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Senior Qa Engineer

Technology professional with 12+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and automation for high-load, low-latency trading systems in global equity markets. Proven background in testing complex financial protocols (FIX, OUCH, MIT, Xetra ETI etc) and ensuring reliability in mission-critical environments. Worked with leading investment banks including Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas, and with major market participants such as LSE, Euronext, Xetra, CBOE, Nasdaq Nordic, BAML, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, HKEX, JSE, QSE.


Now transitioning into the Web3 ecosystem to apply this deep financial-systems expertise to decentralized technologies. Passionate about bringing rigorous QA automation, performance testing, and security-driven validation practices to blockchain-based trading, DeFi protocols, and next-generation financial infrastructure.



Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $78,000

Hourly rate: $55

Nationality: 🌏 Remote

Residency: 🌏 Remote


Experience

Senior QA Engineer
BNP Paribas (CIB Division)
2021 - 2025
Successfully executed complete EMEA market connectivity re-certification across all exchanges following full platform migration, delivering ahead of schedule with zero critical incidents and accelerating client onboarding timelines. Led a small QA/Dev team on a time-critical project to ensure platform compliance with a mandatory exchange protocol upgrade. Leveraged corporate AI/LLM capabilities to automate test environment configuration and optimize regression test suites, significantly improving full regression execution efficiency. Delivered QA for a high-load, low-latency equities trading platform, focusing on client and market connectivity, downstream system integration. Onboarded new trading flows and platform upgrades across multiple venues and regions. Reviewed exchange-driven and regulatory changes, ensuring they were clearly translated into requirements for developers. Consistently documented and shared project knowledge and best practices across Moscow, London, and New York teams.
Senior QA Engineer
Deutsche Bank
2016 - 2021
Performed manual and automated testing for market connectivity platforms (Fidessa EMMA, in-house trading platform) and market data feed handlers. Coordinated testing for downstream systems. Documented and transferred project knowledge to Confluence. Played key QA role in MiFID II migrations across several EMEA exchanges. Streamlined repetitive QA processes and mentored junior QA engineers. Frequently worked embedded at UK client sites.
QA Engineer / Technical Support
Exactpro (LSEG)
2013 - 2016
Performed end-to-end QA for a SaaS front-office algorithmic trading platform for a UK client. Provided L1 / L2 client production support, including 24/7 on-call responsibilities; coordinated support team tasks. Verified trading and infrastructure functionality; performed client and market gateway connectivity testing. Organized and executed certifications with major stock exchanges and brokers (LSE, BATS/CHIX, OMX, Xetra etc.). Implemented automated testing using in-house tools SailFish and ClearTH. Delivered QA for a wide range of institutional clients (Sanford Bernstein, Commerzbank, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, BAML). Performed client work in the UK.
QA Analyst
Innovative Trading Systems
2012 - 2013
Developed and executed manual / automated test cases and checklists; built a comprehensive regression library. Created technical documentation for test automation; ensured resolution of technical issues and verification of fixes. Tested back-office post-trade clearing systems; contributed to CCP OeKB-related test automation.

Skills

api
devops
fintech
mongo
python
quality-assurance
saas
sql
english
russian