Full-Time
Platform Quality Engineer
Software Development Engineer in Test
StarCompliance
201-500 employees
Automates regulatory compliance for financial institutions
No salary listed
Remote in UK
Remote
Bachelor's
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- Demonstrable experience in platform- or enterprise-scale SaaS application quality assurance, with a focus on validating integration, non-functional characteristics, and release readiness across distributed systems.
- Strong coding skills in one or more of C#, TypeScript, or Python, with the ability to write clean, maintainable, production-quality code.
- Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining automated tests at the integration and API layers for distributed, cloud-native systems.
- Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures and how to test them, including messaging, asynchronous processing, retries, ordering, and failure handling
- Hands-on experience testing event-driven systems using cloud messaging or integration technologies (e.g. Azure Service Bus, Kafka, SNS/SQS, or similar).
- Strong hands-on experience with performance testing tools and approaches (e.g. k6, JMeter, Gatling, or similar).
- Experience designing realistic performance test scenarios and generating representative test data, including load, concurrency, and message-driven workloads.
- Practical experience integrating functional and performance testing into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred).
- Experience diagnosing complex system failures using logs, telemetry, and test data.
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity, test quality, or failure analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to reason about system behavior and failure modes in distributed environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Relevant certifications in cloud platforms (Azure preferred), performance testing, or quality engineering are beneficial but not required.
- Design, implement, and maintain automated tests primarily at the integration and API layers to validate behaviour across distributed services.
- Develop tests that validate asynchronous and event-driven workflows, including messaging, retries, ordering, and failure scenarios (e.g. Azure Service Bus–based integrations).
- Contribute production-quality code to shared automation frameworks and quality tooling used across the enterprise platform.
- Design and execute performance and scalability tests for the enterprise SaaS platform
- Build and maintain performance test data, scenarios, and workloads that reflect real-world usage patterns, including message throughput and concurrency.
- Integrate automated functional and performance tests into CI/CD pipelines, contributing to reliable, high-signal quality gates.
- Support validation activities within the Staging environment as the primary platform integration and quality assurance layer
- Analyze functional, integration, and performance test results to identify systemic platform risks and improvement opportunities.
- Partner with Product Owners to understand upcoming platform changes and integrations, preparing targeted integration and performance tests in advance.
- Collaborate with architecture, platform, and engineering teams to improve system testability, reliability, and observability.
- Apply AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate test creation, improve coverage, analyse failures, and reduce test flakiness.
- Adhere to and contribute to quality standards, patterns, and engineering practices defined by the centralised Platform Quality Engineering function
StarCompliance provides compliance software for financial institutions and corporations to help them meet regulatory requirements. Its core platform automates and simplifies compliance tasks across areas such as insider trading, market abuse, and conflict of interest, enabling firms to monitor and manage risks through automated workflows, alerts, and reporting. The product works on a subscription model with tiered service levels, regular updates, and access to customer support, and it also offers consulting services to help implement and optimize compliance programs. The company differentiates itself by delivering an end-to-end, software-plus-services solution tailored to the financial services sector, combining ongoing platform updates with advisory support rather than relying on a single product. Its goal is to help clients stay compliant with evolving regulations, minimize legal and reputational risks, and maintain predictable, recurring revenue through subscriptions.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Rockville, Maryland
Founded
1999
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- July 14, 2026 benchmark study shows rising compliance complexity and AI adoption demand.
- StarCompliance promoted CFO Bill Chatterton and CRO Alan Knepfer in July 2026, signaling go-to-market scale.
- Political donations, digital assets, and operational resilience modules align directly with 2026 bank priorities.
What critics are saying
- Nasdaq, Workiva, and SAP bundle adjacent GRC features, compressing StarCompliance pricing by 2027.
- Prediction-market oversight ties StarCompliance to Kalshi disputes and regulatory backlash if U.S. rules tighten.
- AI explainability becomes table stakes after May 2026, forcing constant product spend to avoid commoditization.
What makes StarCompliance unique
- StarCompliance embedded StarAssist inside the STAR Platform on May 7, 2026.
- On June 17, 2026, StarCompliance and Kalshi launched enterprise prediction-market monitoring.
- April 14, 2026 integrations with FINRA and Concur deepen workflow control across compliance.
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↑ 7%StarCompliance has appointed Bill Chatterton as chief financial officer and Alan Knepfer as chief revenue officer, whilst promoting Lauren St. Amand to chief marketing officer and David Strauss to general counsel. The leadership changes support the company's growth driven by demand for employee compliance, digital asset oversight, and AI-enabled solutions. Chatterton brings over 20 years of experience in private equity-backed software companies, previously serving as CFO at Get Well. Knepfer, with more than 25 years in financial services and compliance markets, will oversee global revenue strategy. He previously held the position of chief revenue officer at Salus GRC and sales leadership roles at Nasdaq. St. Amand joined StarCompliance in 2022, whilst Strauss has been with the firm for eight years.
