Fixed Income Quality Engineering – Middle Back Office Testing

Job overview

The Fixed Income Quality Engineering – Middle Back Office Testing role is listed in Charlotte, NC; SMBC describes a hybrid workforce model, with the specific schedule discussed during interviews. Compensation is not specified. The role supports testing for SMBC’s fixed-income and capital-markets post-trade systems. The position defines and governs testing strategy for middle- and back-office applications, ensuring systems support reliable, scalable, and compliant processing. It leads test coverage, automation, governance, metrics, and continuous improvement in coordination with technology, operations, risk, and compliance teams.

What you'll do

• Define and execute quality-engineering strategy for back-office applications supporting swaps, derivatives, and fixed income
• align testing with business and regulatory priorities
• establish governance, traceability, and reporting
• oversee end-to-end testing for settlements, reconciliations, clearing, payments, and regulatory reporting
• drive automation and regression coverage
• establish performance, resilience, and failover testing
• maintain quality metrics and executive dashboards
• improve testing efficiency and reduce production escapes.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

fixed income

quality engineering

middle back office

testing strategy

test automation

python

capital markets

charlotte nc

smbc

hybrid workforce model

settlements

regulatory reporting

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting describes a VP-level quality-engineering leadership role with hands-on Python and fixed-income middle/back-office testing focus.

About the employer

SMBC is hiring for this role. Industry: Commercial Banking. Sector: 52.