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Position : QA Engineer / QA Analyst – Charles River Development (CRD)
Location: Boston MA
Job Description:
Seeking a QA professional with strong experience in Charles River Development (CRD/CRIMS) for investment management and trading platforms. The role involves validating end-to-end trading workflows, automation testing, regression testing, and ensuring high-quality delivery of financial applications in Agile environments.
Major Responsibilities:
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing for CRD applications
- Validate buy-side trading workflows, order management, FIX connectivity, and investment operations
- Develop and execute automated test scripts using Selenium/TestComplete or similar tools
- Create test plans, test cases, and test strategy documents
- Work closely with developers, business analysts, and product owners in Agile/Scrum teams
- Execute SQL queries for backend validation and data integrity checks
- Support API, microservices, and UI testing
- Track defects using JIRA and participate in release validation
- Maintain test environments and support production issue troubleshooting
- Participate in end-to-end integration testing across CRD and State Street applications.
Required Skills / Environment:
- Strong experience with Charles River Development (CRD/CRIMS)
- Experience in financial services, investment management, or trading systems
- QA Automation using Selenium/TestComplete
- SQL and database validation
- Agile/Scrum methodology
- JIRA, SDLC, regression & integration testing
- UI and API testing
- Knowledge of buy-side trading lifecycle, FIX protocol, OMS/EMS workflows
- Exposure to Java/Python is a plus
- Experience with microservices and cloud-based applications preferred
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5 years of QA experience
- Experience with Charles River IMS platform
- Knowledge of Fixed Income, Equity, or Electronic Trading workflows
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills