Apprentice - QA Automation ( Global Payments)

Overview: Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity. With 4,500+ employees and over 400,000 commercial, institutional, payments, and retail clients, we operate from more than 70 offices spread across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors. Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or ingrain yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group is made up of four business segments that offer endless potential for progression and growth. StoneX Apprenticeship Are you looking to gain real world experience in an entrepreneurial culture? Consider an apprenticeship at a thriving global financial services firm and launch your career with StoneX A StoneX Apprenticeship will provide development, support, career growth, and an endless array of opportunities. You can expect to make an impact on the business and experience a career defining apprenticeship program. The program will start in January and go through until July, where the successful students upon attaining the university degree will be considered for full-time positions that immediately follows the apprenticeship. Apprenticeship Perks: In addition to the real-world experience, you’ll gain at StoneX, we’re excited to offer apprentices several perks which include the following: - Compensation: All apprentices are paid at a competitive rate. - Socials: Networking and acclimation to the company, office, and city are important aspects of the apprenticeship program. Socials and local favorites are planned at various points, with large events at the beginning and end of your apprenticeship. - Access to Senior Leaders: Senior leaders are involved in the apprenticeship program from day one, delivering trainings, presenting on firm business, weekly leadership calls, and even attending socials. - Training: Virtual and in-person trainings to get apprentices onboarded and connected with the company globally. - Mentorship: Apprentices have a mentor and buddy to help answer any questions and work alongside during your apprenticeship. Responsibilities: Position Purpose: StoneX is dedicated to delivering high-quality software solutions across various platforms. We are looking for a passionate and detail-oriented apprentice to join the payments team. This is an excellent opportunity to work with cutting-edge tools and technologies while gaining hands-on experience in software testing. You will work alongside cross-functional teams to ensure that product specifications are accurately translated into effective test scenarios. Your contributions will support the identification of issues and facilitate improvements in software performance and reliability, all while fostering a culture of excellence in quality assurance. Primary duties will include (not limited to): - Facilitate collaboration across delivery teams to ensure implementation of overall standards, best practices, and continuous improvement topics, such as: unit testing, continuous delivery, code reviews, and test automation. - Collaboratively define quality gates for projects: code coverage, security scans, performance targets, etc. - Support other teams and team members for overall testing processes and strategy, automation, performance and load, scalability, high availability, test case/data management, disaster recovery, security, and full integration testing. - Works closely with global QA team and assists in resolving issues they may encounter. - Ensure a quality-first culture and mindset at StoneX: organizing knowledge shares, social gatherings, sharing best practices/feedback, and fostering collaborative ideas for helping our communities grow. Qualifications: Essential Technical Skills :- - Front-End: ReactJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript - Back End: Java, Spring Boot, Micro Services, Mongo DB - Cloud: Azure Cloud Desired Skills Basic understanding and experience of using AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language) and Agentic AI to document, develop, and test software StoneX Essential Qualifications - Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive information with tact and discretion - Sound verbal/written communication abilities - Effective interpersonal skills - Sense of urgency - Honesty, curiosity, and tenacity - Strong work ethic and emphasis on attention to detail - The confidence to fail Early Careers Requirements - Pursuing a relevant bachelor’s degree course from an accredited university - Finishing university by July-August 2026 - Available for a January 2026 start on a full-time 6-month program Work Environment - Hybrid (minimum 4 days in office )