Senior Lead QA Engineer (FX)
London Stock Exchange Group3 months ago
Hyderābād, India or Bangkok, ThailandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own and drive the PriceStream test strategy, quality roadmap, test plans, and release closure reporting.
- Lead end-to-end testing delivery and sign-off across releases in partnership with technical program management, development, DevOps, infrastructure, and business teams.
- Architect, develop, and maintain automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber-JVM, SQL, and Maven.
- Define and lead FIX protocol testing across pricing, quote, and order workflows.
- Lead server-side, API, integration, functional, regression, database, infrastructure, deployment, load, stress, and fault-tolerance testing.
- Participate in production deployments, post-release validation, and root-cause analysis with corrective and preventive actions.
- Use Docker and Kubernetes to support test environment setup and automation, including AWS Viking cloud infrastructure validation.
- Mentor QA engineers, conduct code reviews, and provide technical leadership on automation practices.
- Champion shift-left quality, influence system design for testability, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Requirements
- 8+ years of QA automation experience, including team or technical leadership.
- Strong knowledge of QA processes and best practices, with experience defining and implementing test strategies.
- Hands-on experience with Java, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber-JVM, SQL, and Maven.
- Experience with API, GUI, database, server-side, backend, integration, infrastructure, and deployment testing.
- Deep hands-on experience testing the FIX protocol and proven ownership of testing delivery across cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience supporting production deployments and leading root-cause analysis of production issues.
- Experience architecting automation frameworks and building mocks and simulator components for isolated test environments.
- Good understanding of Docker and Kubernetes and experience with AWS Viking cloud environments.
- Proven ability to mentor engineers, influence across teams, and understand technical architecture.
- Proficiency with AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
- Preferred experience with Kafka messaging, FX trading or financial technology, distributed systems, performance bottlenecks, and financial markets.
Benefits
- Healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.
- Opportunities for professional growth, learning, collaboration with industry experts, and exposure to high-volume, latency-intensive FX trading platforms.
- Autonomy to drive quality improvements and develop combined technical and financial-domain expertise.
- Collaborative, creative, diverse, and inclusive work culture with sustainability and charitable-volunteering initiatives.
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About London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) provides market infrastructure, financial data, and analytics to banks, asset managers, and corporations. Its businesses span capital markets (London Stock Exchange), post-trade clearing (LCH), and information services including FTSE Russell indices and the Refinitiv data platform, funded by transaction fees, subscriptions, and licensing. Headquartered in London and publicly listed on the LSE, the group serves global customers seeking trading, clearing, benchmarks, and enterprise data solutions.