Your OpportunityAt Schwab, you're empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us "challenge the status quo" and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
Schwab Technology Services enables the future of how clients manage their money by providing innovative and reliable technology products and services as a part of our ongoing commitment to democratize access to investing and financial planning.
We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
Stock Plan Services (SPS) supports equity compensation programs for our B2B clients through a suite of enterprise applications. Our mission is to modernize and consolidate these applications into a unified, micro-site-based platform that delivers a seamless and intuitive user experience. As we evolve the platform, we remain deeply committed to operational excellence, sustaining engineering, and exceptional customer support.
We are a diverse team of highly skilled professionals who continuously raise the bar in delivering best-in-class products and services globally.
We are seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who is passionate about quality, automation, and DevOps practices. The ideal candidate will excel at designing scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks and will partner closely with developers to understand system architecture and build reliable, high-value automated tests.
This role plays a critical part in fostering a quality-first mindset across scrum teams and ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality software sprint over sprint.
Key Responsibilities- Act as a hands-on Test Automation Engineer within an Agile, DevOps-driven environment.
- Design, implement, and maintain automation strategies for APIs, web services, middleware, and UI layers.
- Ensure automation frameworks are flexible, scalable, and fully integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop and maintain automated test data strategies, including data creation and refresh mechanisms.
- Serve as the SDET for one or more scrum teams, collaborating closely with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Developers.
- Enable and promote BDD practices using Gherkin and behavior-driven workflows.
- Maintain automation code using source control systems (Bitbucket/GitHub).
- Manage test cases, execution results, and reporting at sprint and release levels using JIRA and test management tools.
- Design and support continuous testing pipelines (Regression and Smoke) using Bamboo.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of quality practices, tools, and processes.
- Support delivery of robust, production-ready releases in a fast-paced Agile environment.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, QA, architecture, and business stakeholders.
What you haveRequired Qualifications- Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree (Master's, MBA, etc.) with equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years of strong programming experience in Java or Java-based technologies.
- Hands-on experience with Selenium, RestAssured, and SOATest.
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases such as Oracle and MongoDB.
- Strong understanding of automated testing across the full test pyramid.
- Experience working in Agile and DevOps delivery models.
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks in Agile environments.
- Experience with UI and API/service-level automation design.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, PCF) is a plus.
- Experience with Atlassian tools such as Bitbucket, Jira, Zephyr, Confluence, and Bamboo.
- Exposure to test data management tools and strategies.
- Understanding of performance testing fundamentals, including non-functional requirements, environment setup, and test data provisioning.
- Experience with cloud-based testing platforms such as Sauce Labs.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) concept in the context of application testing.
"In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities."
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