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Senior Product Specialist
| Company | State Street |
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| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $139402 – $160000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, or related field
- 5 years of experience in software testing in a process driven technology environment
- Alternatively, a Master’s degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, or related field; and 3 years of experience in software testing in a process driven technology environment
- Demonstrated experience using test cases, scripts, and automated test tools for verifying requirements on multi-tier applications
- Demonstrated ability translating business requirements into comprehensive functional and technical test plans
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Demonstrated experience with Cucumber, JIRA -X-ray, Perforce, Jenkins, Azure VMs, IntelliJ, or visual studio
- Proven knowledge of Java or Microsoft SQL Server Management studio
- Proven knowledge of core Java, SQL, and Oracle
- Experience within the financial industry
- Experience applying an understanding of client workflows and client data to the test strategy
- Strong problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
- Works with a team to complete tasks related to testing strategy to meet the Definition of Done
- Actively trains intermediate automation skills and assists in maintaining scripts
- Follows agreed-upon testing practices and drives the definition of test readiness and acceptance criteria for user stories and defects
- Creates automated tests and maintains them
- Takes test ownership over multiple functional areas and becomes a subject matter expert
- Designs, documents and executes test cases for manual and automated tests
- Learns currently active test suites and patterns, analyzes results, and contributes to improvements
- Troubleshoots problems encountered in testing
- Schedules and runs test strategy reviews
- Develops and maintains test documentation including test plans, procedures, reports, etc.
- Writes and helps others with effective tests
- Isolates issues and creates succinct & precise reproduction steps when reporting defects
- Actively engages and contributes to all Agile ceremonies and meetings on time
- Engages with the team through collaboration, listening, problem-solving, support, sharing, and helping make other team members better
- Takes ownership and creates accountability within the team
- Applies a thorough understanding of client workflows and client data to the test strategy
- Takes ownership of the quality of the product (functional readiness + code quality + performance)
- Mentors new hires
- Engages in backlog grooming, planning, and design reviews, performs test strategy reviews
- Guides the work and mentors Test Engineers
- Applies technology trends and industry innovations to our products
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
