Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer, Officer

State Street•Irvine, CA

1d•$75,000 - $123,750•Hybrid

About The Position

State Street is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer with 5+ years of software QA experience, preferably in financial services. The role requires financial-services domain knowledge, understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), and hands-on experience with functional testing, test-case management, defect management, and release validation. The successful candidate will understand complex financial workflows and validate requirements and acceptance criteria before release. They will also validate nightly financial batch cycles and scheduled jobs, and work directly with business users to clarify requirements, investigate issues, support user acceptance testing (UAT), and confirm business outcomes. The Senior QA Engineer owns end-to-end QA activities and quality strategy, creates and executes detailed test scenarios, manages traceability and defects, and assesses test coverage and release readiness. The role involves close collaboration with business and technology stakeholders, reporting on testing status and risks, and mentoring junior QA team members. Modern QA practices and AI-assisted technologies should be applied where appropriate to improve QA effectiveness. The position is onsite four days per week and remote one day per week, with standard business hours aligned to project and stakeholder needs (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). The stated annual salary range is $75,000–$123,750 and applies to the primary location; the range may differ if the employee works elsewhere.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field.
5+ years of hands-on QA/testing experience, preferably within financial services.
Strong financial-services domain knowledge, including experience with financial applications, transactions, data flows, nightly batch cycles, scheduled jobs, business processes, and system integrations.
Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile and Waterfall methodologies, QA processes, release management, and the software testing lifecycle.
Experience creating, managing, and executing detailed functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test cases, including requirements-to-test traceability and test evidence.
Hands-on experience with test and defect-management tools such as JIRA and XRAY, including creating detailed defects and working with development and business teams through resolution.
Knowledge of modern QA and AI technologies, including AI-assisted tools for requirements analysis, test-case development, defect analysis, test-data analysis, documentation, and improving QA effectiveness.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent attention to detail and ability to identify gaps in requirements, acceptance criteria, test cases, and testing coverage.
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple testing activities across projects and releases.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with technical teams and business users.
Quality-focused mindset with ownership, accountability, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end QA activities, including functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
Review business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to ensure they are clear, complete, testable, and aligned with expected business outcomes.
Create, maintain, and execute detailed test scenarios and test cases covering positive, negative, boundary, exception, and business-critical scenarios.
Maintain traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, test cases, test results, defects, and supporting test evidence.
Identify, document, and manage defects through closure, documenting reproduction steps, expected and actual results, severity, priority, screenshots, logs, and business impact.
Validate financial-services workflows, business rules, data, interfaces, reports, upstream and downstream integrations, nightly batch cycles, scheduled jobs, dependencies, and processing results.
Work with business users, business analysts, product owners, and subject-matter experts to understand processes, clarify requirements, support UAT, investigate issues, and confirm delivered functionality meets business expectations.
Support release cycles, regression testing, UAT, production readiness, and post-release validation; report test coverage, defects, risks, and overall release readiness.
Apply modern QA practices and AI-assisted technologies where appropriate to improve requirements analysis, test-case development, defect analysis, test coverage, documentation quality, and QA efficiency.
Own and drive the overall quality strategy and functional testing approach.
Review test coverage, nightly processing results, open defects, and business-critical scenarios to identify gaps before release signoff.
Drive QA standards and best practices for test-case documentation, defect quality, test evidence, traceability, and release reporting.
Mentor and guide junior QA team members and help establish consistent QA practices across the team.
Provide business and technology stakeholders with clear assessments of testing status, open risks, defects, business impact, and release readiness.

Benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability, plus optional additional coverages
Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family-care responsibilities
Employee Assistance Program
Eligibility for annual performance-based incentive awards, excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans
Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans
Inclusive development opportunities
Flexible work-life support
Paid volunteer days
Employee networks