Senior QA Engineer

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
The Senior QA Engineer designs and executes testing strategies, develops and maintains Playwright automation frameworks, creates test plans and regression tests, and integrates automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. The role includes defect management, requirements analysis, quality metrics reporting, agile collaboration, deployment awareness, documentation, and mentoring QA team members. The engineer also uses AI coding assistants and agentic AI to improve test authoring, maintenance, and defect analysis.
Summary Generated by Built In

Group Overview

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 QA Engineer plays a key role in ensuring the quality, stability, and performance of our software platforms. This role combines hands‑on testing, automation leadership, and cross‑functional collaboration.

You will design and execute robust testing strategies, enhance automation frameworks, and guide teams toward best practices in quality engineering. You will work closely with developers, product teams, and business stakeholders to ensure that releases meet expectations for reliability and user experience.

This role is suited to a proactive, detail‑oriented QA professional who thrives in fast‑paced, complex environments and can drive quality improvements across multiple product lines.


Role Responsibilities

  • Analyse business/system requirements.
  • Enhance and maintain automation frameworks and testing tools.
  • Design, create, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts, including regression tests.
  • Ensure defects are identified, documented, and resolved efficiently.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to clarify requirements.
  • Participate in agile ceremonies, providing QA insights and risk assessments.
  • Maintain awareness of environment changes and deploy applications.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and monitor test reliability.
  • Maintain QA documentation, standards, and best practices.
  • Provide guidance and mentoring to QA team members.
  • Leverage AI coding assistants and agentic AI to accelerate test authoring, maintenance and defect analysis.
  • Report test progress, risks, and quality metrics to stakeholders.

Experience / Competences

Essential

  • Strong experience in software testing across complex, data-rich or transaction-heavy systems.
  • Expert QA experience, including test planning and automation.
  • Hands-on experience with Playwright for automation testing, using programming languages such as TypeScript.
  • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and version control tools.
  • Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing processes, and defect management.
  • Ability to analyse requirements and translate them into effective test scenarios.
  • Excellent communication skills with both technical and non technical stakeholders.
  • Strong organisational and time management abilities.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within agile teams.

Desired

  • Analyse business/system requirements.
  • Enhance and maintain automation frameworks and testing tools.
  • Design, create, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts, including regression tests.
  • Ensure defects are identified, documented, and resolved efficiently.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to clarify requirements.
  • Participate in agile ceremonies, providing QA insights and risk assessments.
  • Maintain awareness of environment changes and deploy applications.
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and monitor test reliability.
  • Maintain QA documentation, standards, and best practices.
  • Provide guidance and mentoring to QA team members.
  • Leverage AI coding assistants and agentic AI to accelerate test authoring, maintenance and defect analysis
  • Report test progress, risks, and quality metrics to stakeholders.

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Not The Perfect Fit?

Concerned that you may not meet the criteria precisely? At TP ICAP, we wholeheartedly believe in fostering inclusivity and cultivating a work environment where everyone can flourish, regardless of your personal or professional background. If you are enthusiastic about this role but find that your experience doesn't align perfectly with every aspect of the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be the ideal candidate for this position or another opportunity within our organisation. Our dedicated Talent Acquisition team is here to assist you in recognising how your unique skills and abilities can be a valuable contribution. Don't hesitate to take the leap and explore the possibilities. Your potential is what truly matters to us.

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

UK - 135 Bishopsgate - London

Skills Required

  • Strong experience in software testing across complex, data-rich, or transaction-heavy systems
  • Expert QA experience, including test planning and automation
  • Hands-on experience with Playwright for automation testing
  • Programming experience using TypeScript
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control tools
  • Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing processes, and defect management
  • Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into effective test scenarios
  • Excellent communication skills with technical and nontechnical stakeholders
  • Strong organizational and time management abilities
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within agile teams
  • Experience enhancing and maintaining automation frameworks and testing tools
  • Experience designing and executing test plans, test cases, test scripts, and regression tests
  • Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and monitoring test reliability
  • Experience providing QA guidance and mentoring team members
  • Experience using AI coding assistants and agentic AI for test authoring, maintenance, or defect analysis
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The Company
HQ: London
2,661 Employees
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

ICAP, part of TP ICAP group, is a leading markets operator and provider of execution and information services. Efficient financial markets are vital to global and national economies. As a leading markets operator ICAP provides a wide variety of electronic execution and information services for wholesale market participants. ICAP facilitates the flow of capital and investment through the financial system and supports government and corporate borrowing.

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