Quality Assurance Engineer x4 (18 months maximum contract role) at CMC Markets

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Quality Assurance, Test Engineering, Manual Testing, API Testing, Agile, SQL, Test Automation, Jira, Git, Backend Services, Web-Based UIs, Performance Testing, Security Testing, Continuous Improvement, Data Validation, Troubleshooting

Industry

Financial Services

Description

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you, by global expansion and product offering. In this role, your work directly protects customers and the integrity of financial markets. Every test you design and every defect you uncover helps ensure traders can act with confidence. You’ll see the impact of your work quickly and clearly. You’ll work on complex, high-volume systems where quality genuinely matters. This is not checkbox testing. You’ll be involved early, influencing outcomes and partnering closely with developers and stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-performing software. You’ll also sharpen your skills in a modern environment. From API and backend testing through to cloud-based systems, you’ll continue to grow your technical capability while staying hands-on in meaningful work. As an 18 months maximum contract role within a well-established global organisation, you’ll enjoy the balance of interesting, challenging work alongside the stability of a business that continues to invest in its people and technology. Why You'll like working here Just some of the reasons you’ll love working here include: Leave benefits: Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends, on us! Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community. $0 Trades: Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market - $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders! Continuous learning: Our L&D offering covers both technical and performance training, ensuring you're always learning new skills. Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts, and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing. Collaboration: We believe that great things happen when smart people work together, that’s why we’ve made the decision to work five days in the office. Office perks: Help yourself to free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee to fuel your workday. Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone whether you’re into fitness, pizza making classes, socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls! What you’ll be working on Planning and designing test approaches, data, and environments Creating and executing test plans and scripts with strong functional coverage Managing test data and validating outcomes against expectations Logging, analysing, and tracking defects through to resolution Partnering with developers to investigate issues and improve quality Producing clear test status and completion reports Coordinating testing schedules to maximise efficiency Performing usability and non-functional testing, including performance, reliability, scalability, and security Supporting internal quality standards and continuous improvement What will help you be successful? You take pride in finding issues before customers do. You’re analytical, thorough, and comfortable owning problems through to resolution. You work well under pressure and adapt easily as priorities change. You’ll bring: 5+ years’ experience as a QA or Test Engineer on medium to large IT projects Strong manual testing experience, ideally within financial services Experience with Jira, Git, and API testing Testing experience across backend services and web-based UIs Confidence working in Agile, fast-release environments Strong SQL skills for data validation and troubleshooting Experience with test automation, ISTQB certification, AWS, or trading platforms will be highly regarded. The things we live by CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone Click on the link to find out more about the things we live by at CMC Markets CMC Markets - Culture Video We’re always on the lookout for great people, so even if you don’t feel you are a 100% fit, apply with your up-to-date CV and we’ll consider you for this role and any other suitable opportunities across the business. We look forward to hearing from you! Please be vigilant when applying for jobs online. CMC Markets will never request personal identification details, such as Date of Birth or Tax File Number prior to an offer being made. If your initial application is successful, regardless of whether you've applied directly or through an approved recruiter, you will always liaise with a representative from CMC's Talent Acquisition team. We will only discuss a role you have formally applied for via phone or email (CMC Markets email address); and never via Facebook or Telegram. CMC Markets is one of the world’s first ever fin-tech companies and was launched in 1989 to break down the barriers of financial trading and make trading accessible to everyone. Our mission is to use our award-winning, Next Generation trading platform and unparalleled client service to empower millions of people to have the best trading experience out there. Our clients can trade on thousands of instruments using the best technology, supported by sophisticated charting, competitive pricing and automated execution. We're trusted by investors globally, but also by banks, brokers, funds and trading desks though our top-tier liquidity institutional offering, enabling these businesses to expand into new markets and increase revenue potential. We were recently listed on the FTSE250, and our business continues to go from strength to strength as we continue to invest in our technology and our people.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for planning and designing test approaches, creating and executing test plans, and managing test data. Additionally, you will partner with developers to investigate issues and improve quality.