Senior Test Automation Developer- SDET

Company: Charles Schwab
Location: Argyle
Posted on: October 2, 2024

Job Description:

Position Type: RegularYour opportunity


At 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're seeking an experienced Sr. Test Automation Developer- SDET who is passionate about test automation and building quality world-class systems. This individual will work closely with Developers to understand the architecture of the application and how to build reliable and maintainable automated tests.



This is an opportunity to collaborate with others, create a high quality culture across Scrum teams and demonstrate a passion for building solutions through automation, driven by innovation and commitment to lifelong learning. If you're passionate about staying on top of new and emerging test and automation technologies, have a keen attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and a solid knowledge base, this could be the role for you!





Responsibilities include:

Serve as a hands-on Test Automation engineer with a DevOps philosophy in Agile environment.
Understand and implement automation strategies and processes for web services, APIs, middleware, and UI.
Keep automation current, flexible and designed to work within a continuous integration / deployment framework.
Develop methods and procedures to create automation test data and data refresh capabilities.
Assist developers with CI/CD automation.
Coordinate with Product Owner, Scrum Master, Business Systems Analyst (BSA) and Developers to implement test automation and CI/CD practices.
Maintain automation code using source control, test management and release systems.
Maintain test case repositories and results at sprint and release level using JIRA.
Maintain test automation code and scripts using BitBucket.
Design and implement continuous testing pipeline using Bamboo for regression and smoke testing.
Enable Scrum team to use BDD methodology using Gherkin/Ruby/Cucumber.
Work in Agile and DevOps environment to deliver robust quality sprint over sprint, release over release.

*This is a hybrid position

What you have


To ensure that we fulfill our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have





Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
5+ years of work experience in Test Automation using Agile methodologies
5+ years of experience with Bitbucket, Jira, Zephyr, Bamboo, GIT Hub
5+ years of experience with a test automation framework such as Selenium or SOATest (or comparable framework) and associated reporting tools
5+ years of programming experience in Object Oriented languages (Java or C#)
5+ years of experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, PCF etc.)



Preferred Qualifications:

Expert in designing scalable and maintainable test automation
Ability to work both independently and with all types of stakeholders, both technical and business, peers, and management
Experience with Atlassian Tools
Exposure to different test data management techniques and tools
Experience with cloud based testing infrastructure tools such as Saucelabs
Experience with document databases such as MongoDB
Understanding of IAS (infrastructure as service) in context of application testing
Passion for delivering quality
Ability to juggle competing priorities
Ability to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions when tools don't work
Financial industry and/or brokerage knowledge





In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities


What's in it for you

At Schwab, we're committed to empowering our employees' personal and professional success. Our purpose-driven, supportive culture, and focus on your development means you'll get the tools you need to make a positive difference in the finance industry. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you - both today and in the future:

401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
Paid parental leave and family building benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Health, dental, and vision insurance

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