QA Engineer

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will play a crucial role in validating FMX's trading platforms and ensuring their reliability in high-stakes environments. Your expertise in manual testing, trading protocols, and financial markets will be instrumental in designing robust test plans and collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role offers an opportunity to mentor junior QA team members and contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes. 8+ years of experience in QA roles within financial markets, trading platforms, or interdealer broker environments. Proficiency in manual testing, including test planning, execution, and defect management. Deep knowledge of trading protocols (FIX, proprietary protocols, market data feeds). Experience building, testing, or supporting trading screens or front-end interfaces. Understanding of order types, execution workflows, market structure, and trade lifecycle. Ability to interpret logs, message flows, and protocol-level interactions. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a trader's mindset. Excellent communication skills for effective cross-functional collaboration. Familiarity with automation frameworks and performance testing is preferred. Experience in interdealer broker environments or OTC markets is an asset. Lead manual testing across trading products, covering functional, regression, integration, and workflow scenarios. Validate trading protocols, including message flows, order lifecycles, and market data interactions. Review and analyze business requirements to design comprehensive test plans and cases. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine requirements and identify edge cases. Test and validate trading screens for accuracy, usability, and trader expectations. Reproduce, document, and track defects, working closely with developers for timely resolution. Participate in release readiness, risk assessments, and go/no-go decisions. Mentor junior QA team members and establish best practices for trading system testing. Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes, tools, and documentation.