Job Description

At HedgeServ, we’re redefining what’s possible in fund administration. With more than $700 billion in assets under administration, we partner with the world’s most forward-thinking investment managers – across private equity, private credit, endowments, hedge funds and more – to deliver seamless, tech-enabled solutions that drive performance.

Our proprietary platform, enhanced by machine learning and robotic process automation, gives clients real-time insights and unmatched control over their operations. Alongside our technology, we offer award-winning service through our team-based approach -- led by a deeply experienced team of industry experts. Our solutions span the full investment lifecycle, including fund accounting, middle office, risk, compliance, tax, and investor services.

We’re a future-focused company, empowering our people through a robust career development framework, clear career trajectories with structured learning paths, training, and progression plans. We invest in leadership development and in our collaborative culture, creating space for talent to grow. Our corporate values – Relationships, Support, Innovation, and Expertise – create a sense of shared purpose and belonging, and we recognize our employees sit at the core of our success. We continue to innovate and evolve through our employees, working together to achieve our shared vision and mission.

HedgeServ supports employees through a variety of offerings, including remote and hybrid working arrangements, and fully paid comprehensive health and well-being benefits. We’ve been recognized as an employer of choice, earning a top 100 workplaces designation.

Founded in 2008, HedgeServ has grown into a global organization with over 2,000 experts across the globe, with offices in the United States, Grand Cayman, Ireland, Poland, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, the Philippines, and Australia. We’ve earned numerous accolades, including Top Overall Administrator, along with #1 rankings for providing alternative asset services in Accounting, Technology, Client Service, Investor Services, Alternative Fund Expertise, Reporting, and Regulatory Expertise.

As a QA Engineer, you will work on a development team that builds security-master subsystems for HedgeServ that model financial securities, maintain accurate up-to-date securities data, integrate with numerous external data vendors, and feed data to applications serving internal and external clients. You will develop and maintain automated test suites to comprehensively test real-world, end-to-end business scenarios, collaborating with other engineers to ensure delivery of robust, high-quality software. This is a software engineering role focused on solving problems through test development, architecture, process, and interpretability.

A successful QA Engineer is a:

• Strong problem solver who can reason and communicate about complex problems and systems.

• Accountable team member who prioritizes stakeholder value and technical excellence.

• Curious, open-minded engineer who enjoys learning and working with new technologies, practices, and ideas.

About the Company:
HedgeServ is a successful hedge fund administration company that features a unique technology platform with one of the most experienced service teams in the industry. HedgeServ provides a service solution for front office, risk, valuations, middle office, fund accounting and fund administration that is customized to the needs of individual hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, and private equity funds. HedgeServ has offices all around the globe - in New York, Texas, London, Boston, Cork, Dublin, Luxembourg, Sydney, Cayman, Krakow & Sofia.

About the Team:
The Security Master Development team is based out of the US and Sofia, BG and consists of 5-10 engineers working closely with business analysts and stakeholders to develop a comprehensive security master solution serving all HedgeServ clients. We have strong technical proficiency in python backend-development, distributed service architectures, databases, and AWS We have strong business proficiency in the modeling of financial instruments including listed instruments, derivatives, swaps, and syndicated credit and in the products offered by external data vendors like Bloomberg, Refinitiv, S&P Global and more.

Responsibilities of a QA Engineer:

• Work with business stakeholders to develop testing requirements and test plans for new features.

• Create and extend automated test scenarios using Python, Pytest, Playwright, and Gherkin Behavior-Driven-Development tools.

• Triage and troubleshoot regressions in the automated test scenarios and collaborate with team members on solutions.

• Implement improvements to testing methodologies to improve accuracy, performance, and coverage of regression tests.

• Design and maintain test fixtures, tools and utilities to extend the team's testing capabilities.

Minimum Requirements:

• 1+ years of experience writing Python code.

• 1+ years of experience with test-driven-development (TDD) or behavior-driven-development (BDD).

• Experience using Web UI test/automation frameworks such as Playwright or Selenium

• Experience with Git.

Nice to have:

• Degree in computer science or equivalent.

• Familiarity with AWS and running software in the cloud.

• Familiarity with writing basic queries for SQL and/or MongoDB databases.

• Familiarity with continuous integration technologies like AWS CodeBuild, Jenkins, or Github Actions.

Why you will love working with us:

• Strong and resourceful company, but start-up like environment – HedgeServ is a well-established corporation with $450+ billion asset under administration and more than 1600 employees worldwide. Yet the development team is divided into independent, small, agile and cohesive teams.

• Working with smart people on challenging problems – Due to the complex nature of the product, new technical and algorithmic challenges occur every day. You will be part of a strong united team that has open communication and works together to solve problems and share knowledge.

• Your opinion matters – The company respects everyone’s perspective, your input will be heard, and you can make a tangible change in a successful international company.

• We value quality code – We strongly believe in unit, integration and acceptance testing, conforming to best development practices, striving for great quality and performance. The business is supportive of development quality and allows capacity for refactoring, improvement and innovation.

• Innovate and own your solutions – You will have the opportunity to translate requirements into code, going through the whole development cycle. This will include improving a highly profitable financial application, as well as working on green field innovative projects.

• Feel valued – HedgeServ invests in its employees with many company-wide trainings, mentoring programs, sponsoring conference attendances, supporting personal growth, and giving access to online courses and books.

• You can grow with us – HedgeServ is a big company, providing amazing opportunities for growth. Good work and performance are recognized and valued; career progression and promotions are based on merit.

Benefits:

• Attractive compensation package including extensive set of benefits, such as platinum health insurance, sport membership, food vouchers, employee assistance program, etc. 

• 25 vacation days per year. 

• Additional vacation days with 1 added for every year in the company (up to 3 additional days). 

• Flexibility in working hours and locations (WFH available). 

• Professional environment with great development opportunities. 

• Tuition reimbursement program (personal budget up to 1000 EUR).