Senior QA Engineer

tp; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The TP ICAP Group is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to lead automation efforts within an Agile team. You will drive BDD/TDD practices, develop automated tests and ensure high-quality software each sprint, including API-level testing and performance aspects.

Based in Manila with a shift aligned to EMEA, the role involves three onsite days per week at BGC and a strong emphasis on automation and test-framework leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years proven experience operating as a senior QA automation engineer.
• Proficient in programming or scripting languages such as Java or JavaScript.
• Experience using AI tools to design, generate and optimize automation scripts.
• Skilled in building scalable automation frameworks with Playwright/WebDriver IO.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with global BA, Dev and QA teams for test planning and design.
• Create and maintain automated tests for CI/CD environments.
• Lead shift-left automation strategies and drive test framework evolution.
• Mentor teammates to improve overall QA practices and delivery quality.
• Identify bottlenecks and provide actionable performance recommendations.

Skills

QA automation

Selenium

Playwright

CI/CD tooling

Java / JavaScript

BDD (Cucumber)

Tools

Test Complete

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Job description

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.

Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

Founded in London in 1866, the Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,200 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

Role Overview

The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (SQA) will work within an Agile team as an advocate of Quality. The SQA will drive Behavioural Driven Development (BDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD) to ensure business outcomes are delivered. They will work closely with product owners and developers to provide In-Sprint QA to match the team's definition of Done and provide working software at the end of each Sprint. They will ensure quality of both the product as well as the test framework as it evolves. Each Sprint, the SQA will be expected to identify necessary testing strategies and drive their implementation whether it is manual session based, automation or system performance related. The SQA will work alongside like-minded, skilled engineers, solving complex problems and delivering great software to support successful, award-winning products. Strong in automation skills, they will lead the Agile team in a shift left methodology to have a high level of automation, of which the key focus should be API level testing.

Working an EMEA/Mid shift, and 3 days a week onsite in BGC.

Role Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with global Business Analyst, Development and QA teams for efficient test planning, test design and co-ordinate testing efforts between global teams.
• Play key role in functional and automated tests, supporting design, development, execution and maintenance of scripts that run in CI/CD environment.
• Apply knowledge of AI Agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) to streamline testing workflows and accelerate QA delivery.
• Design and implement self-healing automation frameworks to improve test stability and reduce maintenance overhead.
• Integrate AI agents into Playwright workflows to enhance script creation efficiency and maintenance.
• Identify, analyse and report application bottlenecks with actionable recommendations.
• Mentoring and coaching the team members to stretch quality achievements
• Consistently strive to empower the full Agile team in understanding the importance of QA
• Promote delivery of quality software - unit tests, code reviews etc.
• Demonstrate a high degree of autonomy, taking ownership and prioritization of tasks.
• Take Ownership/Accountability for development of key features and drive to completion.
• Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery.

Experience / Competences

• Essential
• 5 + years proven experience operating as a senior QA automation engineer
• Demonstrable experience using JIRA, Zephyr, UI Automation tooling (Test Complete, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright)
• Proficient in programming or scripting language such as Java, JavaScript or similar
• Experience to utilize AI tools such as KIRO / Amazon Q, Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT or equivalent to design, generate, and optimize automation test scripts.
• Adept at analysing and identifying key areas for automation using development, data manipulation and scripting skills
• Expertise in developing, scripting and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Playwright and Web Driver IO.
• Knowledge of designing and executing performance, load, stress, and endurance tests using tools such as K6 or equivalent
• Experience of designing Acceptance Test Criteria for functional requirements, writing and maintaining end to end tests with an Automated Framework.
• Skilled in using CI/CD tooling such as GitLab, Team City, Jenkins.
• Experience of using BDD testing frameworks such as Cucumber and performance/ NFR testing tool J-Meter or similar
• Non-Functional testing including, Performance, Load, Stress and Security testing
• Knowledge of FIX Client / FIX API automation.
• Understanding of trade life cycle and knowledge of broker/ trader platforms
• Identify and raise risks to the project and product key stakeholders. Work with Product Owners and BAs to prioritise/ mitigate risk
• Participate in agreeing the Definition of Done to ensure Quality is central and achievement can be measured
• Knowledgeable in Jira or similar issue management system.
• Adept at working in Agile/ Agile SAFe engineering environments, exhibiting