Senior Software Development Engineer Test

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or 5 years software engineering experience)
• 5-10 years of software testing experience
• Fintech, Trading or Financial services industry experience
• Experience in leading quality efforts for internet applications
• Experience in test automation on UI, API or others
• Experience in enhancing existing Test Automation frameworks – Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, K6 etc
• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines
• Fluency with AI technologies related to testing and validation
• Experience in E2E Automation, contract testing, API Automation, load & performance testing
• Experience mentoring other quality engineers
• Proven track-record of teamwork and delivery
• Experience at high-growth, venture-backed startups

What the job involves

• Forge’s quality engineering team’s charter is to improve product quality
• We thrive on holding high standards, obsessing over our customers, and living our values of being bold, humble and accountable
• We are seeking a Sr Software Development Engineer in Test with experience developing testing solutions and tooling to improve quality for financial trading systems or similar applications
• This role will work on our platform and reliability engineering team
• These teams own Forge’s infrastructure, developer experience and deployment engineering
• We are looking for a senior, technical and customer focused candidate who will also embody Forge values
• The ideal candidate thrives in team settings and is motivated by creating success all around them through strong communication, shipping great product experiences, and making data-driven decisions
• They will be working closely with other quality engineers in the team to define and execute the testing strategy
• Build comprehensive bottoms up Test Strategies for infrastructure changes and releases
• Built test automation frameworks, tools, solutions to make testing faster, efficient and stable
• Leverage artificial intelligence technologies to augment testing activities
• Experience with AI solutions such as agentic automation, MCPs, RAG applications etc
• Write tests plans covering various customer use cases – functional, compliance & legal aspects
• Engage is projects from the initiation phase to identify gaps in requirement and failure modes in design
• Automate tests based on what’s most valuable and high priority
• Collaborate with Forge’s product, design, information security and business team members to quickly grasp domain knowledge
• Develop concise, articulate, and detailed documentation[RP1.1][AD1.2]
• Participate in scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical test design, test gap analysis with assistance from other team members
• Provide technical assistance in the diagnosis of issues
• Assist in identification of defect trends of their areas and partner with development teams to fix the root cause

Benefits

• Health and wellness: Medical, dental, and vision are available to all employees.
• Smart savings: 401k plan, life insurance, HSA and FSA, and pre-tax mass transit and parking benefits.
• Ownership: Equity is offered to all qualifying employees.
• Life balance: New parent leave and generous time off.
• We grow with you : We encourage and support your growth through education, training, and mentorship.
• Relationship building: Team lunches, employee interest groups, and company celebrations.
• Community and culture: Employee-led resource groups, volunteering, and community service.
• Rewards and recognition: Continuous recognition of our employees’ milestones, wins, and hard work.
• Food and snacks: Healthy snacks, drinks, and weekly lunches when in the office.