EXL—Manager

Job description

Description: We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to lead quality assurance for a Master Data Management platform serving Security Master, Entity Master, and Reference Data for a leading global credit ratings organization. You will design and execute comprehensive test strategies across API, data, UI, and integration layers — ensuring data accuracy, workflow correctness, and platform stability in an Agile delivery environment. Requirements: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. - 8–12 years of QA experience with at least 4 years focused on data or API testing in financial services. - Strong hands-on experience with Python-based test automation (pytest, requests, Faker). - Proficiency in SQL for data validation using PostgreSQL and/or Oracle. - Experience testing RESTful APIs (FastAPI/Flask/Spring Boot); Postman, Newman, or similar tools. - Hands-on experience with CI/CD-integrated test pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions). - Familiarity with performance testing tools: Locust, JMeter, or k6. - Exposure to MDM, Reference Data, or financial data quality testing strongly preferred. - Experience with AWS environments (RDS, S3, CloudWatch) for log analysis and test environment management. Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities - Design and own the end-to-end test strategy for the MDM platform covering functional, data quality, API, integration, regression, and performance testing. - Build automated test suites for FastAPI endpoints using Python (pytest, requests, httpx) validating response correctness, authentication, and edge cases. - Develop data validation frameworks to verify golden record accuracy, survivorship logic, and match-merge outcomes for Security and Entity Master records. - Write SQL-based data validation scripts against PostgreSQL/Oracle to verify data integrity, completeness, and consistency across source and target. - Validate financial data quality: ISIN/CUSIP/LEI identifier accuracy, classification codes, corporate action processing, and rating linkage. - Perform API testing using Postman or equivalent tools; validate OpenAPI/Swagger contract compliance. - Test React UI workflows for data stewardship screens: search, review, approve/reject, and golden record visualization. - Build and maintain CI/CD-integrated automated regression test pipelines using GitHub Actions or Jenkins. - Design and execute performance and load tests to validate API response times and data processing throughput under financial data volumes. - Collaborate with the Security Master SME to develop domain-specific test cases reflecting real-world securities data scenarios. - Log, triage, and track defects; work closely with developers to resolve issues and validate fixes. - Maintain test documentation: test plans, test cases, traceability matrices, and QA reports for stakeholder review. - Participate in sprint planning, definition of done, and retrospectives as the QA representative.