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We provide the financial infrastructure that powers the global economy. As a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, Cboe delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world.\nWe’re building meaningful ways to support professional and personal development while strengthening the trust we’ve earned as a global market leader. Our teams are empowered to share ideas, actively pursue them and bring on a challenge. As champions of internal mobility and access to opportunity, we encourage our people to “go for it” and equip our managers with the training to coach their teams to the next level. We strive to provide employees a safe space to network, share ideas and create opportunities.\nTo support strong partnership and team connection, this role follows a four day in office work model.\n\nLocation Overview\nCboe HQ is located in the historic Old Post Office district, it’s a landmark that blends classic architecture with modern amenities. The building features expansive spaces with high ceilings and large windows, offering an abundance of natural light and panoramic views of the city skyline and the Chicago River.\nWith its prime location in the heart of downtown, the OPO Building provides easy access to major transportation hubs, including Union Station and multiple CTA lines, making it convenient for commuters. The building is home to a variety of amenities, including restaurants, a fitness center, and collaborative workspaces, creating a vibrant and dynamic work environment in one of Chicago's most iconic areas.\nRole Overview\nCboe Clear U.S. (CCUS) is a regulated clearinghouse. We clear the event contracts and prediction markets listed on Cboe's exchanges, and we are building toward tokenized collateral, 24x7 operation, and the infrastructure that carries traditional finance onto DeFi rails.\nCCUS Software Engineering is a high trust environment. Failure leads to inquiry rather than blame. Working across team boundaries is expected rather than tolerated. We solve the problem, then we write the code. Design documents and architecture decision records come first. The engineers we value most close their feedback loop. They write tests, and they instrument what they ship so it fails fast, explains itself in production, leaves an audit trail and rolls back cleanly.\nThe Senior QA Automation Test Engineer sets the strategy for proving the platform works. The difference from our QA Automation Test Engineer is scope. That role builds coverage for a team, while you architect the frameworks other engineers build on and own test strategy across the platform.\nYour responsibilities will be:\nHelping set quality standards and review practices that are held consistently across teams. \nMentoring engineers and raising the standard of practice around you. \nDefining what release confidence means here, including coverage expectations and escaped defect targets. \nSetting the test data and environment strategy, so clearing scenarios stay reproducible as the platform grows. \nInfluencing how engineering builds for testability, before code is written. \nDesigning and building automated test frameworks across UI, API and integration layers. \nValidating end-to-end clearing workflows including trade processing, margin, settlement and reconciliation. \nEnsuring data accuracy and consistency across distributed systems. \nEmbedding automated testing into delivery pipelines so failures surface early and loudly. \nOwning test coverage as a measurable outcome and driving escaped defects down over time. \nBuilding and maintaining the test data and test environments that make clearing scenarios reproducible. \nPartnering with engineering teams to define testable solutions before code is written. \nDocumenting test strategy and coverage decisions so they outlast any one release. \nRequired:\nProven leadership and mentorship of junior engineers \nDriving QA across the full application lifecycle, from test strategies, test plans and test cases through smoke, regression, functional, and integration testing \nUnderstanding of relational databases, and comfortable writing queries to validate data across systems \nSolid grounding in object-oriented and functional programming, software engineering principles, design patterns and data modeling fundamentals \nA strong analytical mindset, and comfort working across teams in a fast-paced environment \nHands-on automated testing with Cucumber, Selenium or Playwright \nStrong command of Java, with the depth to architect, build, and extend test frameworks for other engineers \nAPI testing across REST, using RestAssured, Postman or an equivalent \nPreferred:\nAI-powered testing tools, including test generation and self-healing frameworks \nThe FIX messaging protocol \nKafka or another event streaming platform \nClearing, trading or other financial systems \nManaging a testing team or planning testing activities for a team \nNice to have:\nPython as a second test-authoring language \nWorking knowledge of Docker, Podman or similar container runtimes \nExposure to AWS or similar Cloud Platform \nTest data and environment management at scale, including adapting test flows as live data changes \nExecuting performance, resiliency and failover testing, including business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) scenarios \nCurrent technology stack:\nJava on Kubernetes. Application code and CI pipelines live in GitHub with GitHub Actions. Container images and build artifacts live in registries such as Harbor and Artifactory, and Helm charts are deployed by ArgoCD from a GitOps repository. PostgreSQL, Kafka and Linux. This is representative rather than exhaustive. On the quality side we work in Cucumber, RestAssured, and Selenium or Playwright, against PostgreSQL with the Atlassian suite for tracking.\nYou do not need experience with every technology in our environment. We hire for competencies over pedigree, so if you have built similar systems and learn quickly, we encourage you to apply.\nMinimum Work Experience: 7+ years in quality assurance with a strong automation focus\nMinimum Education: Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience\nBenefits and Perks of working for Cboe Global Markets\nWe value the total wellbeing of our people - including health, financial, personal and social wellness. We believe standard benefits like health insurance and fair pay are a given at any organization. Still, you should know we offer:\n Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for overachievement \nGenerous paid time off, including vacation, personal days, sick days and annual community service days \nFlexible, hybrid work environment \nHealth, dental and vision benefits, including access to telemedicine and mental health services 2:1 401(k) match, up to 8% match immediately upon hire \nDiscounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan \nTax Savings Accounts for health, dependent and transportation \nEmployee referral bonus program \nVolunteer opportunities to help you give back to your communities \nSome of our associates’ favorite benefits and perks include:\nComplimentary lunch, snacks and coffee in any Cboe office \nPaid tuition assistance and education opportunities \nGenerous charitable giving company match \nPaid parental leave and fertility benefits \nOn-site gyms and discounts to other fitness centers \nMore About Cboe Global Markets\nWe’re reimagining the future of the workplace by focusing on what matters most, our people. Our journey is an inclusive one. We’re investing deeply in leadership programs and career development initiatives that ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed.\nWe work with purpose, solving problems with ingenuity, collaboration, and a lot of passion. We’re an engaged and excited team connecting markets across borders and embracing growth in all its forms to achieve incredible outcomes.\nLearn more about life at Cboe on our website and LinkedIn.\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nWe're proud to be an equal opportunity employer do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on any legally protected characteristic, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or Veteran status. We are committed to fostering a workplace where all individuals are valued and respected.\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 $121,550-$157,300, 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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