Senior QA Engineer
Vestmark, Inc. · Boston, MA
$107,000–$125,000
Jul 9, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role focused on quality assurance for an enterprise wealth management platform. Day-to-day work covers designing and executing test plans, API and web service testing, database-level validation, and debugging multi-layered defects across application and integration layers. The role also involves mentoring other engineers on quality practices and incorporating AI-assisted tooling into the QA workflow. Best suited to an experienced QA professional with a background in financial technology.
Senior level · 5+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
Pay in the description: $107,000–$125,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 25 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 15–35
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $124,897 (middle half $81,391–$145,858). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is tagged '#LI-Hybrid', indicating a hybrid work arrangement — not fully remote.
Vestmark is headquartered in Wakefield, MA (Boston metro area); no explicit city is stated in the posting but the Massachusetts legal notice and company HQ point to the Boston CBSA.
The degree requirement states 'BS degree in Finance, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience', which means equivalent experience is accepted in lieu of a degree — treated as no hard degree gate.
Bitbucket and GitHub are listed together in the same tool list under Required Skills; they are closely related but distinct tools. Bitbucket is listed first and GitHub is captured as an alternative since the JD presents them as a pair rather than both being independently required.
The 'Desired Skills' section explicitly calls out AI tools (Claude Code, etc.) as desired and notes 'Must have experience in an AI first environment' — this phrasing is internally contradictory (placed under Desired but uses 'must have'). Given the section heading is 'Desired Skills', it is treated as preferred rather than a hard gate.
Financial technology domain experience (fintech, wealth management) is described as 'ideally' preferred in the required section — it is a soft preference, not a hard gate, and names no specific technology so it is not emitted as a skill.
Experience with BETA, APL, FIX, IDC, Reuters, Morningstar, or Bloomberg appears under Desired Skills and names financial data protocols/vendors; listed as preferred context rather than a hard gate.
Log collection, APM, and DB monitoring tools (Dynatrace specifically called out as 'a plus') are listed under Desired Skills.
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