Software Development Engineer in Test
DTCC
Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.
The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.
Pay and Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
- Pension / Retirement benefits
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).
The Impact you will have in this role:
The Development family is responsible for creating, designing, deploying, and supporting applications, programs, and software solutions. May include research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re-engineering, maintenance, or any other activities related to software products used internally or externally on product platforms supported by the firm. The software development process requires in-depth subject matter expertise in existing and emerging development methodologies, tools, and programming languages. Software Developers work closely with business partners and / or external clients in defining requirements and implementing solutions.
The Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role encompasses automation development and execution, functional, and non-functional testing. The SDET role specializes in the design, development, execution, and maintenance of automated tests to ensure the quality of software products. Partners with team members to understand software requirements and execute automated tests that validate the functionality while considering privacy and security requirements
Your Primary Responsibilities:
- Apply different software development and testing methodologies, tools, and technologies
- Develop, execute, and maintain automated tests across the delivery lifecycle
- Maintain traceability from user stories through test cases to automated scripts
- Identify dependencies for environmental and data requirements.
- Develop applications and construct unit test cases that ensure compliance with functional requirements
- Follow design and code standards, contributing to continuous improvement discussions
- Align risk and control processes into day-to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately
- Create and maintain system documentation
- Support senior team members to implement solutions using software delivery best practices
- Work with peers to mature ways of working, contributing to continuous testing within the software delivery processes and integrate automated test with CI/CD pipeline
- Partner with team members to understand software requirements and design automated tests that validate the functionality
- Collaborate with internal and external teams on development, testing, troubleshooting, and improve overall software quality
- Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 4 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
Talents Needed for Success:
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, testing types, and processes
- Experience in creating, reviewing, and driving test plans, test cases, and test scripts
- Experience with defect tracking and project management tools (e.g. JIRA)
- Experience with tools for testing REST APIs like Postman
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience mentoring and guiding junior QA Engineers
- Understanding of SQL or other database query languages
- Working proficiency in English
- Experience in the financial industry or with blockchain technology
- ISTQB certifications
- Experience with test automation tools and frameworks
- Experience in performance and/or security testing
- Stays current on changes in their own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up-to-date.
The SDET Associate supports the quality and reliability of Risk Back Testing (BT) and Stress Testing (ST) applications by developing and executing automated and functional tests. This role works closely with senior SDETs, developers, and risk stakeholders to validate scenario execution, calculations, data flows, and reporting outputs, while building foundational expertise in risk systems and test automation.