Automation Engineer

As part of the Global Equities Front Office technology team, an opportunity exists to build/extend an automated testing framework used to validate several Cash Equities Trading platforms. Working as part of a small team, the role will cover the implementation of a framework which will allow the automation of system/regression, regulatory and volume testing requirements for local platforms, and working collaboratively with colleagues overseas to implement more widelyThe candidate will require demonstrable experience implementing automated testing frameworks within a front office environment. The framework is primarily developed in Python; experience with mutli-threading programming with Python an advantage.Working alongside Front Office development and QA teams to extend/manage the frameworkManage priorities in cooperation with the development leads for each platform and colleagues overseasExtensive experience with Python (3.x), including multi-threading and performance tuningKnowledge / Experience of implement software using the FIX protocolKnowledge / Experience of implement software using Java (Spring framework)Experience with Unix or Linux scriptingExperience with testing frameworks, including Agile Development Techniques, Unit/System Testing and Performance TestingBasic database query (SQL) experienceExperience with C++ include templates and generics an advantage…