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Derivative Path · 11 hours ago

Associate Director, Quality Assurance

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
moneyCA$140K/yr - CA$180K/yr
date8+ years exp

Derivative Path empowers institutions across the capital markets with innovative, AI-driven technology and expert advisory solutions. They are seeking an Associate Director of Quality Assurance to lead and evolve their QA function, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Delivery Infrastructure to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle.

FinanceFinancial ExchangesFinancial ServicesFinTechTrading Platform
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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

Qualification

Quality AssuranceAutomation frameworksCI/CD integrationDerivatives trading technologyAgile/DevOps deliveryTreasury management systemsRisk managementInfluencing skillsCoaching engineersCommunication

Required

8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering, with 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

Benefits

Competitive bonus, base salary, and equity compensation
23 days of PTO
Fully remote
RRSP contribution at 3%
Competitive health benefits
Health, dental, vision, retirement plan contribution, and a generous paid time off policy

Company

Derivative Path

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Derivative Path offers a cloud platform for simplified international payments and OTC derivative trading, catering to all institution sizes.
dateFounded in 2013
location
Walnut Creek, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
http://derivativepath.com

H1B Sponsorship

Derivative Path has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (1)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$35M
Key Investors
FTV Capital
2020-06-24Private Equity· $35M
2013-11-01Series A

Leadership Team

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Pradeep Bhatia
Co-Founder and CEO
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John Fleming
COO
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