Senior QA Engineer

Description

The company gives clients access to global financial and commodities markets, supporting price discovery, liquidity and data distribution. It is part of a group founded in London in 1866, with more than 60 offices in 27 countries and about 5,200 people.

This senior role is focused on the quality, stability and performance of the software platforms. You will combine hands-on testing with leading automation work and collaborate across functions.

You will shape test strategies, improve automation frameworks and guide teams on quality engineering practice. You will work with developers, product teams and business stakeholders so that releases are reliable and offer a good user experience.

The role suits a proactive, detail-focused QA professional who can work in complex environments and improve quality across several product lines.

Responsibilities

• Review business and system requirements to understand what needs testing.
• Build and improve automation frameworks and testing tools.
• Write and run test plans, test cases and test scripts, including regression tests.
• Find, log and help resolve defects efficiently.
• Work with engineering, product and business colleagues to clarify requirements.
• Take part in agile ceremonies, giving QA input and risk assessments.
• Track environment changes and help deploy applications.
• Add automated tests to CI/CD pipelines and monitor how reliable they are.
• Keep QA documentation, standards and best practice up to date.
• Coach and mentor other QA team members.
• Use AI coding assistants and agentic AI to speed up test writing, upkeep and defect analysis.
• Report test progress, risks and quality metrics to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Strong background testing complex systems that are data-rich or transaction-heavy.
• Expert-level QA experience, including test planning and automation.
• Hands-on Playwright automation testing using TypeScript.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control tools.
• Solid grasp of QA methods, testing processes and defect management.
• Ability to turn requirements into effective test scenarios.
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong organisation and time management.
• Able to work independently and as part of agile teams.
• Desired: experience covering the responsibilities listed above.

Conditions

Location: 135 Bishopsgate, London, UK.

Hybrid working model.

The company welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and encourages you to apply even if you do not match every point.