QA Engineer

S&P Global, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team of professionals

Cutting-edge tech

Automation & SQL testing

Developer mindset in QA

Culture of Urgency

Knowledge sharing

Global fintech career

Job summary

S&P Global Ratings is seeking a QA Engineer to help build automated tests across Web/Windows/API platforms. You will design test plans, lead testing efforts, and collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to deliver reliable, high-quality software in a hybrid environment (Water Street NYC or Princeton, NJ).

The role emphasizes automation, data-driven testing, and performance testing, with opportunities to innovate and grow within a global financial technology company.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software testing or development experience with coding and debugging basics.
• Experience with Python/Java and automated testing across UI/API/data layers.
• Ability to identify automatable test cases and collaborate with developers on automation-friendly code.
• Experience with SOAP/REST services and SQL queries.
• Familiarity with Git and distributed source control, plus CI/CD tooling.
• Strong communication and problem solving skills; degree in CS/IS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create tools and frameworks with quality code to simplify testing scenarios.
• Design and develop test plans and cases based on specs; execute and report results.
• Collaborate with development teams to deliver quality functionality on time.
• Act as test lead, plan work, assign tasks, and ensure schedule adherence.
• Guide project staff with strong testing skills; review scripts and defect descriptions.
• Focus on testing Web, Services/APIs, and Database testing; perform functional, system, and regression tests.

Skills

Python/Java

Automation testing

Selenium

APIs testing

SQL

CI/CD

Git

Testing strategies

Performance testing

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

HP LoadRunner/Performance Center/Storm Runner

JMeter

Selenium

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

09

S&P Global Ratings

The Role:

QA Engineer

The location:

Water Street 55, NYC. or Princeton, NJ (Hybrid setting - 2 days per week onsite)

The Team:

A part of Ratings Technology, the Ratings QA team leads the IT organization in the delivery of trusted quality to our users. From a foundation of disciplined processes, QA seeks out innovative testing solutions, reliable & transparent test execution, and aspires towards continuous improvement in achieving top quality. In close partnership with Product Management and Product Engineering, QA team members help drive quality accountability, and work to ensure our end users receive reliable, stable, defect free products, which help confidently execute our business and elevate our products

The Impact:

As a QA Engineer you will make a key contribution in building solutions to test applications across Web/Windows/API platforms and framing efficient data comparison methods. Your challenge will be reducing the time to market for products without compromising quality, by leveraging automation and innovation. You will use a wide range of technologies and have the opportunity to interact with different internal teams

What’s in it for you:

• Working with a team of highly skilled, ambitious and result-oriented professionals.
• Using a wide range of cutting-edge technology to innovate while testing.
• An ever-challenging environment to hone your existing skills in Automation, performance, service layer testing, SQL scripting etc.
• A great opportunity to think and execute like a developer while performing the role of QA.
• Being a part of an organization which values ‘Culture of Urgency’ and ‘Shift Left’ approaches.
• A plenty of skill building, knowledge sharing, and innovation opportunities.
• Building a fulfilling career with a global financial technology company.

Responsibilities:

• Create tools and frameworks with quality code to simplify testing scenarios.
• Design and develop test plans, test cases based upon functional and design specifications, execute test cases and analyze and report test results to the teams
• Work in partnership with the development teams to deliver business functionality on time with required quality that meets the acceptance criteria
• Acts as a test lead, planning the work of other testing staff and assigning tasks to meet project deadlines.
• Uses strong testing skills to provide guidance and assist project staff
• Reviews and approves the work of project team members in the writing of scripts, expected results, test results and defect descriptions. Ensures best practices are followed and testing activities stay on schedule.
• Focus on building efficient solutions for Web, Services/APIs, and Database testing requirements.

• Participate in internal/cross team meetings, project scoping, functional reviews, test specifications, technical reviews for assigned projects in an Agile environment

• Involved in requirements review and participate in architecture/design reviews with an emphasis on test automation/performance strategy and ensuring best practices

• Participate actively in functional, system and regression testing activities
• Capture quality assurance data and metrics to provide insights and conclusions
• Estimate and perform risk analysis for quality delivery

What we’re looking for:

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in software testing or development with good understanding of testing, coding and debugging procedures
• Experience in programming using Python/Java or other languages
• Experience in design and development of automated tests using automation tools (e.g. Selenium, Appium) across the application layers (UI/Service/Data layers) and root cause analysis
• Experience in advising team to identify automatable test cases at different layers (UI, Services and Data layer tests). Ability to working with developers to build automation/performance friendly code is highly desirable
• Experience in refactoring and extending test automation/performance frameworks and suites as necessary
• Experience of working with SOAP and REST service and understanding of SOA architecture
• Exposure to distributed source control systems such as Git
• Exposure to SQL/PL-SQL, writing SQL queries, stored procedures and RDBMS
• Experience with Data Quality testing.
• Experience with Test Data Management and mapping automated test code coverage
• Experience in developing Test Plans and Test Cases, engage in Exploratory Testing, creating and maintaining Defect Reports
• Experience in performance testing tools like HP Load Runner/Performance Center/Storm Runner, JMeter.
• Demonstrate ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong communication skills and ability to deliver clear, concise documentation and presentations
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and technical troubleshooting skills
• Bachelor's or higher qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent is preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience of testing in CI, DevOps, rolling deployment/upgrade model is a plus
• Knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS/Azure and experience of testing micro-services, containers, Dockers is a plus

Right to work requirements:

This role is open only