QA Automation Engineer, Officer

Role Summary :

We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join our Digital Asset development team. This is a hands‑on quality engineering role responsible for designing, executing, and maintaining automated and manual tests for backend and API‑driven systems in a financial services environment. The role focuses on ensuring the reliability, correctness, and security of software that suppors business‑critical workflows. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to build robust, scalable, and secure digital asset products that meet our business and technical requirements.

Role Description :

• Design, develop, and execute automated test cases for APIs and backend services supporting financial services applications.
• Create and maintain test artefacts including test plans, test cases, and test execution evidence in line with enterprise QA processes.
• Perform functional, integration, and regression testing to validate service behaviour, error handling, and edge cases.
• Validate data accuracy and integrity across system boundaries, ensuring consistent results for financial and transactional data.
• Work closely with developers during sprint cycles to clarify acceptance criteria, identify defects early, and support defect triage and resolution.
• Contribute automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support test execution as part of build and release processes.

Support production readiness activities, including smoke testing, release validation, and documentation required for go‑live approvals.

• Hands‑on experience as a QA Automation Engineer or QA Engineer in financial services or other regulated environments.
• Experience testing REST APIs and backend services, including request/response validation and negative/error scenarios.
• Working knowledge of test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., API automation, backend test frameworks, or UI automation where applicable).
• Understanding of QA practices across the SDLC, including Agile delivery, defect management, and regression testing.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to clearly document test results and defects.

Good to have skills :

• Looking to get Placed? Try our Placement Guarantee Plan

  Get Hired
  Exposure to microservices or containerized applications, and testing services deployed in cloud‑based environments.
• Experience contributing automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and working alongside DevOps teams.
• Familiarity with non‑functional testing concepts such as performance, resilience, and reliability in financial systems.
• Digital asset knowledge: awareness of concepts such as custody, tokenization, wallets, or blockchain‑adjacent workflows sufficient to understand domain terminology and test scenarios.
• Experience working with enterprise tooling for test management, documentation, and collaboration (e.g., Jira‑based workflows).

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.

Discover more information on jobs at StateStreet.com/careers

Read our CEO Statement