Peadar Donnelly
About Peadar Donnelly
Peadar Donnelly is a Quality Assurance Tester for Kx for Flow at First Derivatives, where he has worked since 2020. He holds an MSci in Mathematics and Statistics from Queen's University Belfast and has extensive experience in quality assurance, regulatory analysis, and business analysis within the financial sector.
Work at FD Technologies
Peadar Donnelly currently serves as a Quality Assurance Tester for the Kx for Flow platform at First Derivatives, a position he has held since 2020. In this role, he is designated as the QA resource responsible for ensuring quality in the Kx for Flow trading platform, particularly for foreign exchange products at SMBC Tokyo and SMBC Capital Markets. His responsibilities include executing smoke tests to validate build stability and managing regression test suites. He regularly provides status updates to senior management and estimates timelines for project delivery.
Education and Expertise
Peadar Donnelly studied at Queen's University Belfast, where he earned an MSci in Mathematics and Statistics & Operational Research from 2013 to 2017. His academic background provides a strong foundation in quantitative analysis, which he applies in his professional roles. He has developed expertise in areas such as Trade Pricing, Price Construction, Order Routing, Credit Checking, and Manual Trading. Additionally, he has extensive experience with UNIX and KDB querying, which he utilizes in his current position.
Background
Prior to his current role, Peadar Donnelly worked at First Derivatives as a Regulatory Analyst for nine months in 2018 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He then transitioned to a Business Analyst position, where he worked for two years in Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland, from 2018 to 2020. His early career also included a role in Capital Markets Training for four months in Newry, Northern Ireland, in 2017. This diverse background has equipped him with a comprehensive understanding of the financial services industry.
Achievements
In his current role as a Quality Assurance Tester, Peadar Donnelly is responsible for ensuring the quality of the Kx for Flow trading platform. He regularly attends workshops to develop new requirements and system enhancements, demonstrating his commitment to continuous improvement. His problem-solving skills are evident in his ability to utilize database querying and log querying via UNIX to identify defect causes. His contributions to the team include executing smoke tests and managing regression test suites to ensure software reliability.