Software Development Engineer in Test

The Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) will review functional requirements, user stories and test assets from internal stakeholders; build automated test cases, contribute to our test pipelines, and support the maintenance of the test assets as we deliver our releases to our growing client base.

Responsibilities

* Apply expertise in specific product areas to ensure that the product suite meets documented acceptance criteria and client quality expectations

* Contribute to the expansion of our automated testing capabilities and coverage

* Explore and implement AI-assisted testing strategies to enable, enhance, and augment QE team workflows and processes through skill development and agentic workflows

* Evaluate and champion AI/ML tooling (e.g. test generation, defect prediction, intelligent test selection) to improve team velocity and quality coverage

* Instill QA best practices on your scrum team by collaborating on test coverage

* Ability to write tests from abstract requirements

* Provide feedback on product performance and user experience

* Participate in all aspects of the Agile SDLC; providing constructive feedback during grooming, retrospectives, and planning sessions

* Configure and verify continuous build plans in Jenkins and SonarQube to ensure quality of code changes

* Contribute to the review of product documentation/release notes

Skills & Requirements

* 7+ years of Software Quality Assurance experience, ideally with a focus in Financial Technology or related domain

* Experience working in a successful Agile environment using Agile SDLC tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, and Jenkins

* Foundational understanding of Git and GitHub, including pull requests, branching strategies, and code review workflows

* Experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipeline automation and test workflow orchestration

* Coded UI Automation experience with Selenium WebDriver; Python and Pytest required

* Working knowledge of a scripting language; Groovy and Ruby on Rails a plus

* Experience with web service and API testing (Postman or equivalent)

* Performance testing experience; JMeter or Locust.io a plus

* SQL experience (MSSQL, Postgres)

* Experience with containerized environments and deployment tooling (Docker, Gradle)

* Familiarity with AI-assisted development and testing tools (e.g. Claude Code, AI-driven test generation, or LLM-based QA tooling)

* Demonstrated ability to operate on a small team in a fast-paced environment with the ability to change directions as priorities shift

* Positive attitude with a strong desire to learn, grow professionally, and have a positive impact on the company, its culture, and its products

Desired Skills

* Familiarity with code quality and static analysis tools such as SonarQube

* Experience with monitoring and observability tooling, including APM, log collection/analysis, InfluxDB, and Grafana

* Understanding of the deployment and maintenance of an N-Tier application in either manual or automated fashion

* Familiarity with testing in Spring frameworks

* Integration testing: inbound file processing, outbound file creation, API testing, configuration testing

* Experience with Financial technologies such as FIX, IDC, Reuters, Morningstar, or Bloomberg

* Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, resolve, and explain system-level issues affecting the application

* Ability to work across teams and disciplines to find equitable solutions to problems that arise

* Experience applying AI/ML techniques to quality engineering challenges such as flaky test detection, risk-based test prioritization, or automated root cause analysis

Education

BS degree in Finance, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience. MSCS is a plus.

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