Software Test Engineer

IntellectEU is an international technology company focused on digital finance and emerging technologies. At IntellectEU we are on a mission to become the top-of-mind fintech company. We are committed to our people and believe in building a better future with the newest of the newest technologies. Giving young people and industry veterans a growing ground to play, launch ideas \& work very closely with our clients. With our hands-on experience in both technical \& capital markets, there’s no challenge that’s left untackled.

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Software Test Engineer to join our team.

Our collateral exchange platform is used by leading institutions in the financial sector. As a Software Test Engineer, you play a critical role in ensuring that the platform meets the functional, security, resilience, and confidentiality requirements of clients and partners operating in a regulated environment.

The platform is built on a modern technology stack that includes Kotlin, Spring Boot, ActiveMQ, Gradle, Ansible, Docker, and Canton. It comprises message-driven components, REST APIs, distributed ledger nodes, and relational databases.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and execute comprehensive test strategies for complex, distributed software systems
• Develop and maintain detailed test cases, test plans, and test evidence to support production releases, client integrations, and regulatory requirements
• Perform functional and integration testing of internal services and external interfaces
• Coordinate and execute end-to-end and cross-party testing, including collaboration with external stakeholders and counterparties
• Conduct non-functional testing, including performance, resilience, failover, upgrade, and recovery scenarios
• Perform security and negative testing, supporting vulnerability assessments and penetration testing activities
• Analyze test results, identify defects, and ensure proper documentation and reproducibility of issues
• Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of test frameworks, stubs, simulators, and supporting test infrastructure
• Collaborate closely with development, DevOps, and product teams to ensure high-quality software delivery
• Continuously improve testing processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance test coverage and efficiency.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, with a solid grounding in computer science fundamentals. Relevant areas include databases, concurrency, distributed systems, and security.
• 3+ years of experience testing or building software in JVM-based environments, such as Kotlin, Java, or other JVM-targeting languages.
• Demonstrable experience testing complex, distributed software systems, including components communicating via REST APIs, message queues, and asynchronous workflows.
• Demonstrable experience with non-functional testing, including performance, resilience, and security testing.
• Demonstrable experience using testing frameworks and tools (e.g. Cucumber or similar).
• Demonstrable experience designing and developing non-trivial test infrastructure, such as stubs, simulators, test harnesses, or environment-level test tooling.

Soft skills:

• Proactive mindset with strong critical-thinking skills, and the ability to identify and articulate quality risks early.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, high-assurance environment and adapt to change.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in a professional, technical context.

We guarantee:

• Excellent compensation and benefits package, including medical insurance and sports activities.
• International experience in a stable company: the company has offices in Antwerp, Lisbon, Krakow, Kyiv, New York and operates on the market for over 15 years.
• A passionate team in an innovative, casual, positive, and open work environment, ready to meet your new ideas.
• Great opportunities for personal and professional development as well as the chance to change the way the business works in the financial world.

Join us to make an impact on the entire financial world!