Senior Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Job Title:- Senior Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Contract Duration: 6 Months (High Possibility of extension)

Work Type: hybrid - 3 days in the office

Location: Reston, VA, Houston, TX , Glendale, AZ, Oakridge, TN

Skills Required

• Expertise in standard software testing methodologies, such as unit, component, integration, end-to-end, code reviews, regression, penetration, performance, and design documentation.
• Ability to work effectively in diversified global teams and projects, collaborating across different time zones and cultures.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts and quality concerns clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of data security and privacy principles (data masking, encryption) and familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in the financial domain

Skills Preferred

• Knowledge of performance testing concepts and tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner) for high-volume transaction systems.
• Knowledge of Current Market Trends about the Automation tools and Frameworks, specifically in FinTech.

Experience Required

• Min of 10+ years of SDET Experience
• Min of 8+ years of Test Automation Eng
• 8+ years of experience in creating automation frameworks and tools to support test automation
• 7+ years of experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and quality engineering technologies
• 7+ years of experience in one or more programming languages: JAVA, Python, TypeScript, with proven ability to build robust, maintainable automation frameworks and scripts for complex financial applications.
• Must have hands-on Experience in Developing Automation Scripts for UI using frameworks/tools like Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Playwright, or Cypress. Experience with BDD frameworks, such as Cucumber, is required. (Experience with tools like Tosca is also valuable, but focus on code-based automation skills.)
• Must have strong experience in API Automation using tools/frameworks like Postman, SoapUI, or Rest Assured, specifically for testing APIs, web services, and microservices that interface with or extend the financial platform
• Extensive experience with database testing and advanced SQL scripting for data validation, test data management, and verifying transaction outcomes within relational databases. Exposure to MySQL, SQL Server, and/or PostgreSQL is required
• Experience in using build tools like Gradle or Maven and testing frameworks like Junit/TestNG - Must have Experience in GitHub for version control and collaborative development of automation code
• Powerful experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (preferred experience with Cloud Build) to integrate automated tests and implement quality gates
• Experience in using Test management tools like Jira Xray, execution cycles, and defect tracking within a structured QA process
• Must have experience in Jira for issue tracking and project management - Must have experience in designing and automating End-to-End user journeys that simulate real-world financial scenarios

Experience Preferred:

• Good to have Public cloud experience, especially Google Cloud Platform, demonstrating the ability to leverage cloud services for test environment management, test execution, and scaling automation infrastructure securely.
• Exposure to Unix and Linux environments for managing test execution or environments.
• Exposure to AI tools like GenAI for potential applications in test case generation, test data creation, or test analysis.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Virtualization, and Container Orchestration (Kubernetes - K8s) related to setting up test environments.

Education Required:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field.