# Senior QA Engineer

**Company**: BlackRock
**Location**: Chicago, IL
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD$140,000.00 - USD$195,000.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Finance
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219635

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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior QA Engineer to lead quality assurance efforts for our software products.

This role involves designing and executing comprehensive test strategies, ensuring product reliability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain the highest standards of quality.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Develop and maintain test plans to ensure full coverage of product requirements.

- Design, create, and execute automated and manual test scripts to meet quality goals.

- Prepare and manage traceability matrices to verify test coverage.

- Generate detailed testing reports and communicate findings to stakeholders.

- Monitor software changes and update test cases and plans accordingly.

- Maintain a comprehensive database of software defects and track resolutions.

- Collaborate with team members and assist colleagues in achieving optimal results.

- Perform additional tasks assigned by management within the scope of expertise.

**Qualifications**

- Strong understanding of software development principles and various software types.

- Proficiency in formal programming languages, primarily Python and SQL.

- Knowledge of automated processing technologies and QA methodologies.

- Familiarity with technical documentation standards and best practices.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

- Solid understanding of client-server architecture.

- Commitment to continuous professional development and learning.

**Requirements & Professional Experience**

- Minimum 6+ years of professional software testing experience.

- Extensive experience with QA tools, including defect-tracking systems.

- Prior programming experience is highly desirable.

**Education**

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

- Additional QA certifications or training preferred.

The salary range for this position is USD$140,000.00 - USD$195,000.00. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits.

**Our benefits**

We offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents, and Flexible Time Off (FTO).

**Our hybrid work model**

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.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- SQL
- software testing
- QA methodologies
- client-server architecture

### Nice to have
- programming
- defect-tracking systems

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