Full-Time
Quality Assurance Engineer
Intercontinental Exchange
10,001+ employees
Operates global exchanges, data, and connectivity
Compensation Overview
$120k - $175k/yr
Atlanta, GA, USA
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Bachelor's
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- A Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required.
- At least five years of experience performing at least four of the listed quality assurance tasks is required.
- Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Tester or in a similar role is required.
- Experience in project management and quality assurance methodology is required.
- Ability to document and troubleshoot errors is required.
- Working knowledge of test management software such as Jira and ALM and SQL is required.
- Strong communication, attention to detail, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills are required.
- Review and analyze system specifications.
- Collaborate with team members to develop effective strategies and test plans.
- Execute test cases and analyze results.
- Evaluate product code according to specifications.
- Report bugs and errors to development teams.
- Troubleshoot system issues within quality assurance, development, and product management.
- Conduct post-release and post-implementation testing.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Experience with fixed income and/or derivative trading platforms is preferred.
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks and regression testing is preferred.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) operates a global network of regulated exchanges and clearinghouses, plus market data and connectivity services. Its products include real-time and historical data across equities, fixed income, and commodities, as well as trading, clearing, listings, and connectivity to its venues; it also offers mortgage technology and fixed income execution. ICE differentiates itself through an integrated ecosystem that combines multiple major exchanges, a comprehensive data suite, and specialized services under one umbrella. Its goal is to enable efficient, transparent, and trusted global markets by connecting participants, providing data, and supporting trading and clearing across many asset classes and geographies.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Founded
2001
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q1 2026 net revenues hit $3.0 billion, up 20% year over year.
- August 2026 futures open interest reached 16.8 million lots, with 14% ADV growth.
- ICE Digital Trust and tokenization moves target crypto custody and collateral workflows.
What critics are saying
- MarketAxess closing in first-half 2027 needs regulators; antitrust scrutiny can delay synergies.
- Mortgage Technology produced a Q1 2026 operating loss, exposing ICE to rate-cycle weakness.
- Perpetual-futures rule changes and AI data commoditization threaten exchange and market-data economics.
What makes Intercontinental Exchange unique
- NYSE, Brent, and ICE Futures franchises create unmatched regulated market-infrastructure scale.
- ICE controls proprietary fixed-income pricing data and clearing, shielding margins from pure-exchange rivals.
- 2026 MarketAxess acquisition and GPU futures extend ICE across execution, data, and derivatives.
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Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 16%1 year growth
↑ 16%2 year growth
↑ 2%Intercontinental Exchange reported strong August operating metrics, with double-digit year-over-year growth in average daily volume and open interest across major asset classes. The company achieved record interest rate futures open interest of 16.8 million lots on 31 August. Agriculture and metals contracts saw particularly strong growth, with average daily volume rising substantially year over year and open interest increasing more than half. Overall, August data showed 14% average daily volume growth and 19% open interest growth. The company's narrative projects $12.3 billion revenue and $4.6 billion earnings by 2029, requiring 5.7% yearly revenue growth. Analysts' estimates vary, with pessimistic projections showing revenue reaching $12.4 billion with flat earnings near $4.0 billion.
Intercontinental Exchange, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has signed agreements with tZERO to build infrastructure for a tokenised securities platform. tZERO will serve as design partner for digital transfer-agent and broker-dealer systems supporting on-chain settlement. ICE will invest in tZERO's latest funding round and license its blockchain patent portfolio, which spans 23 patent families and 103 patents covering token lifecycles, compliance-aware transfer logic, and smart contract frameworks. tZERO is expected to seek approval as a digital transfer agent on ICE's NYSE-affiliated Digital Trading Platform. The companies will also evaluate using tZERO's tokenised assets for collateral management across ICE's clearing houses. The partnership marks tZERO's deepest tie to a major exchange operator. No timeline for regulatory approval or platform launch was disclosed.
Martha A. Tirinnanzi, director of Intercontinental Exchange, sold 1,340 shares of common stock on 26 August 2026 for approximately $216,000, according to an SEC filing. The sale was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted in May 2026. Following the transaction, Tirinnanzi retains direct ownership of 3,747 shares, including 1,698 restricted stock units scheduled to vest on 18 May 2027. This represents a 0.0007% ownership interest in the company. Intercontinental Exchange operates regulated exchanges and clearing houses globally, generating revenue through transaction fees, market data licensing, and clearing operations. The company has a market capitalisation of $91.0 billion.
Pershing Square Holdings has taken a new position in Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a financial services and market infrastructure provider. The hedge fund has followed the company for nearly a decade before investing. ICE's exchanges segment generates nearly 70% of earnings, anchored by its energy franchise with revenues two-and-a-half times larger than its nearest competitor. The company holds approximately 90% market share in Brent crude futures. Over the past five years, the exchanges segment grew revenue 8% annually and profits 10%, with margins expanding to 75%. The firm also operates Fixed Income & Data Services and Mortgage Technology segments, generating just under 20% of earnings with 45% and 41% profit margins respectively. On 18 August 2026, ICE traded at $156.18 per share with a market capitalisation of $87.68 billion.
Jeffrey Sprecher, founder and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange, purchased a failing company from Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy for $1,000 in 1997, despite Buffett having invested $35 million in it. Sprecher, who had no Wall Street experience, used it to build what would become Intercontinental Exchange. Starting in 2000 with nine employees in Atlanta, Sprecher lived in a 500-square-foot studio flat and drove a used car whilst building the business. He handled menial tasks like taking out rubbish and answering phones. Today, Intercontinental Exchange has a market capitalisation of $85 billion and employs over 12,000 people. The company has owned the New York Stock Exchange for more than a decade. Sprecher's net worth now stands at $1.2 billion.