Manager, Quality Assurance

ADSS is a successful retail and institutional brokerage based in Abu Dhabi. The company is currently undergoing a multi-year transformation to become a fast growing, purpose-led, data-driven enterprise that delivers market-leading personalised content, propositions and experiences to traders. To reinforce client-centricity the company structure, technology and operations are being redesigned alongside the crafting of a high-performance culture underpinned by The ADSS Way. The objective is for ADSS to become a dynamic and innovative, trusted market leader as measured by feedback from clients, talent, shareholders and competitors.

The Manager, Quality Assurance will be responsible for Leading and overseeing quality assurance activities across trading systems, ensuring reliable, compliant, and high-performing solutions by defining and executing effective testing strategies, collaborating with technology and product teams, managing risks and releases, and promoting a strong culture of quality and continuous improvement across the organisation.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage testing activities to ensure the reliability, accuracy, and performance of trading systems and components.
• Design, develop, manage, and execute test plans and strategies for automated and manual testing to cover system functionality, performance, scalability, and security requirements.
• Collaborate with development teams and business analysts and/or product owners to understand system requirements and functionalities, ensuring thorough feature test coverage.
• Identify, document, and track software defects and inconsistencies, providing detailed reports and feedback to development teams for resolution.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of automated testing frameworks and scripts.
• Conduct and coordinate performance, stress, and load testing to ensure trading systems and components meet performance requirements.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements related to financial trading systems.
• Manage the release process, ensuring that all testing activities are completed on schedule and any risks are communicated to stakeholders.
• Foster a culture of quality, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team and across the organisation.
• Risk Management: Assess and mitigate risks associate with the role, managing and escalating issues to senior management as needed.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in QA/testing within a financial or trading environment, including significant experience in a lead role.
• Proven track record of leading QA teams in testing high-performance, real-time trading platforms or similar systems with low latency requirements.
• Extensive experience with automated and performance testing tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Robot Framework, JMeter, Cucumber, and Locust.

Skills:

• Deep understanding of trading principles, financial markets, and transaction processing systems.
• Expertise in test automation, including planning, script development, and execution.
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.
• Proficiency in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Excellent analytical skills to identify issues and inconsistencies in complex trading systems.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across departments.