Quality Assurance Consultant II

Duration: 12 Months (Hybrid Required 3 days a week onsite) Location: Jersey City, NJ Pay Rate: $50.00 - $53.59/hr

Job Profile Summary: Generative AI presents an exciting opportunity to derive valuable insights from data and drive: revenue growth, efficiencies, and improved business processes. Technology collaborates closely with Global Markets Business and Quantitative Strategies & Data Group (QSDG) & Platform teams in the design and buildout of the Global Markets Gen AI platform. The platform will cater to a growing number of use cases that harness the power of Generative AI, leveraging both proprietary and open-source models. Global Markets Gen AI Platform will be built on a complex infrastructure landscape including cloud services, on-premises GPU compute, no-SQL databases, vector databases, microservices, batch schedulers and user interfaces. The Quality Engineer Team Lead will be responsible for managing a team that tests and delivers complex software requirements to accomplish business outcomes, ensuring the testing strategy and processes are well-defined and continuously improved.

• Leading a small global team to create and optimize test processes including defect management and reporting
• Creates and optimizes test processes including defect management and reporting
• Creates and optimizes test automation frameworks and use of test automation tools
• Leads test planning for complex features that span across the platform or multiple teams
• Creates a test automation strategy across the application stack (UI, API, and Backend, etc.)
• Ensures alignment and sign off for test cases from business and other stakeholders
• Manages test execution and resolves, communicates or escalates any issues that may result in test plan variance
• Designs test data and ensure data compliance requirements are met on all levels of test environments
• Develop and execute a comprehensive testing strategy for GenAI applications, encompassing functional, performance, regression, and exploratory testing.
• Manage data versioning processes to ensure consistent and reproducible testing environments.
• Design, review, and maintain test cases based on requirements and scenarios, ensuring coverage of key application features.
• Oversee the execution of test cases, ensuring proper test planning and adherence to testing timelines.

• Technical Experience with agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Strong experience in developing and executing testing strategies for complex applications.
• Knowledge of data versioning and data management practices.
• Proficiency in test case design, test execution, and test management tools.
• Experience with automation testing tools such as Selenium, JUnit, or PyTest.
• Non-Technical People management or supervision experience in a team lead capacity
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audience (business stakeholders, developer & support teams)
• Detail oriented & highly organized
• Adaptable to shifting & competing priorities
• Skilled at delegating, mentoring & setting expectations
• Problem solving skills to diagnose & resolve complex issues
• Committed and pro-active in ensuring high quality of service

• Experience with testing frameworks and tools specific to AI/ML applications.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and testing in cloud environments.

• Analytical Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Influence
• Technical Strategy Development
• Test Engineering
• Automation
• Collaboration
• Solution Delivery Process
• Solution Design
• Stakeholder Management
• Agile Practices
• Application Development
• Architecture
• DevOps Practices
• User Experience Design

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related or equivalent professional experience

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.