Junior Quality Assurance and Automation Engineer, SA

State Street; Województwo pomorskie; On-site; PLN 78,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract from day one

Additional holidays (Birthday Day Off,

3rd and 5th year anniversary Day Off)

Gold Medical Package for employees and

their families (partner and children)

Premium life insurance package

private pension plan

Wide range of soft skills training

technical workshops

language classes and development

Opportunities to volunteer your time

well-being programs

Additional benefits available by role

Job summary

Charles River Development, the FinTech division of State Street, is hiring a junior automation/quality engineer to contribute to automated and manual testing across web, desktop, and APIs. You will work under senior engineers, gaining coaching while shaping data flows and client-facing automation patterns.

The role emphasizes collaboration with analysts and product managers in a fast-paced Agile setting. You'll learn testing methodologies, automation approaches, and CI/CD integration, with

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of professional experience or equivalent college project experience.
• Ideally, you already have initial experience with one of Java, C#, Python, PowerShell, Bash,or batch scripts.
• You are familiar with concepts for implementing and executing automation test scripts against web, native/desktop applications, APIs and batch applications preferable.
• You have knowledge about tracking issue system and wiki (e.g. Jira and Confluence).
• You are eager to learn and challenge status quo and are characterized by a very analytical and solution-oriented way of thinking.
• You have effective written and verbal communication.
• Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Under guidance of senior engineers contribute to development of automated mechanisms to generate the data shape and user flows patterns our clients exhibit using the logging and tracing information collected in our environments
• Execute manual and automated functional, integration, regression, and performance test
• Maintain automated and manual test script libraries for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing
• Interpret results of automation tests and document software defects in issue tracking system; proactively communicate issues with developers and other project team members
• Also: Research and define the path to achieve full automation testing end to end by introducing the advances Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems
• Coordinate with other Scrum teams within the R&D organization to ensure exceptional product quality and performance
• Participate in the agile software development process including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Participate in business requirements and functional specifications reviews
• Participate in on-the-job and formal trainings to develop your career

Skills

Java

C#

Python

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS, Engineering, Math, Physics or other technical course

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Who We are: Charles River Development (CRD) is the FinTech division of State Street. Together with State Street's Middle and Back-office services, Charles River's cloud-based Front Office technology forms the foundation of the State Street Alpha® Platform, the first front-to-back solution in the industry. CRD / Alpha® Platform Engineering organization is innovating and transforming the platform by moving away from monolithic software to utilising next generation cloud-based technology that leverages Microsoft Azure, Kafka, Snowflake, etc.

Position Summary

Be an integral part of an agile organization and contribute to building and maintenance of automation and performance testing frameworks and executing the overall quality plan for one of Charles River's products. Junior engineers should expect coaching and guidance from senior engineers and leadership as they develop their skills and contribute to the team.

Responsibilities

• Under guidance of senior engineers contribute to development of automated mechanisms to generate the data shape and user flows patterns our clients exhibit using the logging and tracing information collected in out environments
• Execute manual and automated functional, integration, regression, and performance test
• Maintain automated and manual test script libraries for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing
• Interpret results of automation tests and document software defects in issue tracking system; proactively communicate issues with developers and other project team members
• Also: Research and define the path to achieve full automation testing end to end by introducing the advances Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to create simple and sustainable software solutions for complex problems
• Coordinate with other Scrum teams within the R&D organization to ensure exceptional product quality and performance
• Participate in the agile software development process including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Participate in business requirements and functional specifications reviews
• Participate in on-the-job and formal trainings to develop your career

What will you learn

• Gain hands-on experience with testing methodologies, automation techniques, performance tuning, tooling for functional, non-functional test automation, latest industry trends and best practices and integration with DevOps
• Develop full understanding of different test automation approaches (keyword-driven, Data-driven, TDD, BDD) and technology stacks (Java, Python, JavaScript, Groovy etc.)
• Learn to develop custom test automation methodologies, adapt them to clients' needs, and how to integrate test automation into CI/CD process and instrument SDLC automation
• Gain knowledge of SILKTest and cutting-edge tools for Web, Desktop, DB and Web-service testing (Selenium, Ready API, etc.)
• In partnership with senior automation engineers, contribute to research and definition of the path to achieve full automation testing end to end by introducing the advances Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models

Qualifications

• Bachelors or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study.
• 0-2 years of professional experience or equivalent college project experience.
• Ideally, you already have initial experience with one of Java, C#, Python, PowerShell, Bash,or batch scripts.
• You are familiar with concepts for implementing and executing automation test scripts against web, native/desktop applications, APIs and batch applications preferable.
• You have knowledge about tracking issue system and wiki (e.g. Jira and Confluence).
• You are eager to learn and challenge status quo and are characterized by a very analytical and solution-oriented way of thinking.
• You have effective written and verbal communication.
• Able to work well with peers in a collaborative team environment.

Additional Details

Minimum Salary: zł87,000 Annual

The minimum salary quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate ultimately works outside of this primary location, the applicable minimum salary may differ.

Salary will be determined based on factors such as the position, type of work performed, individual skills, job description, working hours, diligence, initiative, self-management, length of employment, availability, and the quantity and quality of work delivered, as well as other objective and non-discriminatory criteria relevant to State Street employees.

In addition to salary, employees are eligible to be considered for discretionary annual performance-based awards.

Please Note: This role requires minimum 3 days/ week work from office.

We Offer

• Permanent contract from day one
• Additional holidays (Birthday Day Off, 3rd and 5th year anniversary Day Off)
• Gold Medical Package for employees and their families (partner and children)
• Premium life insurance package and private pension plan
• Wide range of soft skills training, technical workshops, language classes and development programs
• Opportunities to volunteer your time to company-driven initiatives, employee networks or organizations of your choice
• Variety of well-being programs
• Additional benefits available depending on the seniority of the role

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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