Senior Automation Engineer

Group Overview:
The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.

Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.

Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

About Liquidnet:
Liquidnet is a leading technology-driven, agency execution specialist that intelligently connects the world’s investors to the world’s investments. Since our founding in 1999, our network has grown to include more than 1,000 institutional investors that collectively manage $33 trillion in equity and fixed income assets. Our network spans 46 markets across six continents. We built Liquidnet to make global capital markets more efficient and continue to do so by adding additional participants, enabling trusted access to trading and investment opportunities, and delivering the actionable intelligence and insight that our customers need.

Role Overview:
The Lead Automation Engineer (LAE) will perform automated testing and systems analysis under the guidance of a Team Lead (TL). The LAE will be responsible for leading functional and performance (including capacity and latency) testing of Liquidnet’s trading platform. The LAE will also be responsible for the gathering and implementation of client customization requests.

Role Responsibilities:
•    Lead functional, regression, integration, and performance testing of trading applications
•    Design, write, execute and maintain automated test cases for trading applications
•    Mentor junior Automated Testing Engineers as to best practices for automated testing and design
•    Gather workflow customization requests from clients and perform business analysis
•    Develop client workflow customization requests on rules based platform
•    Project manage the implementation of client customization requests from inception to delivery including communication with clients and business stakeholders
•    Contribute to the overall progress of the team and the firm; ensure timely delivery of quality software
•    Ensure that the trading platform is in compliance with regulatory requirements
•    Serve as third-tier support for production issues and related support needs

Experience / Competences:
Essential
•    8+ years of experience in automated testing of equity products in a global financial services company or vendor using Python, Java or similar programming language
•    8+ years of experience in testing of capacity and latency sensitive trading systems
•    Experience and knowledge of equity products and instruments including FIX protocol and market data
•    Proficiency with computer technologies including Linux, SQL, Messaging & Distributed Systems
•    Knowledge of equity market structure, order handling and electronic trading
•    Experience of the full software development agile lifecycle in a technical role 

Desired
•    Experience supporting low latency trading systems built with C++ or similar programming language
•    Experience of delivering platforms and services across multiple teams
•    Experience with supporting trading of Exchange Traded Derivatives

$180,000-$185,000

Level 6

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Not The Perfect Fit?

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Company Statement

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