Software Quality Assurance Fulltime

Software Quality Assurance (State Street Bank and Trust Company; Boston, Massachusetts): is for an experienced software professional working on State Street’s internal, propriety Enterprise Servicing Platform, a Data warehouse tool The position necessitates a thorough understanding of leading IT technologies and the software development lifecycle for application testing. Specific duties include: working directly with the project team to understand the business requirements that will help define the overall software test strategy and test plans in order to execute test cases via automated tools; working directly with users, analysts, developers to understand business processes and the software applications subject to testing, in order to deliver high-quality software to our clients; developing specific tests for any new software enhancement in the existing and new IT applications, both manual and automated tests as warranted; developing automated tests for both Front and end level (through front end framework using Selenium) and Backend level (through backend framework using JAVA/SQL); participating in the metrics gathering process in order to propose and implement ongoing improvements; interacting with peers within the Company’s QA organization to proactively determine and resolve upstream and downstream impacts; collaborating with peers on cross-functional teams, primarily utilizing agile methodologies, to deliver high-quality software solutions; ensuring proper procedures and controls are in place throughout the software testing process; and utilizing knowledge of object-oriented design and coding; Micro-Services and the calls between them; different databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc.) and competent SQL query; Development-Operations, including code builds, deployment and environment set up operations; and software engineering standards, metrics, and quality assurance principles in the performance of job duties. Telecommuting permitted pursuant to company policy.

Minimum requirements: Master’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or its equivalent; and 2 years of experience in Quality Assurance or related occupation in which experience in IT technologies is gained. Alternatively, will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or its equivalent; and 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance or related occupation in which experience in IT technologies is gained.

Must have: Demonstrated experience in object-oriented design and Java; demonstrated experience coding with automated testing frameworks including Selenium; proven experience with different databases including Oracle and PostgreSQL; demonstrated experience coding complex SQL queries; proven knowledge of development-operations including code builds, deployment and environment set up operations; demonstrated experience in financial software services; proven ability to pay strong attention to detail; demonstrated experience in software quality assurance in a software environmental through all stages of product development; proven ability to problem solve and communicate interpersonal and analytical skills; demonstrated ability to manage multiple deadlines; and proven knowledge of software engineering standards metrics and quality assurance principles.

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Salary Range:
$130,021 – $150,000 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.