About this role

Role – Vice President AQE

APG –QA is a globally distributed team supporting Quality Engineering initiatives for Apps on the Aladdin. The Testing team employs use of industry-leading tools to support the testing activities.

Job Purpose/Background: The Vice President (VP) – Aladdin Quality Engineering (AQE) will lead quality strategy, automation, and engineering excellence across Aladdin platforms, with a strong focus on ETF, Mutual Funds, and Asset Management workflows spanning Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office.

This role is responsible for driving automation‑first, AI‑enabled quality engineering, ensuring scalable, resilient, and audit‑ready delivery for mission‑critical financial systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Quality & Automation Leadership
- Define and execute the AQE strategy aligned with Aladdin and firmwide technology objectives.
- Drive automation first testing across UI, API, and backend layers using up-to-date frameworks.
- Establish best practices for test suite design, regression optimization, and release confidence.





Test Engineering & Framework Design
- Own and evolve test framework architecture, including:
- UI automation (Selenium, Playwright)
- API & backend testing (REST, batch workflows)
- Data validation and reconciliation testing
- Ensure high standards for test coverage, maintainability, performance, and reliability.
- Implement robust error reporting, failure analysis, and test result assurance mechanisms.

AI Driven Quality Engineering
- Lead adoption of AI /Agentic AI for:
- Test generation and maintenance
- Intelligent test selection and orchestration
- Automated defect triage and RCA
- Embed AI into the testing lifecycle to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability.

Cloud & Platform Enablement
- Enable QA strategies for cloud native and hybrid environments.
- Drive testing approaches for distributed systems, microservices, and event driven architectures.
- Partner with Platform, DevOps, and SRE teams to strength

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