Quality Assurance Engineer
IressJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Posted January 23, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
We're a global team of 2,000+ people building software that helps the financial services industry perform at its best. From the world's most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, challenger banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers, more than 10,000 businesses and half a million people use our software to help them perform better and deliver more. We operate across Asia Pacific, United Kingdom and Europe, North America and Africa. Follow or join the tech crew making it easier to love financial services. iress.com
Job Description
See yourself being part of a large, transformational change? This could be the role for you! The Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for ensuring the stability, functionality, and effectiveness of the Hermes suite of products, an advanced institutional equity trading system for South African stockbrokers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in financial markets, trading systems, or enterprise financial technology
- Expert-level knowledge of financial workflows and trading systems
- Experience troubleshooting complex client/server architectures where communication relies on custom/proprietary TCP/IP protocols
- Legacy System Aptitude: Demonstrated ability to navigate and understand complex, monolithic legacy architectures
Benefits
- Pre-Market Operational Support
- Internal Toolsmithing
- Broad Systems Analysis
- Deep Domain Expertise
- Expert FIX Protocol Analysis
- Production Investigation
- Documentation Excellence
- Release Safety
- Testing Strategy
- Client Onboarding
- Training
