Quality Assurance Engineer - Senior Manager

QA –Manager, State Street IM, Hybrid Who we are looking for Candidate with more than 8 years of total testing experience A minimum of Degree level qualification in a computer or IT related subject is required, plus relevant experience or training in many of the main duties specified in the Job Specification. Candidate should be able to demonstrable knowledge and expertise of, and exposure to, the majority of the primary development technologies listed in the Job Specification. Strong understanding and hands on experience with QA processes and methodologies Knowledge & Experience of Trade Life Cycle (Order Management System ) This role can be performed in a hybrid model, where you can balance work from home and office to match your needs and role requirements. Why this role is important to us The team you will be joining is a part of State Street Global Advisors, one of the largest asset managers in the world. We partner with many of the world’s largest, most sophisticated investors and financial intermediaries to help them reach their goals through a rigorous, research-driven investment process. With over four decades of experience and trillions of dollars in assets under management, we offer one of the broadest selections of services across asset classes, risk profiles, regions and styles. As pioneers in index, ETF, and ESG investing, we are always inventing new ways to invest. Join us if making your mark in the asset management industry from day one is a challenge you are up for. What you will be responsible for As Individual Contributor (Hands-on QA Automation Engineer / SDET) you will   SME in Capital Markets domain with strong knowledge of Trading systems, including Equities, FX, Futures, Fixed Income, and FIX Connectivity.   Work closely with Business Analysts and Development teams to understand business requirements and validate enhancements delivered on trading platforms.   Hands-on experience in functional, integration, and regression testing of trading platforms such as ION Minerva, CRD, or similar OMS/EMS platforms.   Strong experience across the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), including requirements analysis, test planning, test case design, test data preparation, regression test selection, test execution, defect validation, and test reporting.   Expert in creating End-to-End test scenarios, detailed test cases, BDD feature files, and maintaining test assets in JIRA/Xray.   Strong hands-on experience with Java, BDD, Cucumber, TestNG, Rest Assured, Maven, Git, Kafka, CI/CD pipelines, SQL, and Oracle databases.   Experience designing, developing, maintaining, and enhancing reusable automation frameworks, including hybrid and data-driven frameworks.   Strong hands-on experience in UI and API automation using Playwright/MCP, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Postman, and SOAP UI.   Perform automation feasibility analysis, framework development, script creation, execution, debugging, and maintenance of automated test suites.