Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
Job Description
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Associate QA Engineer with strong expertise in test automation using Selenium, Playwright, and Python. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of business-critical applications through automated and manual testing practices.
Prior experience in Alternative Investments, Asset Management, Private Equity, Credit, Real Estate, or Financial Services is highly preferred.
Primary Functions and Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated test frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, and Python.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, and user acceptance testing of web-based applications.
- Analyze business and functional requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
- Create and maintain reusable automation scripts to improve test coverage and reduce manual testing efforts.
- Execute automated test suites as part of CI/CD pipelines and identify opportunities for continuous quality improvements.
- Log, track, and validate defects using tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA.
- Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and other QA team members to ensure quality objectives are achieved.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
- Prepare and communicate testing status, metrics, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.
Required Qualifications-
Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Relevant QA Automation certifications are a plus.
Experience
- 4-6 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Test Automation.
- Proven hands-on experience with:
- Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Python based Test Automation Frameworks
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery models.
- Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and quality engineering best practices.
- Ability to create and execute SQL queries for backend data validation.
Domain Experience
Preferred
- Experience in:
- Alternative Investments, Asset Management, Private Equity
- Credit Funds, Real Estate Investments, Financial Services
Technical Skills -
Automation & Testing
- Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Python
- PyTest / Unittest
- API Testing (Postman, REST APIs)
- Regression Testing, Functional Testing
Test Management
- Azure DevOps, JIRA, Test Plans
- Defect Lifecycle Management
CI/CD & Tools
- Git/GitHub, Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Jenkins (preferred), Source Control Management
Additional Preferred Skills
- BDD frameworks (Behave/PyTest BDD)
- API Automation, Performance testing knowledge
- Cloud platform exposure (Azure preferred)
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and globally distributed teams.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and eager to learn new technologies.
Why Join Ares
- Opportunity to work on strategic business applications supporting investment and investor operations.
- Exposure to the alternative investment and asset management industry.
- Collaborative and innovation-driven culture.
- Opportunity to contribute to enterprise-wide QA automation initiatives and modernization efforts.
Reporting Relationships
Manager, Quality Assurance COE
There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.
