QAAutomationEngineer,CharlesRiverDevelopment,SeniorAssociate

**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 utilising 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. We are expanding our presence in the EMEA region and are actively hiring. **Summary** We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer (Senior Associate) with 3–5 years of experience who can work across both automation and manual testing. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on automation experience along with strong skills in understanding user stories, creating test cases, and executing end-to-end testing in an agile environment. **Key Responsibilities** * Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web and API applications * Work closely with product owners and developers to understand user stories and define test scenarios * Create, review, and maintain detailed test cases and test data * Execute both automated and manual test cases and analyze results * Identify, log, and track defects using tools like JIRA * Perform functional, regression, smoke, and sanity testing across releases * Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives * Ensure adequate test coverage across automation and manual areas * Contribute to continuous improvement of automation frame