Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up.

Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn't be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions.

High-performance proprietary development is the source of our success and competitive advantage at Belvedere, further fueling our passion for performance. We are a team driven by intellectual curiosity, seeking answers that will change not only how we trade in this technological age, but also the future landscape of the trading industry. We place a high premium on defining, developing, and deploying high-performance trading software using a team-based, holistic development approach.

We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success.

Belvedere Trading is seeking a team player to join our growing Technology Department as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst. In this role, you will be required to gain an acute knowledge of our proprietary software, including each in-house application and how the firm utilizes them. The Quality Assurance team at Belvedere Trading ensures that our end users receive top-quality, bug-free software.

Our Software Quality Assurance Analysts develop test plans and test cases, coordinate and execute these tests, analyze the results, and provide pertinent feedback to Software Engineers. They work on our automation strategies and partner with our automation engineers, business analysts, and team leads to ensure our software meets all necessary requirements before our daily deployments. This role provides a strong foundation in testing and scripting, paving the way for a transition into our automation engineering role.

What you'll do

* Develop test plans and test cases for Belvedere's proprietary trading platform

* Implement and identify innovative tools, frameworks, automation, and utilities to increase velocity while maintaining and improving quality standards

* Automation experience working with technologies:
Python, C# and ability to write queries to validate

* Coordinate and execute manual and automated tests

* Define test strategies, analyze test results and validate functionality

* Provide clear and concise feedback to Software Engineers

* Develop in-depth knowledge of Belvedere's proprietary trading platform

* Maintain and create tools used to support the software development process

* Gather test metrics and give feedback to improve overall quality

What you'll need

* Great attention to detail and dedication to quality

* Desire to work in a fast-paced environment

* 0-3 years relevant work experience

* Passionate for technology/software testing

* Strong problem-solving skills

* Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a team environment

* Self-starter who can get things done with minimal direction

* Excellent written and oral communication skills

* Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Software Test Automation, CIS, or a related field

* Bonus:
Experience in Ranorex, Selenium, Behave, Cucumber and CI/CD tools

$70,000 - $100,000 a year

Additionally, certain positions at Belvedere Trading are eligible for discretionary bonuses. Our employees have access to a variety of benefits, which can be found on our website here.

Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications.

We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer.

We welcome your application.

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