About the Role
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.
š Role OverviewYou 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.
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Mandatory Skills & ExperienceStrong 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 ā execution ā confirmation ā settlement)
Basic FIX protocol understanding (preferred)
Pricing engine and/or distribution platform testing
š§ 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)
š Test Management & ToolsHands-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
š¾ SQL (Mandatory - Basic Level)Write basic SQL queries
Validate trade data in databases
Perform backend data validation
Join tables and analyse pricing/trade data
ā Desirable ExperienceMulti-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.
Tech Stack
FX SpotForwardSwap productsFX pricingLiquidity providersSTPFIX protocolPricing engine testingDistribution platform testingAgileScrumJIRAXrayZephyrHP ALMQuality CenterSQLCI/CD