Quality Assurance Engineer(Java/Selenium), Aladdin Engineering - Vice President

Job Description 

Are you interested in building innovative technology that crafts the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, and solving some of the world’s most exciting challenges? Do you want to work with, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance? 

At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve sophisticated problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your outstanding skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. 

We invest and protect over $9 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being. 

Being a technologist at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most sophisticated financial companies and being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions. 

What are Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering? 

You will be working on BlackRock's investment operating system called Aladdin. Aladdin is used both internally within BlackRock and externally by many financial institutions. Aladdin combines sophisticated risk analytics with comprehensive portfolio management, trading, and operations tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making and create a connective tissue for thousands of users investing worldwide. 

Our Quality Assurance teams reside inside the Aladdin Engineering group. We collaboratively build the next generation of technology that changes the way information, people, and technology intersect for global investment firms. We build and package tools that

manage trillions in assets and supports millions of financial instruments. We perform risk calculations and process millions of transactions for thousands of users every day worldwide! 

Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be: 

• Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment 

• Resourceful problem solver: Analyze multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way. 

• Great teammate: Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively. 

• Fast learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly. 

Job Purpose / Background: 

Aladdin Private Markets Quality Engineering is a globally distributed team supporting Quality Engineering initiatives for Apps on Aladdin. The team employs use of industry-leading tools (Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, Jenkins, Azure dev ops) to support the testing activities. As a QA Engineer you will work as part of the Global testing team supporting Quality Engineering activities for applications on the Aladdin platform. 

Responsibilities include: 

• Guide and mentor junior team members from both technical and functional standpoint. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability within the team. 

• Being hands-on and owning functional deliveries. 

• Apply expertise in Java, Java Script, Selenium or other test frameworks to design, develop and maintain automation test suites. 

• Responsible for managing comprehensive testing phases from planning to execution for functional and non-functional requirements including design, development, and delivery. 

• Work closely with collaborators, customers, partners, and team members to capture client needs, provide design insights, and deliver outstanding work. 

• Analyze and report on QA metrics, trends, and opportunities for improvement, presenting findings to senior management and recommending corrective actions. 

• Champion a culture of quality within the organization, driving awareness and consistency with Quality standards. 

• Prioritize and develop enhancements to continuously improve application stability and scalability. 

• Conduct reviews of applications and workflow processes to target automation effectiveness. 

• Drive a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team and setting the tone through specific recruiting, management actions and employee engagement. 

Qualifications: 

• B.E. / B.Tech. MCA degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area or its equivalent 

• 10+ years of proven experience 

Skills and Experience: 

• Experience in senior QA role within the financial services industry, ideally in asset management. Deep understanding of investment management processes, risk management methodologies, regulatory compliance requirements or Investment Accounting skills. 

• Good understanding of automation test frameworks, tools, and scripting languages along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex issues. 

• Consistent record of successfully leading and implementing QA programs that drive continuous improvement. 

• Comprehensive understanding of software quality assurance and engineering processes, methodologies, and proven methods. Good understanding of Agile software development methodologies. 

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across diverse teams. 

• Strong foundation in RDBMS, SQL and application infrastructure technologies, good to have understanding of performance testing tools & methodologies (JMeter or other), API testing for handling complex distributed systems. 

• Self-motivator, that looks for challenges and rolls up their sleeves to identify and understand the core issues and works closely with all levels and across teams to implement solutions. 

Nice to have and opportunities to learn: 

• Experience of working in Agile Development Team 

• AZURE Dev Ops, CI/CD integration and associated tools and processes (Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube). 

• AI and Machine Learning (ChatGPT or GitHub CoPilot) 

• Specflow/Cucumber and BDD 

• Cloud based testing. 

• API testing (Postman, Soap UI)