StarCompliance unveils checklist for bank compliance teams. July 1, 2026 Bank compliance teams are being tested by a regulatory environment that is shifting faster than many can keep pace with. Artificial intelligence governance, operational resilience, digital assets, sanctions regimes and tightening accountability requirements are converging at once, and firms are under mounting pressure to show stronger oversight, quicker responses and more effective risk management than in previous cycles. Regulators are no longer satisfied with compliance functions that simply tick boxes. Increasingly, they expect these teams to act as strategic partners to the wider business, underpinned by connected data systems, robust governance frameworks and outcomes that can be clearly demonstrated rather than merely asserted. To help compliance leaders gauge how prepared their organisations actually are, RegTech provider StarCompliance has developed the Global Bank Compliance Checklist. The resource is designed as a practical tool that allows banks to pinpoint gaps in their existing frameworks, tighten controls and get ahead of regulatory expectations that continue to evolve. The checklist covers a broad sweep of areas that compliance leaders are currently grappling with. It allows firms to assess governance and accountability frameworks across the organisation, and to evaluate how well they are overseeing AI tools, compliance technology and data management. It also provides a structure for reviewing monitoring, surveillance and risk management practices, while helping teams identify emerging risks tied to digital assets, ESG and operational resilience. Beyond risk identification, the checklist is also aimed at strengthening regulatory reporting, documentation and audit preparedness, giving compliance functions a clearer route to proving their programmes are effective rather than simply compliant on paper. For banks under pressure to modernise their compliance infrastructure while satisfying an expanding list of regulatory demands, the checklist offers a structured starting point. StarCompliance is positioning the download as a way for institutions to take a more deliberate approach to strengthening regulatory readiness across their compliance programmes, rather than reacting piecemeal to each new requirement as it emerges. Enjoying the stories? Investors. The following investor(s) were tagged in this article.
StarCompliance has partnered with Kalshi to launch the financial industry's first enterprise-grade compliance solution for monitoring employee participation across prediction markets. The system extends surveillance to both off-chain and on-chain prediction market activity within a centralised platform. The solution addresses growing risks as employees can potentially profit from material non-public information through prediction markets, an area traditional compliance programmes don't adequately cover. Features include automated surveillance, configurable alerts, centralised case management and monitoring of trading patterns and work-hour activity. Founded in 2018, Kalshi is the world's largest prediction market. StarCompliance, operating for over 25 years, serves financial services firms across 120 countries. The partnership aims to provide oversight as prediction market regulations and institutional adoption evolve.
StarCompliance celebrates innovation, collaboration and culture with their annual Client Awards. May 21, 2026, 08:37 ET Star's fourth annual awards highlight outstanding contributions to the compliance industry, with nominations received worldwide ROCKVILLE, Md., May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - StarCompliance (Star), a leading provider of employee and firm compliance technology solutions, today announced the recipients of its Star Client Awards. The awards, which celebrate innovation, collaboration, influence, and rising stars in regtech, recognized four clients in EMEA and five in North America. Star will be donating $1,000 to each winner's charity of choice. "It's a privilege to extend my congratulations to all recipients of the Star Client Awards, recognizing innovation, collaboration, influence, and rising stars in regtech," said Jennifer Sun, CEO of Star. "Our partnership with clients is what drives us forward. Their insights and engagement help shape a more connected approach to compliance, guiding how we evolve our platform to meet the needs of a rapidly changing regulatory landscape." * Star Innovator Awards were presented to multiple clients, including NatWest (National Westminster Bank PLC) and T Rowe Price, in recognition of their outstanding adoption and integration of new technologies. These organizations demonstrated creative, forward-thinking approaches to solving complex business challenges over the past year, leveraging the STAR Platform and beyond to drive meaningful impact. * Star Collaborator Awards were awarded to M&G PLC and Raymond James for their strong partnership with Star over the past year. Through close collaboration and continuous engagement, their teams played a key role in shaping and advancing the STAR Platform, helping to drive innovation across the broader client community. * Star Influencer Awards recognized Capital Group and LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group PLC) for embedding compliance into the core of their organizations. Their efforts have elevated the role of compliance, strengthening its position as a trusted partner and influencing how it is viewed across the business. * Star Rising Star Awards celebrated Ameriprise as a standout organization making a significant impact within Star's client community. Since joining, they have demonstrated strong engagement, rapid adoption, and a clear commitment to driving value through the platform. About StarCompliance StarCompliance is the leading intelligence and automation platform for employee and firm compliance technology solutions. Trusted for over 25 years by leading firms in the financial services community and with users in 120 countries, the StarCompliance Enterprise Platform provides a user-friendly interface that connects people, workflows, and data, delivering AI-enabled technology and actionable insights needed to proactively mitigate risk and monitor conflicts globally. Visit StarCompliance to discover the comprehensive security, explainable intelligence, and unparalleled assurance you need to build a connected culture of compliance today This is not an endorsement by any company referenced herein of StarCompliance, or StarCompliance's products or services. SOURCE StarCompliance
StarCompliance has launched StarAssist, an AI-powered capability embedded within its compliance platform to provide real-time, explainable insights for compliance decision-making. The tool addresses growing regulatory demands for transparency and auditability by transforming complex rule evaluations into clear, contextual explanations. Unlike standalone AI tools, StarAssist is integrated directly into the STAR Platform, enabling compliance teams to quickly understand how decisions were made and what actions to take next. The system eliminates manual research whilst maintaining strict control over risk and data integrity. Initially available for employee compliance workflows including personal account dealing, pre-clearance and trade monitoring, StarAssist will expand across the platform. StarCompliance has served millions of users across 120 countries for over 25 years, providing employee and firm compliance technology solutions.