Director Lead QA Engineer

We’re seeking someone to join our team as a Lead QA Engineer. As an intermediate QA Engineer you will manage QE teams delivering both manual and automated quality testing for financials and securities trading front-end applications. Your understanding of security financial data and securities trading, your experience leading testing of front-end web applications, and your collaborative yet firm approach to getting things done will be critical to your success in this role. This is an individual contributor role requiring hands-on experience in test automation, mobile and API testing along with leadership capabilities to guide and collaborate with offshore teams.

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities.

This is a QA Engineering II position at Associate level, which is part of the job family responsible for devising test strategies, conducting and/or coordinating tests, and identifying defects to maintain high standards of performance and reliability.

Morgan Stanley Since 1935, Morgan Stanley is known as a global leader in financial services, continuously evolving and innovating to better serve our clients and our communities in more than 40 countries around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases for web, mobile and API applications

• Ensure end-to-end quality by implementing testing strategies, automation frameworks, and best practices

• Work closely with developers, product and business stakeholders to align testing efforts with project requirements

• Act as a bridge between onshore and offshore QA teams, ensuring smooth coordination, knowledge sharing and timely issue resolution

• Drive and mentor QA team providing technical guidance and ensuring best QA practices are followed

• Collaborate in Agile environments, actively participating in sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives

• Continuously improve testing processes, identify gaps and implement automation where feasible.

• Ensure production roll testing staffing and attend production rolls as needed

• Coordinate tool enhancement needs with infra/tools team

• Communicate on team's behalf to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Work in an agile environment with various scrum teams, using test management tools such as JIRA / XRAY

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience

• 3-5 years of experience in information technology/software development with a proven ability to ensure high quality results and with expertise in test automation, agile methodologies and QA best practices.

• Strong hands-on experience in Java Selenium for UI automation

• Demonstrated knowledge of Financials and securities trading instruments offered on Morgan Stanley/E*TRADE

• Solid knowledge of QA methodologies, test planning, system dependencies, and product integration phases

• Ability to lead teams in a fast-paced environment with short sprint cycles

• Exposure to the Atlassian tool sets, Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence, etc.

• Experience in mobile testing and API testing using tools like postman, Rest Assured

• Excellent communication and coordination skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with onshore and offshore teams
  
  Preferred Skills

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering

• Experience with Jenkins, Git, BitBucket, Perfecto, SauceLabs cloud, Java, Selenium

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Asia and India Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet)

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