Sr. QA Automation Engineer - Pro

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, aiming to accelerate the global adoption of crypto for financial freedom and inclusion. The Pro team is responsible for trading backend services including the matching engine, market data gateways, internal and external APIs, and other trading services. The team works globally with various tech stacks, primarily coding in Rust and following agile methodologies. Kraken operates fully remote with employees in over 70 countries.

• Strong programming skills in Python, Rust, or another automation-oriented language.
• Trading knowledge and experience including order types, trade execution, margin trading, and general financial markets.
• Proven ability to design comprehensive test plans before implementation, identifying manual vs. automated testing.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining test automation frameworks on complex applications.
• Strong manual testing skills and ability to think creatively to uncover edge cases and unexpected bugs.
• Solid understanding of QA principles including exploratory testing, regression testing, and bug tracking.
• Comfort with CI/CD integration and automation at scale.
• Detail-oriented mindset with a passion for building high-quality software and ability to think outside the box.

• Create comprehensive test plans before feature development, defining manual and automated testing strategies.
• Perform hands-on manual testing during development cycles to validate new features before automation.
• Balance manual exploratory testing with automation to catch edge cases that scripts might miss.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to define QA processes for a mission-critical trading platform.
• Lead automation initiatives end-to-end: strategy, implementation, CI/CD integration, and scaling coverage.
• Drive performance, security, and accessibility testing to deliver a top-tier experience for traders.
• Proactively document, report, and triage bugs to improve release quality and velocity.

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