About the role#
The Business Process team at Baird helps identify opportunities for improvement and drives efficiencies across the firm. As a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer intern, you will work alongside QA Automation Analysts and Business Process Engineers on production-relevant projects within an agile environment. You will gain hands-on experience in testing, automation, and process improvement while learning how technology supports Private Wealth Management.
What you'll do#
- Build automated regression coverage for selected workflows and support manual testing for active releases.
- Develop and maintain automated end-to-end tests using Playwright and TypeScript.
- Convert requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into test scenarios and reusable automated scripts.
- Create or enhance reusable page objects, workflow components, test-data utilities, and validation functions.
- Validate request initiation, business-rule evaluation, task routing, approvals, and completion status.
- Document defects with reproducible steps, retest corrections, and communicate results to the team.
- Analyze automated test results, investigate failures, and improve test reliability.
- Participate in requirement reviews, sprint planning, defect triage, and retrospectives.
- Observe how the team partners with Private Wealth Management, Operations, and Information Technology to support financial workflows.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, management information systems, information technology, business analytics, data science, or finance with a technology concentration.
- Anticipated graduation date of May 2028 or later.
- Completed coursework or project experience in software development, information systems, or process analysis.
- Foundational programming experience, preferably with TypeScript or JavaScript.
- Interest in learning Playwright, browser automation, test design, and source control.
- Ability to perform detailed manual testing alongside automation development.
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to translate requirements into test scenarios.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Organizational skills with the capacity to manage multiple priorities.
- Exposure to Git, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, SQL, APIs, or agile delivery is preferred.
Location & details#
- This role is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- The internship is a hybrid position, requiring four days per week in the office.
- You must be available to work full-time (37.5-40 hours per week) during the summer and part-time (15-20 hours per week) during the school semesters.
- This is a paid position. Baird does not provide sponsorship for this role.
About Baird
Baird is a financial services firm founded in 1919. Based in Milwaukee, the company provides wealth management, investment banking, asset management, and equity research services. It operates as a privately held organization with over 5,700 employees. The firm manages or oversees more than 560 billion dollars in client assets.
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