Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer, Senior Associate

State Street; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 78,300 - 95,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

Birthday off and special holidays

Gold Medical Package

Private pension plan

Training programs and workshops

Volunteer days

Well-being programs

Job summary

State Street in Kraków, Poland, is seeking a Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer to join a collaborative, team-driven environment on functions for risk management, compliance, or regulatory reporting. This role requires solid testing knowledge and hands-on experience with manual and automated testing.

The candidate will design test strategies, review results, and collaborate with Business and Development teams; agile ceremonies and office presence three days per week are expected.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years’ experience in an SQA role, driving software development projects/agile rooms; use of relational databases and big data platforms.
• Develop automated scripts via Python, Selenium and Pandas to automate data quality validation.
• Develop complex SQL queries to validate data scenarios.
• UNIX shell scripting and commands knowledge.
• Familiarity with SDLC methodologies.
• Experience with Confluence for requirements and defects management.
• Note: role requires a minimum of three days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Design, prepare, and implement test strategy and test scenarios
• Review test cases and test results
• Conduct testing and defects status meetings, and communicate cause and solution of system and/or software defects
• Conduct functional demonstrations for business users
• Work closely with Business and Development teams to resolve quality problems and provide information
• Participate in daily stand ups, iteration planning, product demos, and retrospective meetings

Skills

SQA experience

Python

Selenium

Pandas

SQL

UNIX scripting

UNIX commands

SDLC knowledge

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Decision making

Presentation

Teamwork

Agile

Confluence

Education

SQA-related experience

Job description

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for a Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer who desires to work in a collaborative, team-driven environment on functions built for business requirements in response to risk management, compliance needs, or regulatory reporting. This role requires solid knowledge in software testing process, strong analytical and interpersonal skills, and good time management. The person should have experience of software testing in manual and automated manner. The role is based in Poland and will work with State Street business users from all regions.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Design, prepare, and implement test strategy and test scenarios
• Review test cases and test results
• Conduct testing and defects status meetings, and communicate cause and solution of system and/or software defects
• Conduct functional demonstrations for business users
• Work closely with Business and Development teams to resolve quality problems and provide information
• Participate in daily stand ups, iteration planning, product demos, and retrospective meetings

What We Value

• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills
• Presentation skills
• Team player
• Good grasp on standard SDLC tools

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• 1-3 years’ experience in an SQA role, driving software development projects/agile rooms, from a quality assurance standpoint; use of relational databases like ORACLE, Postgres and Big Data platforms like Databricks, Hadoop, etc.
• Develop automated scripts via ETL automation tool, Python - Selenium and Pandas to automate the data quality process and ensure the entire data set is validated
• Develop complex SQL queries to validate all the data scenarios
• Well versed with writing and analyzing UNIX shell scripts and commands
• Familiarity with UNIX commands to execute jobs, etc.
• Knowledge of SDLC methodologies

Additional Requirements

• Participation in agile development working model.
• Experience of working on Confluence like collaboration tool for requirements and defects management.

Note: The role requires a minimum of three days per week working from the office.

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.

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

About State Street

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success. We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

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.