ABOUT MORGAN STANLEY
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.
ABOUT PARAMETRIC
Parametric is part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan Stanley. We partner with advisors, institutions, and consultants to build portfolios focused on what’s important to them and their clients. A leader in custom solutions for more than 30 years, we help investors access efficient market exposures, solve implementation challenges, and design multi-asset portfolios that respond to their evolving needs. We also offer systematic alpha and alternative strategies to complement clients’ core holdings.
This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 2-3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.
ABOUT TEAM
The Quality Assurance team at Parametric:
We work among agile development/delivery teams to test and deliver custom software used by Parametric business users and customers
We are integral to ensuring software and system quality through understanding business requirements, test planning, test automation, test execution and acceptance testing
GENERAL DESCRIPTION (ROLE)
We are looking for individuals that have a strong curiosity and passion for learning new things, while focused on meeting or exceeding client expectations. The QA Engineer will be responsible for testing proprietary software. This includes manual, exploratory and automated testing practices. You will be integrated with a project team to deliver enhancements to proprietary Parametric software.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, implement and maintain Test Cases and Test Plans for Parametric proprietary software
Design, implement and maintain Automated Test Suites for Parametric proprietary software
Perform functional, exploratory, user acceptance testing and automated testing as part of Software Development Lifecycle and Release Process
Strive to develop and conduct software testing with high standards, and engineering excellence
Contribute to testing across the entire stack: Presentation, Service and Data layers
Engage in a highly collaborative team environment including business partners and product owners
Contribute to high-velocity delivery with safety; enable agility and iterative changes to the UI and product design
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
SKILL SET
Required Experience: 3+ years
Skill set: Test Planning / Manual Testing / Exploratory Testing
Primary Skills
Bachelor’s degree required
Strong communication skills
Well-versed in all testing methodologies (black box, white box, system, functional, exploratory and automated testing)
Ability to quickly understand complex business problems
Proven experience building high quality and comprehensive test plans and test cases custom software
Working experience in an agile development/delivery team
Effective communication skills with business users, software developers and other testers
Proven experience testing web applications, web APIs and data driven applications
Proven experience designing and executing automated test suites
Proven experience using/configuring CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of SQL Server
Experience with Cloud platforms
Understanding of software development lifecycle
Good to Have Skills
Experience with SOA (service-oriented architecture) a plus
Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Postman)
“Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximise their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.”
