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BIDS Trading operates one of the world's largest equity block trading systems, with venues across the U.S., Europe, and Canada, and its flagship workstation, BIDS Trader, delivers block trading opportunities to hundreds of the world's largest asset managers.\nAs Lead Engineer, Quality Assurance, you will own quality across the full BIDS platform: the BIDS Trader workstation, the core matching engine and the back-end services behind it, and the FIX connectivity that links us to clients and venues. You will work alongside developers, product managers and business stakeholders in New York and Calgary to raise test coverage, sharpen our automation and give the team confidence to release quickly. This is a hands-on individual contributor role on a team that is measured on the reliability of systems our clients trade through every day.\nResponsibilities\nValidate FIX connectivity and client onboarding flows, testing order entry, execution reports and drop-copy behavior against client and venue specifications.\nDefine the test approach for new features, working with development and product from requirements through to release.\nExecute and evolve functional, regression and end-to-end integration testing, including performance and resilience scenarios against the trading engine.\nBuild test harnesses, test data and environment tooling that widen coverage and shorten feedback loops for the whole team.\nIntegrate automated suites into CI pipelines and keep them fast and stable.\nInvestigate defects through to root cause, with clear reproduction steps, and partner with developers on the fix and its verification.\nContribute to release readiness reviews and verify behavior in production following deployments.\nChallenge yourself and the team on quality practices, and champion continuous improvement in how we test.\nMinimum Qualifications\nFive to 10 years of experience in software quality assurance or test engineering, with a track record on complex, transactional or real-time systems.\nDemonstrated ability to design and maintain manual and automated test suites, not only to execute them.\nExperience owning test strategy and test plans across functional, regression and integration testing in an Agile delivery environment.\nExperience with source control and continuous integration tooling such as Git, TeamCity and Jira.\nExcellent analytical skills, close attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively within a cross-functional team.\nEducation: Bachelor's degree in computer science, software systems or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\nPreferred Qualifications\nHands-on experience with automation tooling - for example Selenium or Playwright for UI, JUnit or TestNG as a test framework, Cucumber for behavior-driven scenarios, and REST Assured or Postman for API testing.\nExposure to Java, sufficient to read application code, write test code and debug failures alongside developers.\nWorking knowledge of SQL for building test data and validating outcomes directly against the database.\nComfort on the Linux command line, with some shell or Bash scripting to automate test setup, log analysis and routine tasks.\nBackground in financial markets, particularly equities trading, execution or order management systems, or familiarity with the FIX protocol.\nExposure to testing trading systems, matching engines or other latency-sensitive platforms.\nFamiliarity with Docker containers and applications running in AWS.\nWhy Cboe?\nCboe Global Markets encourages innovation, collaboration and professional growth. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities to build a career within a globally recognized financial institution.\nFair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages, with upside for overachievement\n401(k) with a generous company match\nMedical, dental and vision insurance\nEmployee Stock Purchase Program\nPaid time off and paid parental leave, plus fertility benefits\nShort- and long-term disability coverage\nPaid tuition assistance and education opportunities\nComplimentary lunch, snacks and coffee in any Cboe office\nGenerous charitable giving company match\nGender Affirmation Assistance Program\nMental wellbeing support\nAbout Cboe Global Markets\nAt Cboe Global Markets, we inspire our people to solve complex challenges together, because what we do matters. We provide the financial infrastructure that powers the global economy, delivering trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world. We are champions of internal mobility and access to opportunity: we encourage our people to go for it, and we equip our managers to coach their teams to the next level.\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nCboe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we celebrate the differences among our associates, including race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age and disability.\nAny communication from Cboe regarding this position will only come from a Cboe recruiter with a @cboe.com email address or via LinkedIn Recruiter. Cboe does not use any other third-party communication tools for recruiting purposes.\nThis position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.\nSalary Ranges (applicable for US locations only)\nAt Cboe, we are committed to providing a competitive, transparent, and market-informed total rewards program. The anticipated base salary range for this role is $159,375-$206,250, with actual compensation determined by job-related factors such as skills, relevant experience, education, internal alignment, and location.This role may also be eligible for annual incentive compensation and, where applicable, participation in Cboe's long-term equity programs.\nAdditional information about Cboe's total rewards program, including benefits and other compensation components, can be found here: Total Rewards at CBOE.\nAny communication from Cboe regarding this position will only come from a Cboe recruiter who has a @cboe.com email or via LinkedIn Recruiter. 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