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Sr Lead - Software Quality Engineering

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  • Northern Trust
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Bengaluru, India

Responsibilities

  • Own functional test delivery across securities platforms, including post-trade, settlements, custody, reconciliation, and payments.
  • Define test architecture, scope, entry and exit criteria, regression strategy, and quality gates.
  • Lead planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of functional and integration testing activities.
  • Analyze requirements, workflows, and dependencies to identify functional risks and coverage gaps.
  • Manage defect triage, severity assessment, business impact analysis, and defect resolution.
  • Provide documented functional quality sign-off for releases, including risks, constraints, and mitigation plans.
  • Oversee end-to-end business-flow validation across upstream and downstream systems.
  • Act as an escalation point for quality risks, delivery issues, and release readiness concerns.
  • Drive status reporting, RAID management, readiness reviews, and stakeholder communications.
  • Mentor QA team members and promote consistent testing standards and delivery practices.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement in test effectiveness, consistency, and functional coverage maturity.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 13+ years of experience in QA or testing, preferably within asset servicing.
  • Deep expertise designing automation frameworks for web, API, MQ, database, and mainframe systems.
  • Strong programming ability in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python, or similar languages.
  • Experience with CI/CD integration, containers, observability, test data, environment lifecycle, performance testing, and reliability testing.
  • Strong exposure to current AI tools and technologies and agentic workflows.
  • Strong understanding of asset servicing, particularly post-trade processing and settlements.
  • In-depth knowledge of functional testing, integration testing, regression strategy, and release readiness.
  • Familiarity with complex enterprise capital-markets platforms such as BaNCS or similar systems.
  • Understanding of APIs, file-based integrations, and messaging, with SWIFT preferred.
  • Knowledge of QA governance, audit readiness, and risk-based testing methodologies.
  • Experience owning functional QA delivery for complex, multi-system platforms.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, defect-management, stakeholder-communication, and influencing skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, risks, and delivery timelines concurrently.
  • Exposure to hybrid QA models and automation impact analysis; hands-on automation is not mandatory.
  • Demonstrated leadership through ownership, accountability, and decision-making in a lead individual-contributor role.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams.

Benefits

  • EMEA shift schedule from 12:30 PM to 9:30 PM IST.
  • Flexible and collaborative work culture with opportunities for internal movement and access to senior leaders.
  • Inclusive workplace with reasonable accommodation support for individuals with health conditions and disabilities.
  • Bangalore office amenities include the Arrival Hub - Jungle, GameZone, and Employee Experience Zone.
  • Opportunities to participate in company philanthropy and community service.

Northern Trust

Northern Trust delivers trusted financial services with a focus on integrity, innovation, and client partnership. Our team of seasoned professionals leverages deep expertise to provide customized solutions that meet evolving market demands. We are committed to fostering lasting relationships buil...

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