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Pioneer Services LLC

Senior QA Engineer

Posted 4 Days Ago
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in United Kingdom
Senior level
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in United Kingdom
Senior level
Lead QA for backend and distributed systems: design test strategies, automate API and backend tests, validate databases and message-driven workflows, test high-concurrency and fault-tolerant scenarios, integrate CI/CD, monitor production, debug incidents, and drive QA best practices and AI-assisted testing improvements.
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About Ceffu

Ceffu is a leading institutional-grade digital asset custody platform, offering secure, compliant, and scalable solutions for enterprises, hedge funds, and financial institutions. 

Our mission is to provide cutting-edge security and infrastructure to support the seamless integration of blockchain technology into institutional finance.

Job Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for backend services and distributed systems.

  • Take ownership of quality assurance throughout the software development lifecycle, including requirement analysis, test design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.

  • Design and execute functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing for backend services and business workflows.

  • Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and test scripts for RESTful APIs and backend services.

  • Build comprehensive test scenarios for high-concurrency and distributed systems, with a focus on data consistency, reliability, fault tolerance, idempotency, and high availability.

  • Test and validate APIs, database models, message-driven workflows, and system integrations to ensure stability, correctness, and efficiency.

  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify quality risks and deliver high-quality solutions.

  • Conduct code and technical design reviews from a quality perspective, contribute to testing standards, and drive QA best practices across the team.

  • Monitor production systems, troubleshoot incidents, reproduce defects, and proactively identify quality, performance, and reliability risks.

  • Continuously improve testing efficiency by enhancing test automation, CI/CD integration, test coverage, observability, and quality processes.

  • Lead or contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the AI engineering capabilities, tools, and infrastructure.

  • Stay current with emerging testing technologies and share testing knowledge and best practices with the team.

Skills & Experience Required
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

  • 5+ years of QA or software testing experience, with strong experience in backend and API testing.

  • Solid understanding of software testing methodologies, test design, defect management, and software engineering best practices.

  • Strong experience with API testing, including RESTful APIs, request/response validation, authentication, authorization, error handling, and boundary conditions.

  • Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and scripting/programming languages such as Java, Python, or similar.

  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and testing concepts, including scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, idempotency, concurrency, data consistency, and high availability.

  • Experience testing microservices architectures and asynchronous systems.

  • Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, including SQL-based data validation and data integrity testing.

  • Experience with caching technologies such as Redis.

  • Familiarity with message queues such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or RocketMQ, including testing asynchronous and event-driven workflows.

  • Experience with containerization and deployment technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

  • Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices.

  • Experience with performance and load testing tools such as JMeter, Gatling, Locust, or similar tools.

  • Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

  • Basic proficiency in reading and writing English.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience testing or developing Web3, digital wallet, digital asset custody, cryptocurrency exchange, payment, or financial transaction systems.

  • Understanding of blockchain fundamentals, including public/private key cryptography, wallet architecture, blockchain transactions, and digital assets.

  • Experience testing or integrating blockchain infrastructure, blockchain nodes, smart contracts, Web3 technologies, or crypto-related products.

  • Experience testing high-throughput, low-latency backend systems.

  • Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.

  • Experience with security testing, financial transaction testing, data consistency, and transaction integrity.

  • Experience applying AI technologies to improve test automation, test case generation, defect analysis, or engineering productivity is a plus.


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