Quality Assurance Engineer (Tradebook)

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Princeton, NJ

Posted Sep 19, 2017 - Requisition No. 62150

Our Team

Our Global Information Systems Group (Infosys) is responsible for designing, deploying, and supporting Bloomberg’s internal IT systems, including our global corporate network, and the hardware and software to support nearly 19,000 employees in more than 170 offices around the world. We are also responsible for the audio-visual technology in all of Bloomberg’s public spaces (including training and conference rooms), that host more than 500,000 visitors to Bloomberg offices each year.

Our employees rely on the technology solutions and support Infosys provides to do their jobs in a fast-paced, highly-demanding, technology-focused environment. We are a close-knit, hardworking team organized into 7 groups: Service Desk, Desktop Technicians, System Administrators, Infrastructure, Audio-Visual, Corporate Security, and Mobile Technology. Each of these groups develop, deploy and rely upon a complex set of proprietary and third-party systems to deliver the services we provide; and those systems are the key to understanding where we are doing our jobs well, and where we need to improve.

For example, our 19,000 employees generate more than 320,000 service requests each year through a ticketing system that drives both human and automated services—from software download to a Desktop dispatch. We handle approximately 400+ software titles, as well as, monitor and implement security for the entire corporate network that consists of 28,000 PCs, 50,000 screen displays and 120,000 network connections.

What’s the role?

You’ll be supporting Bloomberg Tradebook, a leading global agency broker that provides anonymous direct market access (DMA) and algorithmic trading to multiple global liquidity venues. You’ll be performing critical quality assurance testing on our Tradebook software, dynamic updating of test scripts and processes, confirmation of software enhancements and bug fixes. You will be expected to program applications to support QA team, and liaise with other internal departments such as Engineering, Sales, and Product Management in order to ensure we are meeting our deadlines and delivering the highest quality of software to our customers. Other responsibilities include project management and the maintenance of automated scripts.

We'll trust you to:

  • Test the Tradebook Equities/Futures trading platform
  • Program applications to support Tradebook SWQA
  • Conduct detailed recording of defects
  • Project manage
  • Review Business Requirement Specifications
  • Carry out test plan creation
  • Partner with Engineering team during all phases of the test and release cycle

You’ll need to have:

  • Programming languages experience in Python, HTML, SQL
  • FIX knowledge and scripting skills
  • Strong financial market understanding of the Equities/Futures asset classes
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher education
  • Outstanding attention to detail
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Multi-tasking skills and ability to work under pressure
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Project management skills
  • Ability to be a team player
  • Previous QA experience a plus
  • Entrepreneurial spirit

If this sounds like you:

Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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