QA and Testing Lead - Financial Services in London

We provide the financial infrastructure that powers the global economy. As a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, Cboe delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world. We're building inclusive ways to support professional and personal development while strengthening the trust we've earned as a global market leader. As champions of internal mobility and access to opportunity, we encourage our people to "go for it" and equip our managers with the training to coach their teams to the next level. Our Associate Resource Groups champion diversity, equity and inclusion, giving employees a safe space to network, share ideas and create opportunities. What We Do We design, develop, deploy, and support real-time systems. Our engineers have a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and software engineering. We ship code weekly. To support strong partnership and team connection, this role follows a four day in office work model. Cboe Europe is actively seeking a dedicated and highly motivated team-oriented person to fill the role of Senior QA Manager supporting our European exchange platforms and their trading system functionality. As a manager of software quality engineers for this testing team, you'll work with the development and business teams to prioritize, schedule, and staff projects to execute on our vision. You'll help manage our CI/CD deployment pipeline and infrastructure as well as our status reporting and dashboards. This role is a critical component of our engineering and testing process providing enhancement of Cboe's superior technology and ensuring industry leading performance. London, UK Responsibilities Manage a team of software quality engineers who are responsible for the testing and deployment of the Cboe Europe high performance trading system, which operates on a shared code base with Cboe's US equities and options markets. Translate testing requirements into automated regression tests for our Exchange platforms Review code, guide newer team members Contribute to new tool designs and testing techniques Apply modern AI techniques to QA activities within the Software Development Life Cycle Become familiar with our supported asset classes such as equities, options, futures, and indices Learn trading concepts and apply this knowledge to develop a wide variety of test scenarios Requirements Management Experience: Recent management experience overseeing quality assurance teams Demonstrable ability to hire top talent and grow quality assurance engineers Three years of experience planning, organizing, and leading test efforts or testing teams AI and Automation: Demonstrable experience with implementing an AI-centric SDLC in the QA space Practical experience with tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or similar Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks – LangChain, AutoGen, or equivalents A builder's instinct: you see where AI can remove friction and you act on it Core Engineering Skills: More than five years of individual contributor QA experience, with recent and demonstrable experience coding and enhancing test frameworks and creating automated test cases Python development or scripting experience or a working knowledge of another scripting or programming language and a willingness to learn Python Strong experience in object-oriented design and programming techniques Understanding of database platforms such as PostreSQL (preferred). A working knowledge of SQL is necessary. Experience working in financial markets and knowledge of various order entry or market data protocols Benefits and PerksWe value the total wellbeing of our people – including health, financial, personal and social wellness. We believe standard benefits like health insurance and fair pay are a given at any organization. Fair and competitive salary and incentive compensation packages with an upside for overachievementComprehensive private medical insurance for employees and their families which includes dental cover (taxable benefit)Cboe pays for employee access to a private GP service (face to face or phone call consultations) to make it easy and convenient for you to see a doctorLife and long term illness insurance for stability and peace of mindEAP - This service intends to help employees deal with personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and well-being. This service includes short-term counselling and referral services for employees and their immediate family. Enhanced paid parental and adoption leave to support parentsCboe offers pensions contribution up to 7% of base salary. 25 days holiday per year per holiday year for full time employees, increasing with length of service at a rate of one extra day per completed years' service, up to a maximum of 30 days. Discounted Employee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee referral bonus programComplimentary lunch, snacks and drinks in any Cboe officePaid tuition assistance and education opportunitiesGenerous charitable giving company matchVolunteer opportunities to help you give back to your communitiesMore About Cboe EuropeWe're reimagining the future of the workplace by focusing on what matters most, our people. We're investing deeply in leadership programs and career development initiatives that ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed. We celebrate the diversity in our communities, inside and out, and welcome new perspectives with equity, inclusion and belonging. Learn more about life at Cboe on our website and LinkedIn. Equal Employment OpportunityWe're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our associates' differences, including race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age and disability. SummaryLocation: London, United KingdomType: Full time