Quality Assurance Leader - QA, AVP

Job Description

This role is intended for a hands-on QA leader who can operate as a functional subject matter expert for our Investment Services QA.  This candidate will coordinate multi-user concurrency tests, strengthen day-to-day quality support across environments, data, interfaces, deployments, and end-to-end workflows.  The ideal candidate will bridge product, engineering, QA, release management, and SaaS operations to make quality issues visible early and drive them to resolution quickly. 

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute functional, integration, regression and end-to-end test scenarios for Investment Services applications and interfaces.
• Validate Kafka producer/consumer flows, including: Topic and partition validationMessage publishing and consumptionMessage schema and payload validationConsumer groups and offsetsMessage ordering and duplicate handlingRetry, replay and failure scenarios
• Develop and maintain Java-based test automation for APIs, messaging and backend services.
• Validate REST APIs and service-to-service integrations.
• Develop an effective test data strategy, including creation, management, refresh and validation of data across integrated systems.
• Perform database/backend validation using SQL.
• Validate data consistency across source systems, Kafka events, services and downstream applications.
• Analyze application and Kafka logs to troubleshoot integration failures.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum activities including refinement, sprint planning, defect triage and retrospectives.
• Work closely with developers, business analysts and other QA engineers to ensure complete end-to-end coverage.
• Create and maintain automated regression suites and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines where applicable.

Technical Environment / Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years experience in Quality Assurance.
• Extensive QA experience in enterprise software, data platforms, financial technology, SaaS platforms, or similarly complex regulated environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead functional QA activities across multiple teams, systems, environments, and release timelines.
• Experience defining test strategies, test plans, test cases, smoke tests, regression coverage, end-to-end workflow tests, and release readiness criteria.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify gaps in test coverage, environment readiness, data availability, access setup, interface configuration, and deployment procedures.
• Hands-on troubleshooting mindset with the confidence to investigate ambiguous failures, gather evidence, isolate probable causes, and drive to rapid resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create crisp playbooks, runbooks, defect summaries, and status updates
• Experience with cloud-native data platforms, data warehousing, Snowflake, ETL pipelines, data marts, APIs, batch process, or financial data workflows
• Experience with Jira, Xray, defect lifecycle management, and audit-friendly test evidence
• Experience coordinating testing across product development, engineering, QA, SaaS Operations, and support.
• Familiarity with test data management, client-like data sets, access grants, interface dependencies, and environment refresh or reset processes.

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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