Quality Assurance Engineer - Options Trading

Overview

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. We have incorporated this approach into our culture, where you will find relentless problem solvers within each of our core disciplines: Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research. From offices around the world, our employees collaborate to make optimal decisions and are driven by the desire to achieve winning results together.

We are experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a strong focus on derivatives. Through market making and market taking, we execute millions of transactions every day, providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialised, enabling deep understanding of the unique drivers of each asset class.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain comprehensive QA test plans for options trading systems across functional, integration, regression, and performance testing
• Become a subject matter expert in SIG’s in-house trading platforms—including Options trading, OMS, market data, and static/reference data workflows for India exchanges
• Contribute to exchange certification cycles for Options Trading systems with India exchanges
• Validate new features, system enhancements, and exchange-driven changes to ensure production-ready quality.
• Act as the local technical and QA liaison with India exchanges, ensuring compliance with exchange requirements, regulatory expectations, and certification standards
• Partner with developers, business analysts, and traders to clarify requirements and ensure test coverage across complex trading workflows
• Collaborate closely with global counterparts in QA and application support to maintain stability and reduce testing friction across regions
• Contribute to the development of automated regression suites, test harnesses, and validation tooling (e.g., scripts, simulators, log analytics)

What we're looking for

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance or Technology roles within the financial industry - particularly in trading, market making, derivatives, market data, OMS, or similar systems
• Deep understanding of India exchange rules, regulations, and protocols for derivatives and cash markets
• Hands-on experience with exchange certification processes for India trading systems
• Proven ability to work independently, drive clarity, and deliver under tight deadlines in a trading-floor environment
• Strong communication skills, able to interface with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including traders, developers, and external brokers or exchange contacts
• Experience working with globally distributed technology teams
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Strong experience in exchange certification, application deployment/validation, and production support testing
• Experience working with static instrument data, market data systems, and market data protocols
• Proficiency across both Windows and Linux environments
• Technical skills in scripting and automation - Python, PowerShell, C#, or similar languages is valuable (nice to have).

What’s in it for you

• Our flat hierarchy enables you to drive meaningful impact, by leveraging your expertise and taking ownership.
• Highly competitive remuneration and attractive bonus.
• Private healthcare and gym allowances, plus wellness initiatives.
• Additional leave entitlements including marriage leave and 2 bonus days annually.
• Fully stocked kitchen - daily breakfast and lunch.
• Regular social, sporting and community events including annual poker tournament.
• Matched donations and corporate discounts.
• Explore our benefits and culture: link

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies. By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.