Functional QA Engineer (Ex-Goldman Sachs Preferred)

Overview

On Site
50 - 50
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
100% Travel
Unable to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

API QA
Acceptance Testing
Agile
Agile Testing
Amazon Web Services
Automated Testing
Backend Testing
Capital Market
Analytical Skill
Application Lifecycle Management
Bitbucket
Cypress
Data Flow
Continuous Improvement
Continuous Integration
Cucumber
Computer Science
Confluence
Continuous Delivery
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
Communication
Financial Software
Fixed Income
Functional Testing
Data Validation
Derivatives
Equities
FX
Finance
Git
Quality Assurance
Regression Analysis
Manual Testing
Microsoft Azure
POSTMAN
Jenkins
Job Boards
Linux
Log Analysis
Information Technology
Investment Banking
Payments
Good Clinical Practice
Google Cloud Platform
JIRA
Zephyr
Sprint
System Integration
Test Management
Risk Management
SQL
Scrum
Selenium
Unix
Workflow
SoapUI
Test Plans
Testing
Trading
UPS
banking

Job Details

Job Title: Functional QA Engineer (Ex-Goldman Sachs Preferred)
Location: Onsite TX Dallas
Work Type: [Contract 
Rate: 50$ per hour
Job Description:
We are seeking a Functional QA Engineer with strong financial domain experience—ideally with prior exposure to Goldman Sachs or other major investment banking environments. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of business-critical applications through comprehensive testing, requirement validation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Analyze business requirements and functional specifications to design effective test strategies and test plans.
  • Perform functional, regression, system integration, and UAT testing across complex financial systems.
  • Create, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases based on business workflows.
  • Work closely with developers, business analysts, and product owners to understand application functionality and identify potential gaps.
  • Document and track defects using tools like JIRA, ALM, or Xray, ensuring timely resolution.
  • Validate front-to-back data flows for trading, risk, payments, or settlements systems.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and contribute to continuous improvement of QA practices.
  • Provide clear, concise testing reports and communicate testing progress and risks to stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience:
  • 5–10 years of experience in Functional / Manual QA within the Investment Banking or Capital Markets domain.
  • Prior experience working with Goldman Sachs or similar financial institutions is highly preferred.
  • Strong understanding of trade lifecycle, financial products (Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, FX), and risk management systems.
  • Hands-on experience with SQL for data validation and backend testing.
  • Exposure to API testing using tools like Postman, SoapUI, or RestAssured.
  • Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, and Test Management Tools (ALM, Zephyr, QTest).
  • Familiarity with Agile / Scrum methodology.
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills, with the ability to work closely with business and technology teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience in automation frameworks (Selenium, Cucumber, Cypress) is a plus.
  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket).
  • Knowledge of Unix/Linux commands for log analysis.
  • Exposure to Cloud-based environments (AWS / Google Cloud Platform / Azure) is an advantage.
Education:
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Sample Keywords for Job Boards:
Functional QA, Manual Tester, QA Analyst, Investment Banking QA, Ex-Goldman Sachs, Capital Markets QA, UAT Tester, Trade Lifecycle Testing, SQL, Financial Domain QA, Agile QA, Test Management, QA Engineer Finance.
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