Job Description
Capital Markets Quality Engineer – Safeguard the Integrity of Trading Data
Join our Data and Reporting Platform Delivery team and play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, accuracy, and compliance of our capital markets systems. If you're passionate about automated testing, data quality, and continuous delivery, this is your opportunity to shape how trading technology is validated
Job Type: Permanent
Location: London - hybrid role (at least 2 to 3 days in office). All roles are advertised as open to part-time and job-share using the statement below.
Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
Closing Date: 24th October 2025
Salary and benefits: Up to £57,000 plus discretionary bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.
We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.
About The Role
As a Quality Engineer, you’ll be embedded in one of our Capital Markets stream-aligned teams within the Retirement Solutions and Asset Management division. You’ll design and implement automated testing frameworks, validate data accuracy across systems, and embed quality practices throughout the development lifecycle. Your work will directly support trading workflows, OMS integrations, and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain automated test frameworks for data pipelines, APIs, and integrations.
- Build automated tests for data accuracy, transformations, and trading workflows across OMS platforms (e.g., Aladdin, Murex, Charles River).
- Validate integration points between trading systems and data platforms.
- Support regression, performance, and functional testing.
- Embed testing early in the delivery lifecycle and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with Engineers, Tech Leads, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners to ensure quality coverage.
- Maintain test documentation and ensure audit readiness.
- Drive adoption of automated testing best practices and support defect triage and root cause analysis.
What We’re Looking For
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proficiency in Python-based testing frameworks (e.g., Behave, PyTest).
- Demonstrable experience in asset management, wealth management or investment banking
- Experience with API testing tools (e.g., Postman, REST Assured).
- Hands-on testing of OMS integrations and trade lifecycle data flows.
- Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.
- Experience validating data accuracy across systems and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Minimum 3+ years in automation testing roles within asset management or investment banking.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
Desirable
- Familiarity with AWS, Snowflake, and cloud-based testing.
- Experience with agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Team Topologies).
- Knowledge of performance testing and multiple asset classes.
- Certifications in test automation, cloud platforms, or agile/DevOps practices.
We Hire the Whole You
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience differs from what’s listed but you believe you can bring value, we’d love to hear from you. Adjustments to the recruitment process are available to help you perform at your best.
Apply early – we’re reviewing applications as they come in.
Find out more about
- Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
- Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us
