CRD QA Engineer

Position : QA Engineer / QA Analyst – Charles River Development (CRD)

Location: Boston MA

Job Description:

Seeking a QA professional with strong experience in Charles River Development (CRD/CRIMS) for investment management and trading platforms. The role involves validating end-to-end trading workflows, automation testing, regression testing, and ensuring high-quality delivery of financial applications in Agile environments.

Major Responsibilities:

• Perform functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing for CRD applications
• Validate buy-side trading workflows, order management, FIX connectivity, and investment operations
• Develop and execute automated test scripts using Selenium/TestComplete or similar tools
• Create test plans, test cases, and test strategy documents
• Work closely with developers, business analysts, and product owners in Agile/Scrum teams
• Execute SQL queries for backend validation and data integrity checks
• Support API, microservices, and UI testing
• Track defects using JIRA and participate in release validation
• Maintain test environments and support production issue troubleshooting
• Participate in end-to-end integration testing across CRD and State Street applications.

Required Skills / Environment:

• Strong experience with Charles River Development (CRD/CRIMS)
• Experience in financial services, investment management, or trading systems
• QA Automation using Selenium/TestComplete
• SQL and database validation
• Agile/Scrum methodology
• JIRA, SDLC, regression & integration testing
• UI and API testing
• Knowledge of buy-side trading lifecycle, FIX protocol, OMS/EMS workflows
• Exposure to Java/Python is a plus
• Experience with microservices and cloud-based applications preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of QA experience
• Experience with Charles River IMS platform
• Knowledge of Fixed Income, Equity, or Electronic Trading workflows
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills