Software QA Engineer II, AVP

About CRD:

Charles River Development (CRD) is the Fin Tech division of State Street. Together with State Street’s Middle and Back-office services, Charles River’s cloud-based Front Office technology forms the foundation of the State Street Alpha® Platform, the first front-to-back solution in the industry.

Our vision is to be the world’s leading investment platform, shaping the future of the industry and driving new levels of technology-led innovation, resiliency, efficiency and growth for investors and the people they serve.

CRD Engineering organization is innovating and transforming the platform by moving away from monolithic software to utilizing next generation cloud-based technology that leverages Microsoft Azure, Kafka, Snowflake, etc. Industry momentum has seen CRD grow over 135% in headcount over the last 5 years, and we continue to grow. As a digital innovation leader, we invest into our solutions, processes, systems, and talent.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an experienced and talented software quality assurance engineer who can work independently and proactively resolve any issues. In this role you will be working closely with cross-functional teams across CRD and State Street located in the US, EMEA and APAC regions. This role entails collaboration with product, development and SQA teams during US-EST business hours.

What you will be responsible for

• Creation of Test Strategy document and getting it reviewed and approved by QA Director.
• Writing detailed functional testcases covering Fixed Income execution workflows in X-Ray and getting them reviewed and approved by the Product Development team.
• Reviewing testcases with cross functional teams for end-to-end integration testing.
• Creating automation tests every sprint along with manual testing
• Executing automation tests to cover regression testing.
• Executing functional tests, recording evidence for audit and getting results approved by QA Director.
• Leading end-to-end integration testing with QA peers across various CRD and STT applications.
• Demoing the workflows to business owners and requesting release signoff.
• Maintaining integration test environments
• Becoming a subject matter expert and troubleshooting incoming client issues.
• Developing a thorough understanding of the Charles River IMS product

Education and Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience
• Experience with Charles River IMS
• Familiarity with buy side trading workflows especially fixed Income concepts and workflows, electronic trading connectivity and trade order life cycles.
• Experience with ETL tools like Kettle is a plus
• Proficiency with SQL
• Experience working with complex integrations across multiple applications
• Demonstrated experience with QA automation
• Knowledge of SDLC and Agile Scrum
• Willingness to learn new concepts

Additional Requirements

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Team player with high energy and a positive attitude
• Ability to work under high pressure and coordinate across multiple teams
• Ability to multi-task and manage time efficiently
• Self-starter who can ramp up independently and be able to educate team members on end user workflows

Salary Range:

$80,000 - $140,000 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans);

and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

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