AI QA, AVP-1

State Street

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Boston, MA
Salary
$80,000–$140,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Closes
Sep 14, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $110k
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This role pays less than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $134,350–$206,687 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $110k versus about $171k for comparable roles.

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About State Street

State Street Corporation is one of the world''s largest custodian banks and asset managers, providing investment servicing, investment management, and investment research to institutional investors. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Custody

State Street currently has 138 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $120,000–$184,375 across 138 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · AI QA, AVP-1

As a mid-level Quality Assurance Engineer in the AI Testing team at Charles River Development / State Street Alpha, you will collaborate with product managers and engineers to design scalable test frameworks for validating AI-driven features across the CRIMS/Alpha platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities include creating comprehensive test plans, executing tests for AI guardrails and probabilistic outputs, and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. You must have hands-on experience in AI-specific testing concepts like accuracy evaluation and drift detection, as well as a strong background in QA methodologies and automation tools. This role requires expertise in API testing, integration testing, and regression testing within complex enterprise applications, with an emphasis on ensuring the quality and reliability of next-generation AI capabilities for financial services clients.

What you'll do

  • Design and build reusable QA frameworks for validating AI-driven functionality.
  • Define test strategies addressing both traditional application quality and AI-specific dimensions.
  • Validate product behavior for AI use cases including output accuracy and robustness.
  • Execute tests for AI guardrails to ensure generated results are accurate and consistent.
  • Monitor AI behavior in production to detect drift and maintain performance over time.

What we're looking for

  • 5-8 years of professional software testing or QA experience in agile/scrum teams.
  • Proven experience implementing AI capabilities within the software testing process.
  • Hands-on experience testing AI functionality embedded within a software product.
  • Understanding of AI-specific testing concepts like guardrail testing and probabilistic output assessment.
  • Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test strategy development, and automation best practices.
  • Experience building or extending scalable, maintainable, and reusable test frameworks.
  • Working knowledge of API testing, integration testing, regression testing, and CI/CD integration.

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