QA Engineer - PA25Q4QALDSJH008

SS&C Technologies•Denver, CO

About The Position

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology. Job Description Job Description Role Corporate Title: Associate Functional Title: QA Engineer Role Holder: Vacancy Department: Quality Assurance Direct Reports: None Location: Denver, USA Reporting to: Senior QA Engineer or QA Lead Engineer Company Background Calastone is the largest global funds network, connecting the world’s leading financial organisations. Our mission is to reduce complexity, risk and costs, enabling the industry to deliver greater value to investors. More than 4,500 clients in 58 countries and territories benefit from Calastone’s services, processing over £250 billion of investment value each month Calastone is headquartered in London and has offices in Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, New York and Sydney. Role Purpose Reporting to a senior member of the QA team, the QA Engineer will support testing across an agile project within Calastone’s suite of products or functional areas. The role involves analysing business requirements and technical changes to design and execute effective automated and exploratory tests, ensuring critical issues are identified and resolved before release. The QA Engineer will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Operations, and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality applications supported by robust automated regression tests built in C# using a Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) approach. Success in this role requires a strong understanding of Calastone’s technical environment, products, and a commitment to continuous learning and quality assurance excellence

Requirements

Experience testing within financial technology, including financial data, systems, and messaging formats such as XML, JSON, FIX, SFTP, and Swift (strongly preferred).
Strong skills in object-oriented programming, ideally C# (preferred) or Java, with experience building .NET-based automated testing frameworks using BDD tools such as SpecFlow or Reqnroll.
Proven ability to automate REST API and UI testing using tools like Selenium WebDriver and Playwright (preferred).
Knowledge of CI/CD practices with GitHub Actions workflows (YAML) for deployment and testing automation.
Skilled in writing SQL queries and working with relational databases.
Strong grasp of QA automation methodologies, agile processes, and software testing principles.
Knowledge of testing techniques such as equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis.
Proficiency with Microsoft technologies, including Visual Studio, Azure, Word, Excel, and Windows environments.
Clear, confident communicator, able to engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
ISTQB Software Testing certification (or equivalent).
Committed to quality, continuous improvement, and coding best practices.
Calm, focused, and effective under pressure with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Collaborative team member who works well in multidisciplinary, agile environments.
Professional, honest, and accountable in all interactions.
Takes ownership, follows issues through to root cause, and delivers results independently.
Communicates clearly and confidently, both in writing and verbally.
Adapts quickly to change and embraces innovation in a fast-paced setting.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of the European Mutual Funds and/or Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) markets (advantageous).
Experience testing event-driven architectures, including Azure Service Bus and AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) environments (advantageous).
Familiarity with AI tools such as Copilot, LLMs, or MCPs to enhance automation efficiency (advantageous).
Understanding of non-functional testing, including performance, load, and stress testing, ideally using NeoLoad.

Responsibilities

Contribute to developing automated test solutions for functional and regression testing of Calastone’s software suite using C# and BDD tools.
Perform functional and regression testing on code and configuration changes.
Document QA processes and practices and help maintain the QA knowledge base.
Support integration of automated test solutions into the Continuous Integration pipeline, including test execution via GitHub Actions.
Conduct exploratory testing aligned with Calastone’s agile approach and QA best practices.
Collaborate with DevOps, Engineering, Operations, and Client Delivery teams to understand technical changes, priorities, and testing needs.
Share knowledge and promote best practices in test automation across the QA team.
Build a strong understanding of Calastone’s products and functionality.
Support senior QA team members in applying Calastone’s testing standards and automation processes.
Partner with developers to identify, document, and resolve defects or unexpected behaviours.