ABOUT THE ROLE
Own the quality function for a high-stakes trading platform where every defect carries direct financial risk. As Senior QA Engineer, you will define our test strategy, own QA processes across the release lifecycle, and shape a quality culture that scales with the platform.

WHAT YOU"LL DO
• Define and own end-to-end QA strategy across manual and automated testing
• Drive test-process design for product releases, from planning through go-live
• Design and maintain automation frameworks across UI, API, and load testing
• Own release qualification, risk assessment, and go/no-go decisions
• Partner with engineering to shift testing left and embed QA in CI/CD
• Design test data, mocks, and simulators for market-data and order flows
• Mentor and grow junior QA engineers; own the QA hiring bar
• Lead root-cause analysis and drive corrective actions for production incidents

MUST HAVE
• 5–8 years of hands-on QA experience combining manual and automation
• Robust ownership of QA processes across full product release cycles
• Deep experience with UI automation — Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress
• API testing expertise — Postman, RestAssured, or Karate




• Load and performance testing — JMeter, k6, or Locust
• Strong SQL for test data setup, validation, and analysis
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and defect-tracking tools (Jira, TestRail)
• Prior experience mentoring and growing junior QA engineers
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills

PREFERRED (NICE TO HAVE)
• Experience in trading, fintech, or financial-services QA
• Understanding of exchange protocols, order lifecycles, and market-data testing
• Security testing exposure — OWASP Top 10, penetration testing fundamentals
• ISTQB Advanced or equivalent certifications
• Scripting proficiency in Go, Java, or Python for custom test tooling
• Exposure to chaos engineering and reliability testing
• Prior work on regulated platform QA — SEBI, RBI, or DPDP context

WHY JOIN US

• Own the quality function of a critical trading platform end-to-end
• Shape the QA organization from the ground up
• Modern tooling and mature CI/CD culture
• Competitive compensation with growth opportunities

📌 Senior QA Engineer (Chandigarh)
🏢 The Future University
📍 Chandigarh