Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Vice President

About this role

Are you passionate about building high-quality, scalable technology that powers global financial markets? Do you enjoy shaping automation strategies, influencing engineering practices, and raising the quality bar across teams? 

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on BlackRock’s investment operating system, Aladdin, a platform used by thousands of investment professionals worldwide. As part of the Aladdin Engineering organization, you will play a critical role in defining and driving the quality engineering and automation strategy for complex, distributed systems operating on a global scale. 

You will work closely with engineering, product, and business partners, acting as a Quality Engineering automation, ensuring quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle. 

About you

Quality Ownership & Strategy 

• Act as a Quality Engineering Subject Matter Expert, owning quality attestations and signoff for production releases. 
• Define and evolve test automation and quality engineering strategy aligned with product architecture and business goals. 
• Champion best practices in quality, testability, and automation across engineering teams. 

Test Design & Automation 

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable automated test frameworks and suites (UI, API, data, and nonfunctional). 
• Craft comprehensive test scenarios based on functional and nonfunctional requirements, including performance, resilience, and data validation. 
• Drive a strong shift left testing mindset through early test design, automation, and collaboration. 

Delivery & Agile Execution 

• Lead functional, nonfunctional, and regression testing activities across projects and releases. 
• Work within an Agile delivery model, actively participating in sprint planning, execution, reviews, and retrospectives using Azure DevOps. 
• Track and communicate testing progress, quality metrics, risks, and delivery impacts to stakeholders. 

Production Quality & Continuous Improvement 

• Analyze production incidents and defects to identify root causes and actionable improvements for QA and Engineering teams. 
• Partner with development teams to improve test coverage, reduce defect leakage, and increase production stability. 
• Continuously improve QA processes, tooling, and reporting. 

Collaboration & Leadership 

• Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and platform teams across regions. 
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to QA engineers within the team. 
• Influence quality outcomes through strong communication, data driven insights, and hands-on engagement. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent degree or experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 
• 6 + years of experience in Quality Engineering / Test Automation roles, preferably within financial services or complex enterprise systems. 

Skills & Experience 

• Strong experience in senior QA, automation, ideally within financial services, asset management, or similar regulated environments. 
• Solid understanding of investment management systems, risk, regulatory, or data intensive platforms (preferred). 
• Handson coding experience in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, C#, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript), with the ability to design and maintain production grade test automation code. 
• Deep knowledge of test automation frameworks, tools, and design patterns. 
• Strong experience with API testing, data validation, and distributed systems. 
• Good foundation in RDBMS, SQL, and application/infrastructure concepts. 
• Experience with performance testing tools and methodologies (e.g., JMeter or similar). 
• Proven ability to define and lead QA initiatives that drive measurable quality improvements. 
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills. 
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence Cross functional teams. 
• Self-driven, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fastpacked, evolving environment. 
• Experience working in Agile / DevOps environments. 
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube). 
• Experience with BDD / Cucumber. 
• Exposure to AI assisted development or testing tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT), assisted development or testing tools. 
• Experience with tools such as Postman, SoapUI, or similar API testing platforms. 

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

Guidance on AI use for candidates

At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.