QA Lead and QA Analyst

QA Functional Tester (3–6 years) and for QA Lead (7–10 years).
Capital Markets / Share Trading-QA Functional Tester (3–6 Years) & QA Lead (7–10 years).
Location: India – Remote
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: Capital Markets / Stock Trading / Financial Technology
Key Responsibilities
Perform functional, system, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of capital markets and share trading applications.
Understand business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Create detailed test scenarios, test cases, test data, and test execution reports.
Test end-to-end order and trade workflows including:
Order placement
Order modification and cancellation
Order validation
Order matching/execution
Trade confirmation
Order and trade status updates
Positions and holdings
Portfolio and P&L
Funds/margin availability
Brokerage and charges
Settlement-related workflows
Test different order types such as Market, Limit, Stop Loss, Stop Limit, and other applicable order types.
Validate trading scenarios across relevant market segments such as Equity, Derivatives, and other exchange-traded products.
Perform positive, negative, boundary, and exception-based testing.
Validate APIs, database records, messages, and downstream/upstream system integrations where required.
Perform regression testing for new releases and production fixes.
Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects using tools such as Jira or equivalent.
Work closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and other QA team members to resolve defects.
Participate in requirement walkthroughs, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, defect triage, and release activities.
Support UAT, production validation, and post-release verification activities.
Ensure adequate test coverage and provide QA status reports to stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience
Experience in software QA/testing, preferably in Capital Markets, Stock Trading, Brokerage, FinTech, or Financial Services.
Strong understanding of capital markets and the share trading lifecycle.
Good knowledge of:
Order Management Systems
Trade Management
Positions & Holdings
Portfolio/P&L
Brokerage and transaction charges
Margin/funds
Settlement concepts
Trading/exchange workflows
Strong experience in functional and regression testing.
Good understanding of STLC and defect life cycle.
Experience writing detailed test cases and test scenarios.
Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, ALM, or similar test/defect management tools.
Basic SQL knowledge for data validation.
Basic understanding of REST APIs and tools such as Postman is desirable.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong communication and documentation skills.
Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
Good to Have
Experience testing brokerage/trading platforms or mobile/web trading applications.
Exposure to NSE/BSE, exchange order flows, or market data.
Knowledge of FIX protocol or other financial messaging protocols.
Exposure to API automation or UI automation.
Knowledge of derivatives, options, futures, or corporate actions.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline.
If interested please reply with cv to balaguru@hastraa.com
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Balaguru

Work arrangement
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