Senior QA Automation Engineer - Boston - Great Gray

Description

Why Great Gray?
At Great Gray Group, we strive to set the bar for the retirement services industry.

Our goal is to deliver advanced retirement solutions that combine our core fiduciary services with robust investment options, innovative technology, and dedicated client service.

We focus on making choices clearer, transitions smoother, and the client experience more delightful. Complacency isn't in our vocabulary.

Every day, we look for opportunities to better serve our clients, be an excellent business partner, and earn the trust of those who rely on us.

The Role
Great Gray is looking to add a Senior QA Automation Engineer on our Technology team.

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer, you will play a crucial role in championing the quality and reliability of our software by building and maintaining robust automated testing solutions and integrating them into our development process.

As a cornerstone part of a cross-functional, agile delivery team you will serve as the champion of quality with full understanding that all members of the team will take their cues from the examples you set.

Our teams are empowered to take great latitude with their own process, procedures, and practices but this comes with the implied responsibility for their own outcomes.

In this role, you will be uniquely situated to define what "good" looks like and hold us all responsible to get across that line.

Location
This position will work from our Boston, MA office. Great Gray currently supports a hybrid work model with 4 days onsite, and 1 day remote.
Visa sponsorship or transfer of an existing visa is not available for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work directly for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship or transfer.
Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to define clear testing objectives, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Design and architect new automated test suites, and right-sizing solutions to match business needs.
• Seamlessly integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines to improve efficiency and deployment outcomes.
• Curate an organized testing strategy to ensure a high-reliability development and deployment environment to support our engineers.
• Triage and troubleshoot bugs, continuously refining testing strategies to enhance defect detection.
• Perform various forms of functional and non-functional testing, including performance, load, and security testing.
• Execute manual testing where necessary to complement automated coverage and validate edge cases.
• Operate as the business expert in a fast-paced, cross-functional scrum team.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years of testing and automation experience, responsible for test design and development.
• Proficiency with Cypress, Selenium, or Playwright for UI automation.
• Experience with REST/Web API testing using tools like Postman, SoapUI, or JMeter.
• Knowledge of performance and load testing methodologies and techniques.
• Basic understanding of relational database testing (SQL Server) and ability to write SQL queries and manipulate datasets.
• Working knowledge of cloud-hosted web applications and CI/CD integration.
• Your standards reflect our core values: Growth Mindset, Disciplined Curiosity, Grit, Results Ownership, Collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• 7+ years of testing and automation experience.
• Experience building from-scratch test suites and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Extensive experience with cloud-based, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Fintech experience, including knowledge of security, compliance, and regulatory procedures and processes.
• Experience with both Azure and AWS.
• Proficiency in React, Angular, and C# based platforms.
• Experience with SQL automation and Test data management.
• Experience working with containers for test isolation (Docker).
• Able to thrive as part of a cross-functional software engineering team (including nearshore and offshore components).
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset to bring best practice ideas to the team.

Tech Stack

Our current tech stack is a blend of existing and next-gen tools/languages, and like our company itself, our software is always evolving.

Frontend:
Angular, React


Backend:
C# .NET


Data Layer:
MSSQL, Python, Postgres, Databricks


Infrastructure:
Azure cloud


Tooling:
Cypress, Docker, GitHub, Cursor, SonarQube
Base Pay Range*$120,000-$160,000
*This base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

The pay range displayed above is the base pay compensation range that Great Gray expects to pay for this position at the time of this posting.

Individual compensation within this range depends on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, candidate's prior education and relevant work experience and training as well as position location and local market demands.

Our pay-for-performance culture also includes participation in an annual incentive bonus plan for this position which is not included in the 'Base Pay Range' noted above.

Benefits
We have a comprehensive and competitive benefits package at Great Gray.


Some of the highlights are:

• Be an integral part of an early-stage, high-growth organization
• Hybrid work environment
• Competitive compensation package including 401(k) with elective and non-elective match opportunities
• Lifestyle spending allowance program
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off program

Company Background

Great Gray is the leading independent provider of trustee and administrative services to Collective Investment Trusts ("CITs"), with over $300 billion in CIT assets under management, across more than 900 funds.

We proudly work with more than 80 subadvisors, including leading firms such as AllianceBernstein, American Funds, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, MetLife, Neuberger Berman, PGIM, PIMCO and Raymond James.

CITs are more than just an investment vehicle. They represent a forward-thinking approach to retirement planning. These tax-exempt, pooled investment vehicles are offered to employer-sponsored retirement plans, like 401(k)s.

CITs are comparable to mutual funds, but, because they are tailored for the institutional retirement market, they can offer distinct advantages, including efficient administration and cost-effectiveness.

CITs have a history dating back over 90 years; but they have gained favor over the past decade, driven by innovations, and Great Gray has been at the forefront.

Great Gray has consistently delivered year-over-year growth at an above market rate and is investing in the continued development of its core CIT business as well as complementary administrative services and technology solutions for the retirement market.

Madison Dearborn Partners ("MDP") purchased Great Gray from Wilmington Trust in April 2023. As a result, Great Gray is an independent company owned by funds affiliated with MDP.
Investor Background
MDP is a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago.

Since MDP's formation in 1992, the firm has raised aggregate capital of over $28 billion and has completed over 150 platform investments.

MDP invests across five dedicated industry verticals, including basic industries; business and government software and services; financial and transaction services; health care; and telecom, media, and technology services.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Great Gray, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or other non-merit factor.

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