QA Manual Tester

We are looking for a meticulous and experienced QA Manual Tester to join our team, specializing in the stock trading domain. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of stock trading platforms, order management systems, and market data feeds. As a QA Manual Tester, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of our trading applications through comprehensive testing strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

Test Planning and Strategy:
Develop and document test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on functional and non-functional requirements.
Collaborate with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand the trading domain and feature specifications.

Manual Testing:
Execute manual test cases to verify the functionality, performance, and reliability of trading applications.
Perform end-to-end testing of trading systems, including order placement, execution, and settlement processes.
Validate market data feeds, order management systems, and other trading components.
Conduct regression testing to ensure existing functionalities remain unaffected by new changes.

Defect Management:
Identify, document, and track defects using [Insert Defect Tracking Tool, e.g., JIRA].
Work closely with the development team to reproduce, isolate, and resolve issues.
Provide clear and concise defect reports with steps to reproduce, expected results, and screenshots.

Domain-Specific Testing:
Test various trading scenarios including limit orders, market orders, stop-loss, and other advanced trading strategies.
Validate real-time data feeds for accuracy, latency, and performance.
Test trading platform functionalities under different market conditions (e.g., high volatility, low liquidity).

Collaboration and Reporting:
Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and review meetings as part of the Agile team.
Provide regular test execution reports and QA status updates to stakeholders.
Collaborate with automation testers to identify areas for automation and improve test coverage.

Continuous Improvement:
Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes and methodologies.
Stay updated with the latest trends and best practices in QA and the stock trading domain.

Required Qualifications:

Experience:
2+ years of experience in manual testing, preferably within the stock trading or financial services domain.
Strong knowledge of trading systems, stock markets, and financial instruments.
Experience with test management tools (e.g., TestRail, Zephyr).

Skills:
Proficiency in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team in a fast-paced, Agile environment.
Familiarity with SQL and the ability to write basic queries for data validation.
Basic understanding of automation tools and frameworks is a plus.

Education:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with financial protocols such as FIX (Financial Information Exchange).
Understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance in trading.
Knowledge of API testing using tools like Postman.
Experience in performance testing and knowledge of performance testing tools.