QA Back-End Tester (Linux/Unix)

QA Back-End Tester (Linux/Unix) As a Back-End Tester (Linux/Unix) reporting to Sr. Manager - Quality Assurance, you'll play a critical role in safeguarding the quality and reliability of Nasdaq's Trade Surveillance platform - a globally deployed compliance solution trusted by marketplaces, regulators, and market participants worldwide. You'll thrive in this position if you're analytical, detail-oriented, and outcome-focused, with a passion for technology and a drive to deliver high-quality software in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and execute end-to-end test strategies that ensure software meets defined quality standards and client requirements.
• Analyze system requirements and business processes to identify testing scope, risks, and mitigation approaches.
• Drive defect resolution by performing root cause analysis, raising issues, and tracking them through to completion.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing frameworks, documentation, and release engineering processes.
• Collaborate with global teams to support integration, regression, and system testing across product releases.

Required Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience in server-side or back-end software testing, with strong proficiency in Unix/Linux command-line environments.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute complex test strategies independently, from environment setup through to completion.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured, methodical approach.
• Clear communicator with the ability to present testing strategies and challenge ambiguous requirements confidently.
• Experience working with defect tracking and automation tools in an agile or continuous delivery environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing applications hosted in cloud environments.
• Background in compliance, surveillance, or regulated financial services.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

This position will be located in Sydney, Australia and offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment at least 2 days a week in-office, subject to change, providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates.

This is a permanent, full-time role so candidates should have full working rights in Australia. To be eligible to apply, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent residency status.

Benefits & Rewards

We offer a competitive, well-rounded rewards package designed to support the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of our employees and their families (where applicable).

We utilize a structured job architecture and career framework to ensure growth opportunities are transparent, fair, and accessible to all employees. For more information, visit Nasdaq Benefits & Rewards Career Page.

Come as You Are Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives, experiences, and identities are valued and celebrated. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation throughout the hiring process.

At Nasdaq, we're proud to be the engine behind the world's capital markets. But we don't stop there. We build the technology that drives transparency, trust, and access-helping economies grow and people thrive. Our purpose is to advance economic progress for all. Whether you're a client, a colleague, or part of our broader community, we're here to move markets-and possibilities-forward.

Our hybrid work model, NasdaqBlend, gives you flexibility to do your best work-whether that's from home, in the office, or a mix of both. We're a global team of over 8,500 innovators across 38 countries, united by a shared purpose: advancing economic progress for all. It's not just what we do-it's how we do it, together. We support your success through You&Q, our total rewards program that covers every dimension of life-from building wealth and growing your career to prioritizing well-being and family care.