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FX Trading Functional Test Engineer Remote

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Mid LevelNo visa sponsorshipSQL/No-SQL Databases

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Country: United Kingdom

Global Investment Bank seeks an experienced Functional Tester with FX domain expertise to validate end-to-end FX workflows across pricing engines, liquidity providers, aggregation layers, and downstream distribution platforms. The role is a remote contract within an Agile environment, requiring hands-on testing across FX pricing concepts (spot, forward, swap), liquidity providers and STP flows, and the full trade lifecycle. The candidate should have strong SQL skills for backend validation and experience with test management tools, writing and executing test cases, and defect lifecycle management. Knowledge of pricing engine or distribution platform testing and a solid understanding of DoD and acceptance criteria is desirable.

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BBBH169472_1771501009 Posted: 19/02/2026

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England
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Global Investment Bank seek an experienced Functional Tester with strong exposure to the Foreign Exchange (FX) domain to support a complex, high-profile FX technology programme. This is a fully remote contract working within a fast-paced Agile environment alongside Product Owners, Development, and DevOps teams.

If you have hands-on experience across FX pricing and distribution flows, this could be an excellent fit.

🔍 Role Overview

You will be responsible for validating end-to-end FX workflows across pricing engines, liquidity providers, aggregation layers, and downstream distribution platforms. The role requires strong functional testing expertise combined with solid FX product knowledge.

✅ Mandatory Skills & Experience

Strong working knowledge of:

FX Spot, Forward, and Swap products
FX pricing concepts (bid/ask, spreads, markups, streaming prices)
Liquidity providers (LPs) and aggregation
STP (Straight Through Processing) flows
Full trade lifecycle (order → execution → confirmation → settlement)
Basic FIX protocol understanding (preferred)
Pricing engine and/or distribution platform testing

🧠 Agile Experience (Essential)

Proven experience in Scrum/Agile teams
Sprint planning, backlog refinement, grooming
Writing and reviewing user stories & acceptance criteria
Strong understanding of Definition of Done (DoD)
Shift-left testing approach
Exposure to CI/CD environments (desirable)

🛠 Test Management & Tools

Hands-on experience with at least one of:

JIRA
Xray
Zephyr
HP ALM / Quality Center

Must demonstrate:

Test case and scenario creation
Requirement traceability
Defect lifecycle management
Test reporting and metrics

💾 SQL (Mandatory - Basic Level)

Write basic SQL queries
Validate trade data in databases
Perform backend data validation
Join tables and analyse pricing/trade data

⭐ Desirable Experience

Multi-dealer platforms (e.g., 360T, FXAll, Bloomberg FXGO)
Single-dealer platforms
Auto-hedging concepts
Aggregation pools
Market data validation

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Dan Fisher Director | Development & Technology

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