TradeStation · 2 weeks ago
Principal SDET Brokerage Services
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$141K/yr - $153K/yr
7+ years expTradeStation is an online brokerage firm focused on delivering an exceptional trading experience. They are seeking a Principal SDET to lead the development of automated test frameworks for their OXS platform, ensuring quality and performance through collaboration with development and DevOps teams.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Lead design and development of scalable automated test frameworks for validating microservices, streaming pipelines, and event-driven systems
Build mocking and simulation frameworks that emulate complex upstream services and dependencies (Kafka, market data, order routing, etc.)
Integrate test execution seamlessly with GitLab CI/CD pipelines, enabling full automation and parallelized test runs
Enable developers to run complete regression suites locally, independent of shared environments
Collaborate with developers and SDETs to ensure new functionality is covered by comprehensive test suites (functional, regression, performance, reliability)
Contribute to framework extensibility and promote reusable testing libraries
Conduct root cause analysis for test failures and production issues, identifying system fragility and design risks
Raise risks early to engineering leadership and influence design decisions to improve quality and reliability
Partner with DevOps on test environment automation, data provisioning, and result visualization
Mentor team members in advanced testing techniques, mock-based architecture validation, and performance measurement
Qualification
Required
Strong experience with C# (required)
Proven record of building and maintaining enterprise-grade automated test frameworks
Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and event-driven architectures
Experience with Kafka, REST/WebSocket APIs, and microservice orchestration
Proficiency in mocking, stubbing, and service virtualization for upstream dependency isolation
Expertise in CI/CD integration, especially GitLab, Dockerized environments, and dynamic test runners
Experience measuring and tuning system performance, stability, and reliability
Ability to break software methodically and reproduce complex defects within defined timelines
Strong communication and documentation skills; comfortable engaging with senior engineers and leadership
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in software quality engineering or test framework development
Preferred
Experience with C++ or Python for automation and integration testing (useful but secondary)
Experience using AI to test systems in financial services or similarly regulated, low-latency environments preferred
Experience testing low-latency trading systems or high-throughput financial services preferred
Prior experience in SDET leadership or architecture-level test framework roles preferred
Knowledge of NoSQL, Redis, SQL, and message brokers preferred
Familiarity with cloud-native architectures (AWS), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and observability tooling (Datadog, Grafana)
Exposure to AWS MSK, ECS/Fargate, ElasticCache, and event simulation environments preferred
Benefits
Collaborative work environment
Competitive Salaries
Yearly bonus
Comprehensive benefits for you and your family starting Day 1
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Flexible working environment
TradeStation Account employee benefits, as well as full access to trading education materials
Company
TradeStation
Welcome to the home of those who were born to trade! We empower natural-born traders to hone their strategies with an advanced platform & brokerage services.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
John Bartleman
Chief Executive Officer, TradeStation Crypto, Inc.
Michael Fisch
Chief Technology Officer
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