Job Description

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will play a crucial role in validating FMX's trading platforms and ensuring their reliability in high-stakes environments. Your expertise in manual testing, trading protocols, and financial markets will be instrumental in designing robust test plans and collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role offers an opportunity to mentor junior QA team members and contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes.

• Lead manual testing across trading products, covering functional, regression, integration, and workflow scenarios.
• Validate trading protocols, including message flows, order lifecycles, and market data interactions.
• Review and analyze business requirements to design comprehensive test plans and cases.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine requirements and identify edge cases.
• Test and validate trading screens for accuracy, usability, and trader expectations.
• Reproduce, document, and track defects, working closely with developers for timely resolution.
• Participate in release readiness, risk assessments, and go/no-go decisions.
• Mentor junior QA team members and establish best practices for trading system testing.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes, tools, and documentation.

• 8+ years of experience in QA roles within financial markets, trading platforms, or interdealer broker environments.
• Proficiency in manual testing, including test planning, execution, and defect management.
• Deep knowledge of trading protocols (FIX, proprietary protocols, market data feeds).
• Experience building, testing, or supporting trading screens or front-end interfaces.
• Understanding of order types, execution workflows, market structure, and trade lifecycle.
• Ability to interpret logs, message flows, and protocol-level interactions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a trader's mindset.
• Excellent communication skills for effective cross-functional collaboration.
• Familiarity with automation frameworks and performance testing is preferred.
• Experience in interdealer broker environments or OTC markets is an asset.