Senior Software Engineer in Test
Location: Galway
We have an opening for a Senior Software Quality Engineer to join the Fidelity Institutional Technology group. You will be part of a group that works on the latest technologies for the Marketing and Business Enablement divisions of the Fidelity Institutional organisation, supporting the business partners with additional features and modern solutions.
The Expertise We’re Looking For
· 6-9 years’ experience in software quality engineering
· Experience creating test automation solutions in tools and frameworks such as Cucumber, Fitnesse, Karate or Selenium
· Experience with continuous integration practices and automated deployment tools
· Proficient in Java or equivalent software languages
· Good level of SQL and database knowledge
· Experience with Agile methodologies
· Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
· Familiar with AWS or equivalent could-based services
The Purpose of Your Role
· As part of an agile scrum team, you will contribute to the QA automation strategy and implementation for our applications, to enable rapid delivery of key customer features
· Work collaboratively with engineering and business colleagues to help define acceptance criteria and derive release testing requirements
· Design, implement and execute functional and regression test cases/suites
· Reproduce, debug, and isolate problems and verify fixes
· Analyse and report test results, project tracking and product release readiness
The Skills You Bring
· You understand all aspects of testing (unit testing, integration testing, acceptance testing, etc.)
· You promote Agile development practices
· You have great attention to detail and a passion for quality
· You can resolve issues proactively and/or identify approaches to solutions
· You can actively participate in all facets of the delivery process
· You are collaborative in your approach, actively contributing to how work gets completed
· You can work independently with minimal oversight
The Value You Deliver
· Focus on customer: Demonstrate understanding of customer's business domain
· Continuously improve technical competency: Demonstrate knowledge and application of current technologies
· Model Fidelity's Values: Honesty & Integrity, Employee Respect, Quality & Excellence
Company Overview
At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. Fidelity established an Ireland presence in 1996 and we currently employ 1000+ staff across IT and shared services, with offices in Dublin (City West) and Galway (Parkmore East).
For information about working at Fidelity, visit www.fidelityinvestments.ie.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate associates with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of their job.
For roles based in Ireland contact: [email protected]
Category:Information TechnologySkills Required
- 6-9 years' experience in software quality engineering
- Experience creating test automation solutions using Cucumber, Fitnesse, Karate or Selenium
- Experience with continuous integration practices and automated deployment tools
- Proficient in Java or equivalent software languages
- Good level of SQL and database knowledge
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Familiarity with AWS or equivalent cloud-based services
Fidelity Investments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fidelity Investments and has not been reviewed or approved by Fidelity Investments.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Bonuses, commissions, and profit-sharing are presented as generous and meaningful components of total compensation, with certain roles achieving high total earnings through multiple pay streams. Variable pay is consistently framed as a positive contributor beyond base salary.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match up to 7% alongside additional profit-sharing up to 10% materially enhances long-term compensation. These retirement features are highlighted as standout strengths of the overall package.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leave (16 weeks maternity, 12 weeks parental), backup dependent care, and adoption assistance provide robust family support. Hybrid work and caregiving resources further ease family responsibilities.
Fidelity Investments Insights
What We Do
At Fidelity, our goal is to make financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We do this by focusing on a diverse set of customers: - from 23 million people investing their life savings, to 20,000 businesses managing their employee benefits to 10,000 advisors needing innovative technology to invest their clients’ money. We offer investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, and many other financial products. Privately held for nearly 70 years, we’ve always believed by providing investors with access to the information and expertise, we can help them achieve better results. That’s been our approach- innovative yet personal, compassionate yet responsible, grounded by a tireless work ethic—it is the heart of the Fidelity way.
