Ridgeline is looking to build a high-performance trading system from the ground up for the investment management industry, requiring proactive issue identification, automated test strategies, and a focus on end-user experience to ensure a secure, robust, and scalable software.
Requirements
- 4+ years in quality engineering or equivalent, with experience building and launching products on a common platform.
- 4+ years applying software testing methodologies within a CI/CD lifecycle.
- 4+ years of test planning and automation experience.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Datadog, Cypress (end-to-end), and Karate (API).
- Strong Fintech knowledge in one or more areas: Portfolio Management, Compliance, Trading, Post-Trade, Real-Time Pricing.
- Prior Trading software experience is a plus.
- Experience building and launching products on a common platform.
Responsibilities
- Define, execute, and refine test plans and automation strategies to ensure high-quality releases.
- Investigate root causes, write actionable bug reports, analyze defect trends, and address coverage gaps.
- Maintain and evolve reliable front-end and back-end automation suites; ensure issues are surfaced quickly.
- Build test data grounded in real customer use cases to strengthen internal testing environments.
- Engage across the full development lifecycle: requirements, design reviews, implementation, and release.
- Prevent bugs by defining clear expected behavior with Product Managers and outlining thorough test cases.
- Leverage cutting-edge AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to accelerate quality assurance and optimize workflows.
Other
- Bring business domain insight and technical expertise to a team where product, engineering, and quality engineering collaborate closely.
- Ensure release readiness under tight timelines through ownership and accountability.
- Think creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly along the way
- Contribute to a collaborative environment rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency
- Ability to influence decision-making with respectful, constructive opinions.
