Lead Quality Engineer recruitment

Application Process

Candidates will be expected to send their CV along with a cover letter outlining the relevant experience and reason of interest in both the position and the company.

Any application which does not contain a cover letter will be systematically discarded.

Applications should be sent to mandarahr@mandaracapital.com

The Role

• Responsible for insuring software quality in order to reduce production defect

• Definition and maintenance of complex test plans

• Manual software testing (20%)

• Implementation and maintenance of a full testing automation framework (60%)

• Help on defect identification and resolution

• Work with IT Director and Lead Developers in order to automate other areas of the business

• Reporting to IT Director

The Candidate

• Must have experience with test strategies, test plan definition and execution

• Must understand challenges of testing automation

• Ideally within a testing role for 3 to 5 years

• Excellent problem solving skills

• Able to challenge the status quo and come up with new solutions

• Good communication skills

• Good knowledge of databases and using SQL

• Willing to work the hours of the trading environment and be an integral part of the trading team. 

• Experience in a Financial Institution is desirable, and we expect the candidate to have a keen interest in developing their career in a trading environment.

Candidates will be expected to send their CV along with a cover letter outlining the relevant experience and reason of interest in both the position and the company.

Total compensation includes a basic salary of £35-40K plus a discretionary performance-based bonus.  A bonus of 50% of salary is achievable for high performers.

Any application which does not contain a cover letter will be systematically discarded.

Mandara Capital is an established London-based investment manager that specialises in trading crude oil and oil product derivatives. We span global time zones and provide maximum coverage of global energy markets. Mandara Capital uses a combination of proprietary data, superior technology, and aggressive execution to achieve our trading objectives.

Mandara Capital aims to generate significant returns through its carefully applied strategies of discretionary trading in the derivatives markets. This is achieved through a mixture of short-term opportunistic trading and longer-term directional positions.