QA Engineer – Fintech

Stott and May; City Of London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Fintech company is hiring a QA Engineer to ensure product quality in a remote role. You will create detailed test plans, manage automated testing processes, and collaborate with a full-stack team. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Cypress, JavaScript, and SQL, with additional experience in AI tools for test planning. Competitive salary of £60,000–£65,000 is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with Foreign Exchange (FX) systems is desirable.
• Strong grasp of QA methodologies, tools and best practices required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive quality from initial concept through to final product release.
• Create detailed, well-structured test plans and test cases.
• Build and maintain automated testing processes.

Skills

Cypress

JavaScript

SQL

QA methodologies

AI tools for test planning

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

QA Engineer – Fintech | Fully Remote (UK) | £60,000–£65,000

About the Role

Our client within the Fintech space is scaling rapidly and transforming the way money moves. Quality is at the heart of everything they do, and you’ll play a key role in ensuring their products remain robust, secure and seamless as they continue to grow.

As part of a collaborative full‑stack product team—including product managers, designers, engineers, test engineers, and subject‑matter experts—you’ll help shape their testing strategy and bring their product vision to life.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Driving quality from initial concept through to final product release
• Creating detailed, well‑structured test plans and test cases
• Building and maintaining automated testing processes
• Expanding and strengthening automated regression test coverage
• Identifying, reporting and working closely with the team to resolve defects
• Contributing to architectural discussions with a focus on testability
• Monitoring and reporting key QA metrics
• Staying ahead of industry trends, tools and testing strategies

What We’re Looking For

• Experience working with Foreign Exchange (FX) systems (desirable but not essential)
• Strong grasp of QA methodologies, tools and best practices
• Hands‑on experience using Cypress
• Solid JavaScript programming skills
• Strong SQL knowledge
• Experience with both white‑box and black‑box testing
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Detail‑oriented, quality‑driven mindset
• High levels of honesty and integrity
• Ability to effectively use AI tools for test planning, documentation and analysis

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS or Azure