Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) – London, United Kingdom (Hybrid). About Adaptive: Adaptive is a financial consulting firm partnering with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We design and deliver front-office technology solutions using proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage for our clients, including leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs, and other capital-market service providers. With offices in London, New York, Barcelona and Montreal, we deliver powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions. You are self-directed, able to manage priorities independently; a strong team player who enjoys sharing knowledge; a problem-solver with analytical skills; eager to learn and comfortable with test-driven and Agile development. You have a strong foundation in QA methodologies, shift-left practices, and the full software development lifecycle (TDD, BDD, Scrum, Kanban); proficiency in Java with a focus on automated testing, root cause analysis and debugging; experience across the full test stack (unit, component, integration, system and end-to-end); ability to uncover complex edge cases through exploratory testing; capacity to translate feature specifications into test coverage and test plans; working knowledge of BDD practices (story refinement, example mapping, acceptance criteria definition, and 3 Amigos); familiarity with defining quality metrics, telemetry and dashboards; hands-on experience with chaos testing to validate system fault tolerance and reliability; experience integrating test

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) – London, United Kingdom (Hybrid). About Adaptive: Adaptive is a financial consulting firm partnering with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We design and deliver front-office technology solutions using proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage for our clients, including leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs, and other capital-market service providers. With offices in London, New York, Barcelona and Montreal, we deliver powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions. You are self-directed, able to manage priorities independently; a strong team player who enjoys sharing knowledge; a problem-solver with analytical skills; eager to learn and comfortable with test-driven and Agile development. You have a strong foundation in QA methodologies, shift-left practices, and the full software development lifecycle (TDD, BDD, Scrum, Kanban); proficiency in Java with a focus on automated testing, root cause analysis and debugging; experience across the full test stack (unit, component, integration, system and end-to-end); ability to uncover complex edge cases through exploratory testing; capacity to translate feature specifications into test coverage and test plans; working knowledge of BDD practices (story refinement, example mapping, acceptance criteria definition, and 3 Amigos); familiarity with defining quality metrics, telemetry and dashboards; hands-on experience with chaos testing to validate system fault tolerance and reliability; experience integrating test