Automation Engineer, Manager
About the Role
The QA team is part of Charles River Development (CRD), a State Street company, delivering high-quality, scalable solutions across CRD and CRPM platforms. The team plays a critical role in ensuring product stability, performance, and automation scalability through hands-on testing and continuous quality improvements.
Who We Are Looking For
An experienced Automation Engineer (Officer level) who will function as a hands-on individual contributor, responsible for both manual and automation testing. This is an execution-focused role requiring strong ownership of test design, automation development, and end-to-end quality validation across releases.
Collaborate with Scrum Master, Product Owner, Architects, BAs, and Developers to ensure end-to-end quality ownership within Agile Scrum teams.
Design, develop, and scale automated test frameworks and regression suites to validate business requirements across products and services.
Demonstrate strong programming expertise in Java / C# / JavaScript / Python to build maintainable automation solutions.
Build and integrate CI/CD pipelines to execute automated functional, integration, regression, and performance tests.
Perform hands-on front-end automation testing using Playwright, Selenium, or equivalent industry-standard tools.
Execute and maintain manual and automated test suites covering functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
Interpret automation results, log defects, and proactively collaborate with developers to drive timely issue resolution.
Test REST APIs, microservices, Azure Functions, and serverless workflows, performing initial cloud-environment troubleshooting.
Write SQL queries independently to validate data correctness and support root-cause analysis.
Champion QA process improvements, researching and recommending modern automation strategies, including AI-assisted testing.
Mentor junior QA engineers on test design, automation best practices, and Agile quality standards.
What We Value
Execution focus, ownership, strong communication, and collaboration within Agile delivery teams.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of experience in software QA with strong emphasis on test automation
Proven experience as a hands-on individual contributor (not a people-management role)
Strong expertise in UI and API automation (e.g., Selenium, Rest Assured, or equivalent)
Strong understanding of test frameworks (e.g., TestNG, Cucumber, BDD-style frameworks)
Proficiency in Java
Strong manual testing fundamentals and test design methodologies
Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery models
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution
Ability to write SQL queries for validation and perform strong defect analysis
Nice to Have
Exposure to performance testing concepts and tools
Experience testing complex enterprise platforms (financial systems preferred)
Experience with Jira and test management practices
About Charles River Development:
Charles River Investment management System in a 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.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary in location, 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 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 programs 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.
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About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
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