Head of Software Development Engineer for Test, IEX
Cross Asset
$275-300k
+ Bonus + Equity
We do sponsor visas
Equity trading exchange
Open for applications
Equity trading exchange
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$275-300k
+ Bonus + Equity
We do sponsor visas
101-200 employees
Company mission
To innovate with a purpose: to drive trading performance for market participants.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering
- Direct experience supporting equities and options trading systems (experience strongly preferred)
- Proven track record implementing or significantly upgrading a testing automation program in a regulated, low-latency environment
- Experience building or leading development of a test harness (in-house or third-party) at scale
- Demonstrated success driving organizations from manual or partially automated testing to robust automation and regression frameworks
- Strong understanding of exchange, trading platform, or market infrastructure environments
- Proficiency working with Java and C-based applications; familiarity with KDB is a plus
- Experience managing QA teams (ideally 15–30+ people), including multi-site or hybrid teams
- Ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadership — not purely a player-coach, but someone who can set direction and drive execution
- Change agent mentality — able to challenge the status quo and drive measurable improvement
What the job involves
- IEX is seeking a senior Quality Engineering leader to scale and lead a best-in-class testing and automation program across our equities and options exchanges
- Our QA function has grown quickly to support expanding product and platform capabilities
- While we’ve made progress, much of our testing remains manual or partially automated, and our tooling and environments are not yet standardized across asset classes
- We are looking for a leader who can unify and elevate our approach — driving a scalable, multi-asset testing strategy that supports continued growth
- This role will own the end-to-end QA strategy across equities and options, modernize our automation framework, and establish a robust regression environment capable of supporting highly available, production-grade systems
- You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Product, Market Operations, and Data teams, and play a critical role in improving reliability, efficiency, and release confidence across the organization
- Own and execute the vision for a unified, cross-asset QA and automation strategy across equities and options
- Lead the build-out and standardization of a scalable test harness that can be leveraged across both asset classes
- Drive the organization from a partially automated environment toward a mature, automation-first testing model
- Establish and enforce a comprehensive regression testing framework, including full regression suites run regularly against production-grade QA environments
- Evaluate and evolve current tooling (e.g., Selenium, DSL frameworks, in-house tools) and determine the right long-term automation architecture
- Ensure QA environments mirror production in strength and resiliency, while thoughtfully managing cost and infrastructure trade-offs
- Partner with Engineering and Product to translate requirements into robust automated and manual test coverage
- Leverage modern tools, including AI-assisted testing approaches, to improve efficiency and coverage
- Unify and scale a QA team currently split across asset classes into a cohesive, high-performing organization
- Act as a change agent — driving accountability, closing implementation gaps, and ensuring initiatives are completed end-to-end
- Mentor and develop existing QA leads and managers, elevating technical and operational standards across the team
Our take
Innovations in fintech infrastructure have dramatically changed how people invest, but despite such developments, investors still face limitations when trading assets. Exchanges often list out-of-date pricing information which limits investors' abilities to make strategic investment decisions, a problem that is heightened through knock-on effects from other unstable stock prices.
IEX provides a registered US stock exchange for investors and broker-dealers, focussing on providing a more stable trade execution experience than existing exchanges. The company achieves this through its "Speed Bump" strategy that delays trades to gather up-to-date pricing information whilst assessing them for price stability, ensuring that trades are not executed based on stale data, and helping to notify other orders to react to other stock price stability levels.
Whilst the company must share the stock exchange sector with many competitors, IEX show great promise through its focus on maintaining pricing accuracy and stability. The company also stands out by providing a cloud platform for the selling, sharing, and use of financial data, in addition to an investment lifecycle advice tool for institutional investors.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2014
$75m
SERIES C
Mar 2013
$24.4m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100.9m
Company benefits
- 100% Employer-Paid Benefit Premiums: Medical, dental and vision benefits premiums covered 100% for employees, spouses, and dependents
- One MEdical Membership: 100% company-paid annual membership to One Medical primary care services
- Matched 401(k), Equity & Bonus Offerings: Competitive compensation packages including equity and bonus opportunities and 401(k) with annual company match
- Learning Stipend and Non-Profit Donation Match: $5000 annual learning stipend and $1000 annual match for donations to 5013(c) organizations of your choice
- In-Office Gym: Fully equipped with weights, treadmills, a Peloton bike, and locker rooms with showers
- Lunch and Learns: Have lunch on IEX and listen to co-workers present on their areas of expertise
- Hybrid Working Environments: Teams determine how and where they work – home, on the road, or in office
- Flexible Vacation Policy: With unlimited PTO, recharge your batteries and come to work ready to innovate
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: Offered for primary and secondary caregivers at the birth, adoption, or placement of a child
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Bradley Katsuyama
(Co-Founder & CEO)Founding Board Member of The Public Health Company. Spent 11 years at RBC Capital Markets, ultimately as Managing Director of US Cash Equity Trading.
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