Senior Test Engineer

Peoplebank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplebank is recruiting a Senior Test Engineer to collaborate with developers, analysts, and business stakeholders to review requirements, craft and run test plans, and manage defects end-to-end.

The role emphasizes manual testing with 8–10 years in QA and 3–5 years in Capital Markets, plus familiarity with FpML, SWIFT, or FIX. You will report progress and escalate issues as needed in a structured financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 6–12 months of hands-on experience writing BDD/Cucumber feature files.
• 8–10 years of total QA experience with a strong focus on manual testing.
• Experience in Financial Services, ideally Capital Markets (3–5 years preferred).
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies in a structured environment.
• Proven experience across system, system integration, regression, end-to-end, and parallel testing.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Familiarity with messaging protocols such as FpML, SWIFT, or FIX is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Review and refine requirements with developers, support analysts, and business analysts.
• Develop and execute test plans and test cases.
• Manage defects, track progress, and report results.
• Escalate issues to the Test Lead when necessary.

Skills

Manual testing

Quality assurance

Stakeholder communication

Test planning

Test execution

BDD/Cucumber

Financial services

Tools

FpML

SWIFT

FIX

Job description

Our client is seeking a Senior Test Engineer to join their team. In this role, you will work closely with developers, support analysts, and business analysts to review and refine requirements, develop and execute test plans, manage defects, track, and report progress, and escalating issues to the Test Lead when necessary.

Skills & Experience Required

• 6–12 months of hands-on experience writing BDD/Cucumber feature files
• 8–10 years of total QA experience, with a strong focus on manual testing
• Experience in Financial Services, ideally Capital Markets (3–5 years preferred)
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies in a structured environment
• Proven experience across system, system integration, regression, end-to-end, and parallel testing
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Familiarity with messaging protocols such as FpML, SWIFT, or FIX is highly desirable

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