Software Quality Manager, FX

ABOUT US:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

OUR PEOPLE:

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder – which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

ROLE SUMMARY:

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Software Quality Manager to lead the Quality Assurance function within our FX Engineering domain. This role is important in ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, reliable, and high‑performance matching and credit management systems. The Software Quality Manager will drive QA strategy, automation excellence, intelligent quality engineering, governance, and team capability building while working closely with multiple partners across Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Business teams.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong proven experience in FX trading, and significant experience leading all aspects of quality in critical financial environments. Knowledge and experience in NDF, Spot and Forwards trading will be considered for this role.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

Quality Leadership & Governance:

• Lead the development and implementation of modern quality control frameworks aligned with organizational policies, compliance requirements, and industry standards.

• Define, communicate, and implement quality benchmarks, testing standards, and automation guidelines.

• Ensure full traceability through accurate execution, documentation, and audit‑ready reporting of all QA activities.

Test Automation & Engineering:

• Automate testing for large‑scale, business‑critical FX/NDF trading systems.

• Build and maintain robust test automation frameworks.

• Develop high‑quality automation code/scripts in Java, TypeScript, Selenium, and Playwright to validate complex trading workflows and integrations.

• Maintain and evolve automated test suites within CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / GitLab).

• Experience in usage of AI to fix test scripts, detect and monitor test flakiness and stability, insights for regression suite prioritisation.

Test Planning & Execution:

• Participate in requirements refinement to translate business needs into functional and non‑functional test scenarios.

• Build comprehensive functional test coverage using BDD (Given/When/Then).

• Review and refine NFT test cases from a quality and risk perspective.

• Maintain strong regression pass rates through automation improvements and test modernization.

• Implement automated suites and generate clear defect reports, dashboards, and trend analysis.

• Usage of AI to augment scenario modelling for system testing.

People Leadership:

• Lead and develop Analysts and Senior Analysts through mentoring, coaching, technical leadership, and structured growth plans.

• Champion a culture of quality ownership, engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Work closely with Product, Engineering, Quant, DevOps, and Architecture teams to ensure high‑quality outcomes.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

Core Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronics/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

• Significant QA experience including Senior QA, QA Lead, or QA Manager roles.

• Proven experience leading QA for mission‑critical financial or trading systems.

Technical Expertise:

• Strong proficiency in Java.

• Expertise in designing, scaling, and maintaining UI automation frameworks.

• Strong hands‑on experience with Playwright/Selenium for testing modern React applications.

• Experience with cross‑browser, regression, end‑to‑end, integration, GU, and system testing.

• Good understanding and hands‑on experience in REST API testing, including validation of request/response structures, payload formats, headers, authentication mechanisms, and integration flows.

• Strong skills in:

• TestNG

• Maven / Gradle

• Git (branching, PR reviews, quality gates)

• GitHub Actions / GitLab CI/CD

• Strong SQL skills.

• Strong understanding of:

• Distributed/event‑driven systems

• Messaging systems

• Network protocols

• FIX protocol testing

Domain Expertise:

• Understanding of the Electronic Trading ecosystem (FX preferred).

• Experience in FX/NDF pricing, matching workflows, connectivity, and lifecycle validation.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and participant management skills.

• Strong leadership and mentoring ability.

• Ability to drive cross‑team collaboration and influence technical decisions.

Tools & Technologies:

Java, TypeScript, Playwright (Java), Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Maven, Gradle, Git, GitHub Actions, GitLab, SQL, RestAssured, Postman, Jira, Confluence, Kafka (advantage), Swagger/OpenAPI, JMeter, Gatling

(Better to Have – AI Tools)

• AI‑based test automation platforms

• AI‑driven analysis tools (defect prediction, anomaly detection, observability intelligence)

Career Stage:

Manager

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

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