Senior QA Engineer

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Senior QA Engineer at Vistra ensuring the quality and performance of the STAR application through comprehensive testing. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the end-to-end quality, reliability, and performance of the STAR application by delivering comprehensive automated and manual testing across UI, API, data, and integration layers.
  • Perform comprehensive functional, UI, API, integration, and regression testing across STAR application modules.
  • Validate data integrity, workflow accuracy, and end-to-end system behaviour for new features and BAU enhancements.
  • Conduct cross-system validation for upstream/downstream dependencies and ensure alignment with business rules.
  • Evaluate system performance, reliability, and edge-case handling during release cycles.
  • Log, track, analyse, and verify defects using JIRA or equivalent tools with clear documentation and root-cause insights.
  • Partner with developers, BAs, and product owners to triage issues and drive timely resolution.
  • Participate in defect reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of code quality and release stability.
  • Adhere to and help refine centralized QA standards, frameworks, and testing methodologies.
  • Create, maintain, and version-control test cases, test scripts, and test data for audit readiness.
  • Ensure all prerequisites for QA execution—environment readiness, access configuration, test data preparation—are met.
  • Contribute to risk-based testing approaches and ensure compliance with regulatory and operational controls relevant to Investment Management.
  • Lead automation initiatives to expand regression coverage and improve testing efficiency across UI, API, and data layers.
  • Develop and maintain automated test suites using established frameworks and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Support performance and load testing strategies to evaluate system scalability and reliability.
  • Drive continuous improvement through adoption of modern QA tools, automation best practices, and advanced testing techniques.
  • Work closely with Product Leads, Technology teams, Data teams, and Operations to ensure QA efforts align with business priorities and release timelines.
  • Participate in agile ceremonies, planning sessions, and release readiness activities.
  • Communicate quality risks, test results, and environment constraints to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
  • Foster a quality-first mindset across cross-functional teams and advocate for improvements that reduce operational risk.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field
  • 5+ years of QA Engineering experience within the Investment Management or Financial Services domain
  • Strong understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, and agile delivery practices
  • Hands-on experience with test management tools (e.g., JIRA)
  • Proficiency in Selenium or similar automation frameworks, and familiarity with BDD tools (e.g., Cucumber)
  • Experience building automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines
  • Solid experience with API testing and SQL-based data validation
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities with attention to detail
  • Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud) (preferred)
  • Familiarity with financial systems such as Paxus, Yardi, Solvas, or Investran (preferred)
  • Agile certifications (CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist) (preferred)

Benefits:

  • attractive insurance benefits
  • flexible working arrangement
  • excellent job exposure
  • career prospects