Senior QA Manual Test Engineer — FinTech (AWS, SQL)

CMC Markets; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra annual leave

Birthday off

Charity day

Staff trading access

Learning & development

Job summary

CMC Markets is seeking an experienced QA Manual Test Engineer to join the Engineering & Architecture, Core Services team on a 12-month maximum-term contract. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of our software applications through rigorous testing and validation.

You’ll collaborate with developers, manage production releases, and support regression testing across AWS-backed backend and UI layers, shaping testing strategy in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA Manual Test Engineer experience on medium to large IT projects (within financial services).
• Strong manual testing experience, ideally within financial services.
• Experience with Jira, Git, and API testing.
• Testing across backend services and web-based UI (JavaScript).
• Testing within an AWS cloud architecture.
• ISTQB Certified Tester preferred.
• Knowledge of financial trading instruments (Shares/FX/Options/Derivatives).

Responsibilities

• Manual testing of C#/.NET applications deployed in AWS.
• Test planning and design, including test data and environment requirements.
• Creating and maintaining test plans and test scripts, ensuring proper test coverage.
• Preparing and managing test data.
• Executing test scripts, recording and analysing results.
• Logging and tracking defects and monitoring resolution.
• Analysing defects to identify root causes and provide feedback to developers.
• Preparing regular test status and completion reports.

Skills

Manual testing

AWS testing

Backend testing

UI testing (JavaScript)

SQL querying

Agile

ISTQB

Financial services knowledge

Tools

Jira

Git

API testing

Job description

CMC Markets is seeking an experienced QA Manual Test Engineer to join the Engineering & Architecture, Core Services team on a 12-month maximum-term contract. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of our software applications through rigorous testing and validation.

You’ll collaborate with developers, manage production releases, and support regression testing across AWS-backed backend and UI layers, shaping testing strategy in a fast-paced fintech environment.