Software Engineer – QA

Job Description: Building trusted markets — powered by our people     At Cboe Global Markets, 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 meaningful 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. We strive to provide employees a safe space to network, share ideas and create opportunities.    To support strong partnership and team connection, this role follows a four day in office work model.   Location Overview   Cboe Global Markets operates a key office in the Overland Park Xchange ( OPx ), located in Overland Park, Kansas, a bustling suburb of Kansas City. The   OPx   business park is strategically positioned to provide convenient access to the Kansas City metropolitan area, offering modern infrastructure and a collaborative environment ideal for the financial services and technology industries. This location benefits from proximity to major highways, making it easily accessible for employees   The   OPx   site provides a balance of high-quality office space, advanced facilities, and an environment conducive to productivity and growth.   Role Overview   We develop, automate and support continuously running tests for our real-time systems .  We’re looking for hard-core Python programmers who enjoy developing testing tools and automated tests .  If you’ve built testing frameworks from scratch, we want to talk to you !  Our team combines the best practices of DevOps and QA to enable frequent and fast delivery of high-quality software .  We care deeply about system reliability, testability, recoverability, and fault tolerance.    In addition, a s a senior member of the Cboe QA team, you’ll bring your industry experience in QA/testing to help us modernize our QA automation .  Specifically, w e’re looking for someone who has direct industry experience with modern AI tools and techniques and can help u s develop and enhance our QA processes within an AI-centric software development lifecycle .  You steer .  Let agents execute .     Our QA engineers have a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, programming, and software engineering. We are analytical thinkers .  We are always developing and improving our craft .  If it’s broken, we fix it .  If it needs refactoring, we refactor it .  If it’s hard to test, we make it testable .  We love automation .  We ship code weekly.  We’re looking for like-minded individuals to join us.   What You'll Do   E stimate, plan, and lead testing efforts     Translate testing requirements into automated regression tests for our Exchange platforms   R eview code, guide newer team members     C ontribute to new tool designs and testing techniques     Apply modern AI techniques to QA activities within the Software Development Life Cycle   Become familiar with our supported asset classes such as equities, options, futures, and indices   Learn trading concepts and apply this knowledge to develop a wide variety of test scenarios   What You Bring :   AI and Automation   Demonstrable experience with implementing an AI-centric SDLC in the QA spac e   Practical experience with tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or similar   Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks — LangChain , AutoGen , or equivalents   A builder's instinct: you see where AI can remove friction and you act on it   Core Engineering Skills   Three to five years of QA experience, with recent and demonstrable experience coding and enhancing test frameworks and creating automated test cases   One to three years of experience planning, organizing, and leading test efforts or testing teams    Strong Python programming chop s   Solid Linux skills    Supporting Technical Skills   Databases: PostgreSQL (preferred), MySQL or Oracle; working SQL proficiency required   Atlassian toolset (Jira, Confluence)    Experience with Git-based version control   CI/CD tooling experience, including Jenkins   Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field — or equivalent experience   You'll Really Stand Out With   Experience in financial markets with working knowledge of order entry or market data protocols   Benefits and Perks   of working for Cboe Global Markets   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    Generous paid time off, including vacation, personal days, sick   days   and annual community service days      Health, dental and vision benefits, including access to telemedicine and mental health services    2:1 401(k) match, up to 8% match   immediately   upon hire    Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan     Tax Savings Accounts for health,   dependent   and transportation    Employee referral bonus program     Volunteer opportunities to help you give back to your communities     Some of our associates’ favorite benefits and   perks   include:    Complimentary lunch,   snacks   and coffee in any Cboe office    Paid Tuition   assistance   and education opportunities    Generous charitable gi