QA Engineer, Assistant Manager

Job Description

We are looking for a quality engineer who is experienced in functional and automated testing of software systems in enterprise and cloud infrastructures, understands relational databases/SQL, and has familiarity with Agile development methodologies.

The job involves the engineer to work as a member of a Front office Trading team and assist in executing the overall quality plan for components managed the scrum team.

The engineer will also be expected to help testing any issues coming from implementation, support, and other development teams within Charles River.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the Scrum Master, Product Owner, developers, business analysts and other project team members to assist in carrying out the quality responsibilities of the team

Assist with the creation of comprehensive test plans with well defined, reusable test cases from business requirements and functional specifications documents

Execute manual and automated functional, integration, regression, and performance tests

Maintain automated and manual test script libraries for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing

Document software defects in the issue tracking system and proactively communicate issues with developers and other project team members

Participate in business requirements and functional specifications reviews as part of the agile methodology

Adhere to a testing schedule to ensure efficient and effective product delivery

Work independently on smaller tasks with supervisory direction

Preferred qualifications and education:

B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study required. MS degree strongly preferred.

6+ years of progressively responsible professional software testing experience in enterprise and cloud native infrastructures. Financial Trading systems experience is a huge plus.

2+ years of automated testing experience, code repository and deployment tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG, Silk test, SVN, Gradle, Jenkins, etc in designing and developing software solutions in a highly transactional, concurrent, event driven system.

3+ years of experience in iterative development environment using an iterative Agile-like methodology, with experience of delivering working software to production through the entire lifecycle

Good knowledge of SQL, Relational databases.

Knowledge of XML, VBScript, Powershell and Macros is an added advantage.

Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose issues within quality assurance environments and communicate that knowledge to a varied audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience testing both client/server and web-based applications through one or more full life cycles of an application.

Knowledge of financial securities and trading principles.

Team oriented attitude.

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

About Charles River Development:

Charles River Investment management System in an platform that provides many Front-Office functions including Portfolio Management, Order Management and Execution, Compliance, Performance & Attribution, Modelling, Scenario Analysis, and Wealth Management.

We are part of the State Street Bank. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we’re making our mark in the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

About State Street:

What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we’re making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we’ve been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.

Work, Live, and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in locations, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans among other perks. You’ll have access to flexible Work Program to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.

Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome the candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift program and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.

State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Discover more at StateStreet.com/careers