Senior Database QA Automation Engineer, AVP

Who we are:

Charles River Development (CRD) is the FinTech 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.

Summary:

Work as a senior member of a Scrum team to execute the overall quality plan for one of Charles River’s products. Provide support and assistance to customers and other teams within Charles River.

The candidate should be a sharp automation engineer with strong problem-solving skills and a solid software testing foundation. This role requires a talented, detail oriented, enthusiastic individual who is passionate about quality with the ability to grasp tough issues quickly and deliver well engineered, high-quality solutions.

Financial services industry experience is preferred.

Note: The role requires minimum of three days working from the office.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the scrum master, product owner, architect, business analysts, product specialists, developers and other project team members to assist in carrying out the software quality responsibilities of the Scrum team

• Create comprehensive test automation scripts from business requirements and functional specifications documents for product features of moderate complexity

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

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

• Align with the Software Development Life Cycle practices, comply with Information Security and Data Governance practices

• Interpret results of automation tests and document software defects in issue tracking system; proactively communicate issues with developers and other project team members

• Provide testing leadership by identifying opportunities for improvement in the Scrum team’s QA methodology, innovate by researching and recommending new approaches to automation of testing, including use of Artificial Intelligence

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

• Actively participate in the agile software development process by adhering to the CRD Scrum methodology including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives

• Participate in “testathon” activities as required by releases

• Guide and mentor junior staff in proper creation of automated test scripts.

Qualifications:

Experience:

Required:

• At least 5 years of experience in software testing in a process driven technology environment

• Demonstrated experience programming with any modern OOP language (like: Java, C#, SQL, Python)

• Very good knowledge about databases, including SQL query language.

• Demonstrated experience implementing and executing automation test scripts against web, native/desktop applications, APIs and batch applications.

• Demonstrated ability translating business requirements into comprehensive functional and technical test plans

• Demonstrated experience using test cases, scripts, and automated test tools for verifying requirements on multi-tier applications

• Demonstrated experience implementing automation tests with industry relevant tools.

• Effective written and verbal communication.

• Employees are expected to work from the from the office per country-specific company guidelines.

Nice to have:

• Experience in contributing to Unit tests

• Experience working as a software tester in a database project (like data warehouse, data lake, ETL processes)

• Experience writing complex SQL queries for data validation.

• Experience in database performance testing and optimization.

• Understanding database security best practices

• Familiarity with AI tools like Copilot to increase productivity

Education:

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

Minimum Salary:​ zł182,004 Annual

The minimum salary quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate ultimately works outside of this primary location, the applicable minimum salary may differ.​

Salary will be determined based on factors such as the position, type of work performed, individual skills, job description, working hours, diligence, initiative, self-management, length of employment, availability, and the quantity and quality of work delivered, as well as other objective and non-discriminatory criteria relevant to State Street employees.​

In addition to salary, employees are eligible to be considered for discretionary annual performance-based awards.​

Benefits:​

• Permanent contract from day one​

• Additional holidays (Birthday Day Off, 3rd and 5th year anniversary Day Off)​

• Gold Medical Package for employees and their families (partner and children)​

• Premium life insurance package and private pension plan​

• Wide range of soft skills training, technical workshops, language classes and development programs​

• Opportunities to volunteer your time to company-driven initiatives, employee networks or organizations of your choice​

• Variety of well-being programs​

• Additional benefits available depending on the seniority of the role.