Lead Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer- Vice President

Who we are looking for

The Lead Software Quality Assurance Testing Engineer will play a key role in leading the quality assurance of Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”), Sanctions Screening, AML Transaction Monitoring, and Know Your Customer (“KYC”) suite of applications in the Boston, MA area. We are looking for someone who has proven experience with testing and automating complex applications. This role will be responsible for defining and maintaining an acceptance testing cycle that is common in an Agile process including automation. Candidate will be expected to attend daily agile ceremonies and required to manage onshore and offshore resources/teams to discuss/resolve impediments. Candidate should have willingness to learn new technologies and work under pressure with stringent timelines.

What you will be responsible for

As Lead Software Test Engineer you will

• Work with users and developers to define new projects to extend and enhance the company’s proprietary financial applications.

• Create test scenarios and implement functional test cases (automated and otherwise) that will serve as acceptance test criteria for enhancements and new applications.

• Work closely with developers and quality assurance members to run test suites and research errors.

• Work with the support group to reproduce production problems and identify gaps in the regression test suite.

• Work with developers to utilize and extend custom test harnesses for applications.

• Find ways to enhance the testing process with new tools, strategies, and techniques.

• Drive testing and automation for AML Sanctions Screening Compliance Technology. 

• Willingness to learn new technologies and push the boundaries of test automation to achieve measurable efficiencies. 

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Demonstrated experience with automation of complex applications

• Demonstrated experience working in an iterative development environment using an iterative Agile-like methodology

• Demonstrated experience in delivering working software to production through the entire lifecycle

• Proven knowledge of SQL and relational databases

• Proven knowledge of XML, HTML, JavaScript, and scripting languages

• Proven knowledge of source code control, specifically GitHub, cvs, or subversion

• Demonstrated experience leading and managing a team, including assigning project priorities, communicating QA status to other managers, and mentoring junior associates

• Demonstrated experience testing both client-server and web-based applications through one or more full life cycles of an application

• Ability to quickly troubleshoot and diagnose issues within the quality assurance environment and communicate that knowledge to a varied audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Proven experience delivering multiple versions of one or more applications. 

• Experience working with offshore resources. 

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree with concentration in Engineering, Business or Technology preferred. 

• Must have 10+ yrs. of experience in Quality Assurance. 

• Excellent knowledge in STLC process - creating, maintaining and executing automation/functional test plans, writing test scripts against software platforms, communicating test results, tracking defects and participating in day to day QA activities. 

• Experience in Financial domain and knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring, Know Your Customer), financial securities, and trading principles is highly desirable.

• Understanding of core banking payment systems such as BESS, PEP+, GPP, ACI, MTS etc. or experience with Global Banking Modernization desirable. 

• Experience with Selenium, Python, Java (Eclipse),Visual Basic/VB Script, Test NG, BDD framework for test automation preferred. 

• Hands on experience on SQL (Analytical Functions and complex queries), SQL developer and TOAD. 

• Knowledge of test methodologies and their corresponding tools such as Jira, HP ALM, RTC..etc..

• Must have good understanding of Agile methodology and Agile ceremonies. 

• Must have team-oriented attitude and experience working seamlessly with geographically distributed teams while maintaining the highest standard in collaboration and communication across the QA/DEV and Business teams. 

• Self-motivated, self-driven, own and consider him/herself accountable for timely completion of QA deliverables. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

• Strong p