FX QA Test Lead (Capital Markets)

Job Title: FX QA Test Lead (Capital Markets)



Job Location: Chicago IL (Hybrid)



Type: Long Term Contract



Why This Role is open:

High visibility remediation work for critical FX back-office systems.

Time-sensitive deadlines requiring a ready-to-execute QA Lead.



What Were Looking For:

A QA Lead with strong ownership mentality.

Must have strong SQL skills.

Someone who can reason through complex testing scenarios independently.

Comfortable leading without being spoon-fed.

Can manage multiple stakeholders and timelines in parallel.

Strong communication; clear reporting of test results defects and risks.



Responsibilities:



FX QA Test Lead to support a time-sensitive remediation program for back-office FX trading systems.



Must have strong Capital Markets domain knowledge particularly FX trading concepts and trade lifecycle events as the team cannot accommodate long ramp-up/training for trading fundamentals.



This is not a purely managerial QA role; we need a technical QA Lead who can personally drive test strategy execution and automation improvements while guiding a QA team.



Lead QA testing for remediation of back-office FX platforms.



Own test strategy test planning and execution governance.



Drive end-to-end testing lifecycle: SIT/UAT support regression integration testing.



Perform deep data validation using SQL (joins functions reconciliation slicing/dicing datasets).



Identify and resolve quality risks proactively; troubleshoot issues independently.



Communicate test status risks and timelines to stakeholders across business/technology.



Mentor and guide manual automation QA resources.



Improve automation coverage and accelerate regression cycles.



Collaborate with DevOps teams for CI/CD-based test execution.



Required Skills:



Must have Capital Markets / Financial Services experience. Strong understanding of FX trading concepts.



Trade lifecycle events validations settlements confirmations back-office flows.



SQL (Expert Level Hands-On): Complex joins multi-table validations aggregations functions reconciliations.



Programming/Scripting:preferred Java or Python



Databases:Oracle DB2 Snowflake strong understanding of relational data structures.



Automation Testing Expertise: Strong automation background with ability to optimize and speed up testing.



DevOps / CI/CD exposure is preferred.



Hands-on experience testing FX trading systems / capital markets platforms.



Experience with data-driven validation testing in trading environments.



Exposure to test frameworks and automation tooling.



Experience handling multiple applications/projects simultaneously.

Required Skills:

UATSQLTESTINGCI/CDSTRONG COMMUNICATIONINTEGRATION TESTINGSQL SKILLSQAJAVAPYTHONSITREPORTINGDEVOPS