Job Details

FX Automation Tester
Job Description
Requisition Number:  45697
Job Location:  London, GBR
Work Type:  Office Working
Employment Type:  Permanent
Posting Start Date:  07/01/2026
Posting End Date: 
Job Description: 

Currently to our Team based in Lond we are looking for FX Autmation Tester.

This role is an exciting opportunity for an Automation QA with FM eTrading experience and to be part of a leading eCommerce application development & QA team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Successful candidates are expected to:

  • Design and execute high-quality automation test cases based on accurate business requirements analysis.
  • Maintain a testing structure to facilitate future additions / amendments and ongoing execution.
  • Implement and maintain test automation scripts using Python and the banks defined framework, at story level and release regression level.
  • Very strong performance testing experience.
  • Demonstrate effective and accurate test scheduling skills in line with other project deliverables.
  • Troubleshoot QA environments, diagnosing and resolving issues prior to formal testing.
  • Perform root cause analysis of issues to assist in determining the source of problems.
  • Utilise ADO to effectively categorise and track issues raised during the testing cycle.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 5+ years automation testing exeperience
  • FX (but if not FX, then Equities, Bonds/Rates or Options)
  • Java knowledge
  • Non Functional Testing 
  • Holds good knowledge on FIX messaging protocol and analysis of the FIX messages.
  • Experience on CI/CD is preferred.
  • Be SMEs on the testing of eCommerce offerings with proven experience on large scale FM projects.Have experience working within the investment or wholesale banking industries.
  • Demonstrate a strong general knowledge of banking business systems and understanding of FX & Money Market flows from front to back-office systems.

 

SKILLS:

  • Functional Testing
  • Non-Function Testing
  • Algorithmic Pricing/Trading
  • Python
  • Unix
  • SQL
  • Troubleshooting Logs/Processes/DBs
  • Automation Testing
  • CI/CD
  •  Automation Test Framework Building
  • FX Business and FX Flows Front to Back Systems
  • Java
  • KDB
  • Solace

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

  • Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
  • Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
  • Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

  • Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
  • Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
  • Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
  • Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
  • A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
  • Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
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