Senior QA Engineer

Enso Recruitment are excited to be working with a globally recognised organisation operating at the heart of international financial markets , who are continuing to grow their engineering capability in Belfast.

The Opportunity

This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced QA professional who wants to work on complex, high-impact systems at genuine scale.

You'll be a key voice for quality within a collaborative Agile team, helping to shape testing strategy, drive automation, and embed best practices from the ground up.

It's a role with real influence. Working closely with developers and product teams to ensure quality is built in from the start, not bolted on at the end.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion quality across the Agile team, driving a shift-left approach to testing throughout the development lifecycle
• Build, maintain, and improve scalable automation frameworks and end-to-end test suites
• Lead CI/CD pipeline automation efforts, ensuring robust and reliable test coverage at every stage
• Collaborate with global development, BA, and QA teams to plan and execute test strategies effectively
• Drive BDD and TDD practices, working closely with Product Owners and Developers to embed quality early
• Mentor and support team members, promoting best practices around unit testing, code reviews, and acceptance criteria
• Provide clear, actionable reporting on testing progress, risks, and outcomes
• Continuously evaluate and experiment with new tools and methodologies to improve quality processes

About You

• 5+ years experience as a Senior QA Automation Engineer in a complex, fast-paced environment
• Strong hands-on experience with UI automation tools such as Selenium , Cypress , Playwright , or TestComplete
• Solid experience designing and maintaining automated frameworks and end-to-end test suites
• Experienced with CI/CD tools such as GitLab , Jenkins , or TeamCity
• Familiar with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber and performance testing tools such as JMeter
• Good understanding of non-functional testing including performance, load, stress, and security testing
• Knowledge of FIX protocol and trade lifecycle
• Confident communicator, comfortable working in Agile or SAFe environments
• Bonus
• Pension
• Ongoing learning and support