Senior Software Engineer in Test

Job Description:

Purpose of the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer in Test within the Workplace Investing (WI) Quality Engineering organization, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our testing practices, automation capabilities, and end-to-end quality strategy. You will lead the development of scalable automation frameworks, tools, and infrastructure across diverse technology stacks, while contributing to governance, engineering standards, and cross-squad quality alignment.

This role requires strong collaboration with application owners, developers, architects, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust automation solutions in an Agile environment. You will bring a software engineering mindset to testing, drive innovation, and ensure that quality is embedded throughout the entire delivery lifecycle -from individual components to integrated, end-to-end business workflow.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Test Strategy

• Define and drive the E2E test strategy across multiple squads and applications.

• Ensure coverage of E2E critical business workflows that span multiple services, UIs, and integrations.

• Architect cross-squad automation frameworks that support E2E testing at scale.

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design and implementation of automation frameworks tailored to application needs.

• Define and enforce coding standards and best practices for automation development.

• Evaluate and recommend automation tools and technologies for scalability and efficiency.

Cross-Squad Collaboration

• Partner with Squad Leads and Chapter Leads to align on quality goals.

• Facilitate integration and E2E testing between components owned by different teams.

• Coordinate test data management and environment readiness for E2E scenarios.

Hands-On Engineering

• Develop and maintain automated test suites and utilities using latest tools/frameworks.

• Apply software engineering principles, participate in code reviews and mentor team members on automation design and implementation.

Risk Management & Defect Triage

• Identify quality risks across the product lifecycle and proactively mitigate them.

• Lead defect triage for cross-functional issues, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis.

• Provide visibility into quality health to stakeholders through dashboards and status reports.

 Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor QE associates across squads on E2E testing practices and tools.

• Champion a culture of quality ownership across teams.

• Drive innovation in testing approaches, including adoption of Gen AI tools, test data strategy improvements etc.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Quality Engineering Leadership

• 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with a strong foundation in test automation, quality strategy, and engineering best practices.

• 2-3+ years in a leadership or principal QE role, driving quality initiatives across multiple squads, platforms, and domains.

• Demonstrated success in leading end-to-end QE efforts in Agile environments, ensuring seamless integration and validation across distributed systems.

• Proven ability to influence without authority, driving quality across cross-functional teams and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Test Automation & Framework Development

• Proven track record in designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, and backend testing.

• Demonstrated hands-on expertise in leveraging modern test automation tools to build robust, scalable, and maintainable test suites across UI and API layers e,g. Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, REST Assured.

• Skilled in building reusable automation artifacts and mentoring SDETs in automation best practices.

• Experience with DB/SQL testing and data comparison tools such as ICEDQ.

CI/CD Integration

• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, including integration of automated tests into build and deployment workflows.

• Experience defining and configuring test automa