PA2025Q4JB035 - Senior Software QA Engineer

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

QA Test Engineer

Locations: London | Basildon

Get To Know Us:

SS&C is leading the way.  We continue to look for today’s and tomorrow’s brightest talent, those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to apply. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, and innovation to name a few. SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) provides information processing and computer software services and products. The Company’s operating segments include financial markets, customer management, professional services, and output solutions.  SS&C GIDS serves the alternative investments, asset and wealth management, banking and lending, insurance, and real estate industries. 

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

What You Will Get To Do:
As a QA Test Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our systems through meticulous planning, execution, and documentation of testing activities. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to validate business requirements, identify and resolve defects, and maintain system integrity. You will be expected to apply a range of testing methodologies—including Agile and Waterfall—depending on project needs, contributing to iterative development cycles or structured delivery phases as appropriate. This role offers the opportunity to deepen your understanding of financial technologies, contribute to continuous improvement, and mentor junior team members—all while helping deliver robust, user-focused solutions.

• Design and maintain high-quality test plans, scenarios, and scripts to validate that business requirements are met
• Produce clear and comprehensive testing documentation in line with organizational standards
• Execute structured and thorough testing activities, adhering to test plans and utilizing appropriate tools to ensure system stability and capture accurate test evidence
• Identify, log, and track software defects, ensuring all relevant information is recorded to support efficient resolution
• Collaborate with team members to meet project deadlines and ensure timely delivery of testing tasks
• Develop a strong understanding of SS&C systems and associated technologies to enhance testing effectiveness and support user-focused validation
• Apply industry and business knowledge to assess system functionality and ensure alignment with operational needs
• Monitor and manage issue reporting, ensuring timely progression through to resolution
• Support the development of junior team members through coaching and knowledge sharing
• Maintain data integrity by ensuring the reliability and accuracy of system functions critical to daily operations

What You Will Bring:

• Practical experience in software testing, including proficiency with industry-standard testing tools and hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and scripting 
• Familiarity with the financial services domain, particularly Life & Pensions, is advantageous
• Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex issues
• Clear and effective communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Team-oriented mindset with a collaborative approach
• Excellent time management and organizational skills to handle multiple priorities efficiently
• Holding a recognized testing certification, such as ISTQB Foundation Level or higher, is required

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.