Role Summary :
We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join our Digital Asset development team. This is a hands‑on, quality engineering role responsible for designing, building, and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites for mission‑critical digital asset platforms within a regulated financial services environment. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to build robust, scalable, and secure digital asset products that meet our business and technical requirements.
Role Description :
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for digital asset platforms, with a strong focus on API and backend testing
- Create and execute automated test suites covering digital asset workflows, including custody events, token lifecycle actions, transfers, settlements, and reporting
- Validate data integrity and reconciliation across digital and traditional systems, ensuring consistency between on‑chain/off‑chain records and downstream financial systems
- Collaborate closely with developers and product teams, contributing to testability, acceptance criteria, and automation‑ready designs
- Build and maintain integration and regression test coverage for microservices‑based platforms deployed in containerized environments
- Support non‑functional testing relevant to financial services, including performance, resilience, and negative/error scenarios
- Participate in defect triage and root‑cause analysis, working with engineering teams to identify issues and prevent recurrence
- Ensure testing approaches align with enterprise SDLC, risk, and compliance expectations, including evidence capture for audits and control reviews
Core/Must have skills :
- Proven experience as a QA Automation Engineer within financial services or other regulated environments
- Strong hands‑on experience with test automation for APIs and backend services (e.g. REST APIs, service‑to‑service integrations)
- Solid understanding of QA practices across the full SDLC, including Agile delivery models and automation‑first testing strategies
- Experience validating data accuracy, integrity, and consistency, particularly in systems handling financial or transactional data
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate effectively with developers and product stakeholders
Good to have skills :
- Working knowledge of digital asset concepts, such as custody, tokenization, wallets, or blockchain‑based transaction flows
- Experience testing digital asset or blockchain‑adjacent platforms, including on‑chain/off‑chain integration points
- Exposure to event‑driven or streaming architectures used for digital asset data distribution and reporting
- Familiarity with containerized or microservices‑based platforms, and testing services deployed in Kubernetes environments
- Experience with performance and resilience testing for APIs supporting high‑value or time‑sensitive transactions
- Understanding of risk, controls, and audit requirements in financial services technology.
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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