Associate QA Automation Engineer

We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically skilled Senior Associate Quality Assurance professional to join our Private Capital Solutions (PCS) team. This role is critical in ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products through a combination of manual automation and performance testing practices. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with modern QA frameworks and tools like Playwright Azure DevOps and JMeter and will contribute to automation strategy execution and team guidance across key PCS initiatives including investment dashboards and analytics.

• Ensure high-quality delivery of software through rigorous QA processes across manual automation and performance testing.

• Support both BAU QA tasks and new initiatives by executing comprehensive test coverage across platforms APIs and dashboards.

• Collaborate closely with developers product owners and business analysts to align QA deliverables with business and release priorities.

• Contribute to automation framework maintenance regression test planning and release readiness assessments.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning backlog grooming and QA effort estimation.

• Mentor junior QA team members and share best practices in tools frameworks and quality standards.

Automation Testing:

• Design and implement automated test scripts using Microsoft Playwright with Page Object Model (POM) design patterns.

• Build and maintain custom automation frameworks for both UI and API validations.

• Integrate automated test suites into Azure DevOps pipelines using YAML; CI/CD pipeline knowledge preferred.

• Debug script failures enhance selector logic (including XPath) and leverage AI tools (e.g. Cursor ChatGPT) to improve QA efficiency.

Manual Testing:

• Analyze business and technical requirements to create clear comprehensive test cases.

• Execute functional regression and exploratory testing; log and track defects in JIRA.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and accurate issue resolution.

• Validate entitlement-based access filter workflows and data correctness across dashboards and investment modules.

Performance Testing:

• Develop performance test plans and scripts using Apache JMeter.

• Configure JMeter components like samplers controllers listeners and assertions for realistic load testing.

• Analyze performance metrics (response time throughput errors) and identify optimization areas.

Team & Process Contribution:

• Act as a QA point-of-contact in cross-functional initiatives.

• Drive improvements in test coverage execution speed and defect identification.

• Promote a culture of quality ownership code/test review and continuous learning.

• 8-9 years of hands-on experience in QA (manual automation and/or performance testing).

• Strong expertise in Playwright (or Selenium/Cypress) JavaScript/TypeScript REST API validation and Postman.

• Good understanding of financial services domain especially private capital investments or portfolio analytics (preferred).

• Experience in creating and managing test automation pipelines in Azure DevOps.

• Proficiency in SQL scripting (JavaScript or Groovy) and performance testing using JMeter.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools like JIRA Confluence Git and VS Code.

• Strong analytical skills attention to detail and problem-solving mindset.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits tailored to your location ensuring your financial security health and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements advanced technology and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues who inspire support and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey followed by access to our platform LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities Asian Support Network Black Leadership Network Climate Action Network Hola! MSCI Pride & Allies Women in Tech and Womens Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do and we are inspired by our purpose to power better investment decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative curious and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself our clients and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research data and technology we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion creed age sex gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin citizenship disability marital and civil partnership/union status pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave) veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please email and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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