Software Engineer, Test

Software Engineer In Test

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At Cboe Europe, we inspire our people to solve complex challenges together because what we do matters. We provide the financial infrastructure that powers the global economy. As a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, Cboe delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world.

We're building inclusive ways to support professional and personal development while strengthening the trust we've earned as a global market leader. Our teams are empowered to share ideas, actively pursue them and bring on a challenge. As champions of internal mobility and access to opportunity, we encourage our people to "go for it" and equip our managers with the training to coach their teams to the next level. Our Associate Resource Groups champion diversity, equity and inclusion, giving associates a safe space to network, share ideas and create opportunities.

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Cboe Europe is seeking a highly motivated, technically skilled Software Engineer in Test to join our Quality Engineering team. This role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining sophisticated automated test frameworks and test cases for our proprietary trading systems. You will work as part of an engineering team, writing production-quality code to ensure the reliability and performance of one of Europe's largest equities and derivatives trading platforms.

This is a software engineering role with a testing focus—not a manual testing or UI testing position. We're looking for engineers who can architect test solutions, write robust automation code, and contribute to our continuous integration pipeline.

Location: Flexible hybrid schedule in either our London, UK or Amsterdam, NL office.

Work Model: Hybrid - Minimum 2 days per week in the office required.

About the role:

As a Software Engineer in Test at Cboe Europe, you will be responsible for ensuring quality across our trading infrastructure, which includes three equities exchanges, one derivatives exchange, one trade reporting facility, and a platform for systematic internalizers. This requires detailed analysis of technical and financial business requirements to design test scenarios that realistically represent real-world trading activity. You'll program these tests into automated code that continuously validates new releases as part of our CI/CD methodology.

In this role you'll be responsible for:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests, frameworks and test infrastructure using object-oriented programming principles and production-quality code
• Extending and improving our proprietary Python-based test automation framework
• Analyzing complex technical and business requirements to design comprehensive test scenarios
• Creating detailed test documentation and test plans for new features
• Identifying, documenting, and tracking defects; verifying fixes resolve issues completely
• Performing root cause analysis on test failures and system issues
• Supporting and maintaining test environments, ensuring they remain stable ("green")
• Contributing to continuous integration pipelines (Jenkins or similar)
• Looking for opportunities to improve overall product quality and testing efficiency
• Working closely with software development, business, and trade desk teams
• Supporting complex projects involving multiple Cboe systems
• Providing input into project scheduling and estimation
• Participating in code reviews and design discussions
• Participating in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, retrospectives) and knowledge sharing

The ideal candidate has:

• Strong programming experience in Python
• Proven experience designing and developing automated test frameworks and test infrastructure
• Linux/Unix proficiency as an end user and ability to perform basic system administration tasks
• Version control experience with Git or similar systems
• SQL experience (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience with continuous integration tools
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and testing methodologies
• Track record of writing maintainable, well-documented code
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - ability to articulate technical concepts clearly
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively in a team environment
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues
• Preferred: Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
• Preferred: Experience in one or more relevant financial areas (market data, order management, algorithmic trading, financial systems integration and protocols, etc.)
• Preferred: Understanding of networking concepts and distributed systems

This role is best suited for professionals with strong programming and hands-on development experience. Ideal candidates are those who regularly write code and are passionate about engineering solutions, rather than focusing mainly on manual testing or user interface automation. We are looking for engineers who are engaged in daily coding activities and are eager to contribute to our automated testing efforts as part of a collaborative, innovative team.

Benefits and Perks

We value the total wellbeing of our people – including health, financial, personal and social wellness. We believe standard benefits like health insurance and fair pay are a given at any organization. Still, you should know we offer:

• Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for overachievement
• Comprehensive private medical insurance for employees and their families which includes dental cover (taxable benefit)
• Cboe pays for employee access to a private GP service (face to face or phone call consultations) to make it easy and convenient for you to see a doctor
• Life and long term illness insurance for stability and peace of mind
• EAP - This service intends to help employees deal with personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and well-being. This service includes short-term counselling and referral services for employees and their immediate family
• Enhanced paid parental and adoption leave to support parents
• Cboe offers pensions contribution up to 7% of base salary. You don't have to contribute yourself
• Corporate fitness memberships
• 25 days holiday per year per holiday year for full time employees, increasing with length of service at a rate of one extra day per completed years' service, up to a maximum of 30 days
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee referral bonus program
• Complimentary lunch, snacks and drinks in any Cboe office
• Paid tuition assistance and education opportunities
• Generous charitable giving company match
• Volunteer opportunities to help you give back to your communities

More About Cboe Europe

We're reimagining the future of the workplace by focusing on what matters most, our people. Our journey is an inclusive one. We're investing deeply in leadership programs and career development initiatives that ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed. We celebrate the diversity in our communities, inside and out, and welcome new perspectives with equity, inclusion and belonging.

We work with purpose, solving problems with ingenuity, collaboration, and a lot of passion. We're an engaged and excited team connecting markets across borders and embracing growth in all its forms to achieve incredible outcomes.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our associates' differences, including race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age and disability.

Any communication from Cboe regarding this position will only come from a Cboe recruiter who has a @cboe.com email or via LinkedIn Recruiter. Cboe does not use any other third party communication tools for recruiting purposes.