Lead Automation Engineer - Manager

The QA team is part of State Street's Global Technology Services (Business unit: GlobalLink) – Fund Connect, delivering high‑quality, scalable solutions. The team plays a critical role in ensuring product stability, performance, and automation scalability through hands‑on testing and continuous quality improvements.

Looking For: An experienced Lead who thrives as a hands-on individual contributor , taking ownership of test automation strategy, framework development, and end-to-end quality assurance across complex enterprise applications. Collaborate with stakeholders, business analysts, developers, and cross-functional teams to ensure end-to-end quality ownership within Agile Scrum teams Design, develop, and scale automated test frameworks and regression suite to validate business requirements across products and services. Demonstrate strong programming expertise in Java (preferred), C#, or Python to build scalable and maintainable automation solutions. Build and integrate CI/CD pipelines to execute automated functional, integration, regression, and performance tests. Perform hands‑on front‑end automation testing using Selenium/Playwright, or equivalent industry‑standard tools. Develop, execute, and maintain automated test suites covering functional, integration, regression, and performance testing. Interpret automation results, log defects, and proactively collaborate with developers to drive timely issue resolution. Write SQL queries independently to validate data correctness and support root‑cause analysis. Champion QA process improvements, researching and recommending modern automation strategies, including AI-assisted testing. Mentor junior QA engineers on test design, automation best practices, and Agile quality standards.

We value individuals who demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, a passion for quality, continuous learning, effective communication, and the ability to collaborate within high-performing Agile teams.

10-14 years of experience in software QA with strong emphasis on test automation Proven experience as a hands‑on individual contributor (not a people‑management role) Strong expertise in UI and API test automation, including REST API testing using tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Rest Assured, Postman, or equivalent industry-standard solutions. Strong understanding of test frameworks (e.g., TestNG, Cucumber, BDD‑style frameworks) Proficiency in Java Strong manual testing fundamentals and test design methodologies Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery models Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution Ability to write SQL queries for validation and perform strong defect analysis Nice to Have: Exposure to load/performance testing concepts and tools Experience testing complex enterprise platforms (financial systems preferred) Experience with Jira and test management practices Preferred Technology Stack: Java Selenium / Playwright TestNG / Cucumber REST API Automation (Rest Assured) SQL Jenkins / CI-CD Git Agile Scrum Are you the right candidate? Yes! We truly believe in the power that comes from the diverse backgrounds and experiences our employees bring with them. Although each vacancy details what we are looking for, we don’t necessarily need you to fulfil all of them when applying. If you like change and innovation, seek to see the bigger picture, make data driven decisions and are a good team player, you could be a great fit. Why this role is important to us: Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We’re driving the company’s digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation. We offer a collaborative environment where