Senior QA Engineer

TP ICAP Group; Taguig; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Inclusive workplace culture

Career growth potential

Job summary

A leading market infrastructure provider is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to ensure quality assurance of enterprise-level applications in the financial services sector. The role involves both manual and automated testing and requires expertise in server-side Java, messaging QA, and cloud platforms like AWS. Ideal candidates will possess strong problem-solving abilities and experience in Agile methodologies. This position offers a hybrid work environment in Taguig, Philippines.

Qualifications

• Multiple years of experience in global financial services.
• Proven expertise in server-side Java design and development.
• Advanced proficiency in testing messaging workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define resilient test frameworks to quality-assure code.
• Provide L3 support for deployment and production issues.
• Follow Agile methodologies and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Extensive experience in global financial services

Messaging QA experience

Hands-on experience with FIX Protocol

Java development

AWS management

Strong Linux skills

SQL database management

Agile methodologies experience

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

JUnit

Kafka

Grafana

Prometheus

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior QA Engineer page is loaded## Senior QA Engineerlocations: Manilatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R5114The 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.The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 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**Senior QA Engineer responsible for quality assuring and maintaining enterprise-level applications for post-trade affirmation and confirmation workflows including real-time message processing. Whilst this role requires the execution of manual test cases, there is a programme of change to drive towards automated testing and therefore any experience in taking a manual test capability and driving to automation is advantageous**Role Responsibilities*** Ensuring that resilient test frameworks are defined and produced in order to quality-assure code, ahead of deployment to the production environment* L3 Support for deployment and investigation of production issues where appropriate.* Follow SaFe agile methodology and participate in agile ceremonies and processes.* Mentor junior members of the team.* Ability to work with multiple remote regions.* Work with architecture and DevOps teams to follow guidelines and implementations.* Follow standard SDLC processes, design patterns for development guidelines.**Experience / Competences**Essential* **Multiple years** of professional experience in global financial services. Messaging, trade confirmations, clearing, STP and 3rd party messaging vendor integrations (Markitwire, ICELink, LCH etc) an advantage* Proven expertise in server-side Java design and development within banking and trading environments* **Messaging QA Experience**: Advanced proficiency in testing messaging workflows – MQ, XML, FIXML. Very detail orientated, understands the impact of getting it wrong* **FIX Protocol**: Hands-on experience with FIX Protocol and FIX Engines (eg QFJ, Rapid Addition, UlBridge) in eg FX/Credit/Commodities Trading environments* **Middleware**: Working knowledge of Solace messaging middleware* **Cloud Platforms**: Experience deploying and managing applications on AWS (EC2/EKS)* **CI/CD**: Proficiency with Jenkins and GitLab for deployment and continuous integration* **Operating Systems**: Strong Linux administration and command-line skills* **Database**: SQL experience and database management* **Testing**: JUnit and related unit testing frameworks* Excellent problem-solving abilities with strong attention to detail* Outstanding communication and collaboration skills in team environments.* Experience working in Agile development methodologies (SaFe/Scrum).Desired* Deep understanding of FX/Credit/Commodities products and financial instruments.* Experience in electronic trading environments and market data systems* **Frameworks**: Spring Boot and Google Guice dependency injection* **Observability**: Grafana and Prometheus for monitoring and metrics* **Testing**: Cucumber for behaviour-driven development and automation testing* **Infrastructure**: Terraform or Ansible for infrastructure as code* **Caching**: Hazelcast distributed caching solutions* **Containerization**: Kubernetes and AWS EKS experience***Band & Level – Manager, 6******#LI-Hybrid #LI-MID*****Company Statement**We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.**Location**Philippines - A.T. Yuchengco Centre - Taguig City**Connecting clients, communities and colleagues for sustainable growth**TP ICAP connects people, platforms, ideas, and insight across the world’s financial, energy and commodities markets. As a global leader in market infrastructure and data-led solutions, we enhance market access, increase efficiencies, and unlock possibilities.**Work with us**Joining TP ICAP puts you at the heart of markets that matter.You’ll have the freedom to innovate and act on your initiative. We’ll train you and build your abilities in your specialist area, so that you can become an expert in your field. And all within a connected network that’s there to set you up for success.TP ICAP Group is a collection of premium brands each with a distinct, client-focused offering. Underpinning and connecting these client-facing brands is the financial security, operational strength and know-how we have as a Group.Connections are at the heart of what we do. We combine our people’s know-how with the latest technology to improve price discovery, trade execution and liquidity flow.Connections create strength. Through them, we help our clients to manage risk, realise investment strategies and expand the scope for growth.And connections act as a catalyst. Sparking richer solutions for our clients to break new ground, modernising markets for future performance, and creating dynamic careers for our people. Our capacity to connect builds trust, supports communities and gives us the power to anticipate and respond to change, whatever direction the world takes. It’s what makes TP ICAP a mainstay in the global markets, now and in the future.TP ICAP. We connect.