State Street · 9 hours ago
QA Team Lead, AVP
Burlington, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$80K/yr - $140K/yr
12+ years expState Street is a global investment firm that empowers investment firms worldwide with a cloud-based platform. The QA Team Lead will create and drive quality initiatives through the SDLC, ensuring the delivery of exceptional quality products and mentoring a team of QA Engineers.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Work with the Director of QA Programs in the evolution of the CRD test process so that it becomes the industry standard for financial application testing
Define and drive the overall quality strategy in planning and execution in a department
Expand coverage with manual and automated functional, integration, regression, and performance tests
Ensure efficient and effective product testing by evaluating and expanding department metrics ; identify risks to project schedule and product quality , proposes methods to mitigate risks
Plan and participate in group testing activities to increase the value of integration testing
Training new product specialists and mentor junior staff in proper creation and planning of test processes
Spearhead the effort in the department to align tools, processes and training to support the quality organization in expanding test coverage and automation and seamlessly adopting new technologies that will drive product growth
Audit and define good tests emphasizing customer focus, repeatable, data driven
Evaluate client patch request and determine how to reduce and hold the line on the need for them
Audit the testing process for patches conducted by teams
Assess environments and data sets required for proper testing of changes and enhancements, verify they have been incorporated into the testing process
Perform White glove testing
Raise quality concerns and propose a plan to address those concerns
Serve as an expert resource for developers working on performance tests
As adjunct member of each scrum team, participate in key team processes to offer guidance (demos, retros)
Audit the quality process by reviewing quality KPI’s for the department, working with key team members create and track an actionable plan for continuous improvement
Liaise with teams in CRD outside of technology to understand role based requirements and weave role based testing into the process
Lead a team of QA Engineers and senior engineers and unblock them
Mentor and Coach a team
Lead by examples
Qualification
Required
B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study or Business with an MIS background
MS degree strongly preferred
12+ years of experience in software testing in a process driven technology environment
8+ years of experience in leading quality projects
5+ years of team management experience
Demonstrated experience auditing unit tests, test cases, scripts, and automated test tools for verifying quality on multi-tier applications
Proven experience in identifying high business value quality initiatives, developing detailed plans for execution and producing successful measureable results
Demonstrated ability to lead by influence
Proven ability to bring innovation and drive change to improve the test process
A minimum of 5 years working with an agile development methodology
Expert ability to translate business requirements into technical testing solutions
Detail-orientated with excellent written and verbal communication
Solid understanding of development technologies, e.g. C#, HTML5, JavaScript, REST, AngularJS, Python
Experience in Micro Services, Web services testing using SOAP and REST based service and XML, JSON
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GIThub and other relevant tools
Experience with VM's and cloud technologies like Azure
Hands-on experience in developing, maintaining and supporting automated test suites
Extensive exposure to testing tools such as Selenium Webdriver, Silk4NET, Gradle, Jenkins, REST Assured
Familiarity with TeamCity, Git, Confluence, JIRA, Docker, ELK stack, Dynatrace
Strong experience with database testing (Oracle, SQL/NoSQL)
Coaching and mentoring the team members
Preferred
Financial services industry experience is preferred
Benefits
Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
Access to our Employee Assistance Program
Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
Eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
Inclusive development opportunities
Flexible work-life support
Paid volunteer days
Vibrant employee networks
Company
State Street
State Street offers a range of financial services, including investment management, research and trading, as well as asset management.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.05B2025-10-23Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2025-04-24Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2025-02-06Post Ipo Equity· $750M
Leadership Team
Ronald O'Hanley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Renee LaRoche-Morris
Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff to the COO; Head of CAO Services
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