Senior Software Engineer in Test I (Fintech)

Location: Chicago, IL; hybrid schedule with in-office work Tuesday through Thursday and remote work on Mondays and Fridays. Remote candidates are not accepted.

Salary: $82,000–$132,000 USD annually, plus a 10% annual target bonus.

Company

hirify.global operates a retail futures trading platform and brokerage with more than 2 million users, supporting real-time trading, brokerage services, trade processing, clearing, settlement, and regulatory compliance.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end quality for an assigned squad, from test strategy and acceptance criteria through release confidence.
• Test browser workflows, APIs, databases, backend services, and distributed systems supporting real-time futures trading.
• Design, build, and maintain modular automation frameworks primarily with Playwright and TypeScript.
• Define quality gates and automation strategies for order activity, fund movement, clearing, and other critical financial workflows.
• Integrate tagged tests into CI/CD pipelines, manage test data, mocks, and stubs, and resolve flaky tests and production issues.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers on testability, architecture, API contracts, security standards, and mentor junior QA team members.

Requirements

• Experience testing trading or brokerage platforms is required; banking or other regulated financial services experience is also considered.
• Strong automation fundamentals and hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript or JavaScript; Cypress or Selenium experience may be transferable.
• Full-stack testing experience covering UI workflows, API validation, database verification, backend services, REST APIs, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks as covered systems evolve.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers on testability-by-design, architecture, and API design.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted engineering tools applied responsibly, together with the fundamentals to work without them.
• Ability to independently own quality for a product area with minimal oversight.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working with engineers, product managers, and brokerage operations teams.

Nice to have

• Python test automation with PyTest.
• Testing event-driven systems with messaging platforms such as GCP Pub/Sub.
• Relational database experience, preferably Oracle.
• Knowledge of order management, clearing, settlement, margin, or regulatory reporting.
• Experience testing real-time or data-intensive applications.
• Linux command-line and log analysis skills.
• Performance, load, or resilience testing in distributed systems.
• Accessibility testing knowledge, including WCAG standards.
• Cloud-native testing experience, preferably with GCP.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid schedule for Chicago-based employees, with 20 additional flex remote days annually and five company-wide office-optional weeks tied to major holidays.
• Annual PTO accrues at 18 days per year, plus seven paid holidays, five conditional holidays, and one service day.
• 401(k) plan with company matching up to 3.5% of employee contributions.
• Health, vision, dental, life, and disability coverage, with life and disability insurance covered fully by hirify.global.
• Paid parental bonding leave and a culture focused on professional development, social connection, and employee recognition.
• Employment is subject to hirify.global SDLC and information security standards.