Senior QA Engineer

About the Company

The Somnia Foundation, backed by Improbable, specialises in building and operating high-performance decentralised technology. Its EVM L1 is designed for extreme throughput, supporting novel protocols like Somnia Agents, Prophecy, and dreamDEX.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end test coverage across order matching, settlement, margin, liquidation, deposits, withdrawals, APIs, and the frontend
• Define test strategies for spot, perpetuals, and event contracts
• Build automated test infrastructure using AI for test case generation and agent-driven exploratory testing
• Drive edge-case testing including partial fills, reorgs, oracle deviation, and liquidation cascades
• Run regression and load testing against high throughput and latency profiles
• Drive defect management and root cause analysis
• Communicate proactively across the organization to drive decision-making

Requirements

• 7+ years of QA experience on perpetuals trading systems (perp DEX or perps CEX)
• Strong Web3 experience
• Fluency in failure modes of matching engines, settlement, and margin systems
• Automation-first mindset with strong test-engineering skills
• AI-native working style using AI tooling for testing and triage
• Ability to operate hands-on in a fast-moving environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Smart-contract testing experience, fuzzing, or a security-adjacent background
• Experience testing REST / WebSocket trading APIs and bot/agent integrations
• Experience taking a new venue or major trading product through its first launches