1st fully electronic inter-dealer marketplace for interest rate swaps and other derivatives. The marketplace is an innovative platform that provides dealers with fast, efficient price discovery, electronic execution and straight-through processing. 

 

RTX is a CFTC regulated Swap Execution Facility (SEF) in the US.  As part of our expansion into Europe, RTX is registering with the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) as a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) based in Ireland. 

 

Role Description

Opportunity to design and implement a global, real-time interactive trading system for the interdealer marketplace.   The platform will be 100% deployed in AWS, accessed via the internet and designed on a core sequencer trading architecture.  The platform is a 100% ground up replacement of an existing vendor platform

 

Responsibilities and Deliverables 

  • Develop and implement testing automation of the trading system using Playwright and Postman
  • Create and run stability and performance testing scripts
  • Create and refine new features and functionality on the trading platform following a test-driven-development methodology. 
  • Participate in regular software development cycle. Actively contribute to the delivery of new features and functions. 
  • Ensure each new software release is fast, reliable, and resilient. 

 

Mandatory Experience

  • None – this is an entry-level position

 

Desired Experience

  • Software engineering and/or test automation for high volume transaction processing systems
  • Start-up environment
  • Agile / Scrum software development lifecycle with CI/CD

 

Key Skills

  • Strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit; thrive in a high-pressure environment
  • Willingness and ability to learn
  • Exceptional analysis and triage of real-time production systems
  • Clear, concise and accurate written communication skills

 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, Master of Science or equivalent degree in computer science, computer engineering