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As financial industry experts at the center of markets and technology, we help our clients efficiently scale their business and quickly access markets. From infrastructure to connectivity, we support our clients through the full trading lifecycle. We are a global company headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.\nPICO is expanding its test engineering team which is responsible for ensuring the quality of its high performance, real-time market data, order entry, and trading application products. This team delivers innovative, automated testing solutions to verify the accuracy, performance, functionality, stress, resilience, and use case validation of the company’s products. \nWorking from our Krakow or Hyderabad office, you will be working in a team that is passionate about quality. 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Functional understanding of Cloud environment is desirable but not required \nResponsibilities \nEnsuring the quality of industry leading financial and enterprise core product features \nWorking within an agile software development lifecycle to test new product features \nUsing scripting and programming skills to automate tests \nRequirements \nThird level degree in Computer science, Electronic Engineering or similar \nEase with Linux/Unix operating systems \nHave programming skills using languages such as Python, bash... \nInterest in learning about financial markets and electronic trading \nInterest in learning about software testing and test methodologies \nExcellent problem-solving skills \nExcellent verbal and written English-language communication skills \nDesirable \nFunctional understanding of cloud environments \nC and/or Java programming \nWorking Arrangements \nThis is a Hybrid position with [weekly time in the office with the flexibility of working from home]. 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