QA Automation - Manager
State Street · Posted Nov 6
Investment servicing, custody, asset management, and trading solutions for institutional investors
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About the role
State Street's middle-office applications portfolio is undergoing a multi-year modernization programme that moves a large set of applications to AWS. This hands-on QA automation role sits within that programme, building automated end-to-end UI, API, contract and performance test suites for ReactJS and event-driven financial services applications, and running them as quality gates in CI/CD. The role also focuses on proving migrated systems match legacy behaviour through parallel-run comparisons and data reconciliation, using AI coding tools to accelerate test creation.
What you will do
- Design and build a scalable UI automation framework using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver or WebdriverIO, with the Page Object Model or Screenplay pattern, fixtures and reusable helpers.
- Write automated end-to-end tests for ReactJS applications that cover critical user journeys in trade processing, reconciliation, settlement and operations.
- Test real-time features delivered over WebSockets and Server-Sent Events, such as live updates, reconnection and message ordering.
- Make tests reliable and fast: stable locators, smart waits, parallel execution (e.g. Selenium Grid or cloud grids like BrowserStack/Sauce Labs) and fixing flaky tests.
- Cover cross-browser, accessibility (axe-core) and visual regression testing (Applitools, Percy or Playwright snapshots) where it adds value.
- Write BDD scenarios with Cucumber (Java or JS) or SpecFlow-style tools, so business analysts and subject-matter experts can read and confirm test coverage.
- Support component-level testing with React Testing Library, Vitest/Jest or Cypress Component Testing, working with developers.
- Automate REST API tests using REST Assured, Karate, Postman/Newman or Playwright API testing.
- Write consumer-driven contract tests with Pact, and validate against OpenAPI specifications.
- Test event-driven integrations (Kafka/MQ) by publishing test messages and checking downstream results, using tools such as Testcontainers.
- Use mock servers and service virtualisation (WireMock, MockServer) to test components independently.
- Build automated comparison tests that check outputs from legacy and modernized systems match during parallel runs (reports, files, database results).
- Validate batch and end-of-day processing results, and support reconciliation with data engineers.
- Manage test data, including masking and creating realistic financial test data sets.
- Build and run load and performance tests with k6, JMeter or Gatling to confirm modernized services meet or beat current response times and batch windows.
- Run test suites in Harness, GitHub Actions or Jenkins pipelines as quality gates on every build and deployment.
- Run tests in containers and on cloud test infrastructure for speed and scale.
- Publish clear test reports, traces and dashboards (Allure, ExtentReports or framework-native reports) for engineers and release managers.
- Use GitHub Copilot, Claude Code and/or Devin to generate test cases, page objects and test data, and to analyse failures.
- Use AI to draft test scenarios from requirements and from legacy application behaviour, then review them with business analysts.
- Review all AI-generated tests carefully for real coverage and meaningful checks, not just passing tests.
- Work with developers, business analysts and subject-matter experts to agree acceptance criteria and test coverage.
- Take part in code reviews and promote testable design and shift-left practices.
- Support cutover rehearsals, release testing and early-life support.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 10+ years in test automation or software engineering in test.
- UI automation: strong hands-on experience with at least one of Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver or WebdriverIO, and working knowledge of at least one other.
- Programming: strong coding skills in TypeScript/JavaScript and/or Java; tests are treated as production code.
- API testing: experience automating REST API tests with REST Assured, Karate, Postman/Newman or similar.
- BDD: experience writing and maintaining Cucumber (or similar) scenarios.
- Web testing: solid understanding of modern ReactJS applications, the DOM, browser dev tools and network inspection.
- CI/CD: running automated tests in pipelines (Harness, GitHub Actions or Jenkins).
- SQL: ability to write queries to set up and check test data.
- Git, Docker and agile delivery.
- Regular use of AI coding assistants in professional work.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with several UI frameworks and migrating test suites between them (e.g. Selenium to Playwright).
- Contract testing with Pact and service virtualisation with WireMock.
- Performance testing with k6, JMeter or Gatling.
- Experience testing WebSocket, SSE, Kafka/MQ or batch processing.
- Testing migration or modernization programmes, including parallel runs and data reconciliation.
- Experience in financial services, ideally trading, settlement, collateral or accounting.
- ISTQB Advanced Test Automation Engineer or equivalent certification.
Benefits and support
- inclusive development opportunities
- flexible work-life support
- paid volunteer days
About State Street
State Street Corporation is a leading global financial services holding company providing institutional investors with investment servicing, investment management, and investment research and trading. Operating in more than 100 geographic markets worldwide, the company manages and administers trillions of dollars in assets through its core divisions like State Street Global Advisors and State Street Alpha. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, it traces its origins back to 1792.
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 51000+ employees
- Founded
- 1792-06-25
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
John Woods
Chief Financial Officer
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President of State Street Alpha & Chairman of Asia Pacific
Ann Fogarty
Enterprise Chief Operating Officer
President and Chief Executive Officer of State Street Investment Management
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