Quality Engineer

CO_AGISPI APEX GROUP INFORMATION SERVICES (PHILIPPINES) INC.; Makati; On-site; PHP 960,000 - 1,440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Exposure to enterprise‑grade financial

Certification support

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Apex Group is seeking a Quality Engineer to join our Makati team, delivering high-quality front-end applications and enterprise systems for financial services. The role blends hands-on testing with automation and collaboration across developers, analysts, and stakeholders to ensure features meet business needs and offer a seamless user experience.

The ideal candidate brings strong test automation experience, 10+ years in QE, and familiarity with Cypress/Playwright/Selenium, plus CI/CD and API

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a test analyst or QE role.
• Experience with front-end testing and automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, API testing, and test automation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, regression, and parallel testing of product enhancements.
• Develop and maintain test automation suites using Cypress, Playwright, and Selenium.
• Provide feedback on requirements and design documents for new developments.
• Mentor junior testers and promote testing best practices.
• Support performance and security testing initiatives.

Skills

Test automation experience

CI/CD tools familiarity

API testing experience

Problem solving & analytical

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Selenium

Postman

Azure DevOps

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

Position: Quality Engineer
Location: Makati City, Manila

About the Role

We are seeking a Quality Engineer to join our Apex Invest team. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality front-end applications and enterprise systems that support our financial services operations. You will work closely with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to validate functionality, maintain testing frameworks, and promote best practices across the software development lifecycle. This position requires a balance of hands‑on testing, automation expertise, and collaboration. You will contribute to both manual and automated testing efforts, ensuring that enhancements, fixes, and new features meet business requirements and deliver a seamless user experience. The role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem‑solving, has a keen eye for detail, and is passionate about improving software quality in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute functional, regression, and parallel testing of product enhancements, fixes, and strategic projects, ensuring full coverage of requirements and design.
• Perform manual and automated regression testing for planned upgrade releases (major and minor versions).
• Develop and maintain test automation suites using frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright, and Selenium.
• Provide feedback on business requirements and technical design documents for new developments.
• Deliver ad-hoc support and consultancy to internal and external clients.
• Contribute to the testing framework and promote automation-first practices while balancing manual validation.
• Ensure data integrity and security validation across systems.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with developers to improve testability and maintainability.
• Mentor junior testers and promote best-practice testing standards.
• Support performance and penetration testing initiatives (e.g., JMeter, K6, Burp Suite, Nmap).

Required Skills

• Passion for software development and strong interest in the Financial Services industry.
• 10+ years of experience in a test analyst or QE role
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and numerical analysis skills.
• Reputable tertiary qualifications.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and stakeholder engagement ability.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Selenium).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, Git).
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman).
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-region team and global client base.
• Willingness to work flexible hours when urgent issues arise.

Desirable Skills

• Fund administration or securities markets experience.
• ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing.
• Professional Accounting qualification.
• Knowledge of file transfer mechanisms and API testing.
• Exposure to performance and penetration testing (JMeter, K6, Burp Suite, Nmap).
• Experience with containerization and infrastructure tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform).

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package.
• Exposure to enterprise‑grade financial systems.
• Opportunities for professional growth and certification support.
• Collaborative environment with flexible working arrangements.
• A chance to work with cutting‑edge testing frameworks and financial technology stacks.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio‑economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet. For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit https://theapexgroup.com/csr-policy/

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single‑source solution and unified cross asset‑class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross‑jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long‑standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service‑led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service‑led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you.

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