About the role

Associate Director leading Quality Assurance to enhance QA practices at Derivative Path. Drive quality culture and mentor QA teams embedded in development lifecycle of financial technology solutions.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor the existing QA team to be quality enablers who embed in sprint planning, collaborate with developers and product managers throughout the development process, and drive a culture where the whole team owns quality outcomes
Define and execute QA strategy that emphasizes automation, early quality involvement, and shared ownership across Product, Engineering, Design, and Infrastructure teams—partnering with Product Owners to strengthen acceptance criteria and collaborating with Engineering to improve automated test coverage across CI/CD pipelines
Apply domain expertise in derivatives workflows—including interest rate swaps, FX trades, commodity hedging, and hedge accounting—to guide risk-based testing approaches and identify critical test scenarios across pre-trade analytics, execution, and post-trade monitoring
Drive quality and performance culture by ensuring teams consider monitoring, observability, test coverage, and regression strategy as part of "done," establishing metrics and KPIs that reflect team-wide quality ownership and deployment success
Act as a quality advisor (not gatekeeper) in release planning and incident reviews, continuously assessing and improving QA tools, automation frameworks, and testing processes to enable faster, safer releases.

8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering
At least 3+ years in a senior or leadership role leading modern, automation-focused QA practices
Demonstrated domain experience in derivatives trading technology, treasury management systems, FX payments platforms, hedge accounting, or capital markets infrastructure serving financial institutions
Strong understanding of modern QA as an enabling function, including test automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, shift-left testing, and Agile/DevOps delivery models
Experience coaching engineers on writing better automated tests and partnering with Product to define testable requirements
Ability to translate complex derivatives workflows, regulatory requirements, and risk management scenarios into collaborative quality strategies that distribute ownership across disciplines
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to drive cultural change toward shared quality responsibility
Hands-on familiarity with QA tools, automation frameworks (for multiple test types), test management systems, and CI/CD pipelines.