Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Are you a team player? Are you curious to learn? Are you interested in working in meaningful projects? Do you want to work with cutting-edge technology? Are you interested in being part of a team that is working to transform and do things differently? If so, LPL Financial is the place for you!

Excited to learn more? If so, then this could be the role for you!   

Job Overview:

Our team is actively seeking a motivated and talented Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test who is passionate about testing software through automation. You will be part of an inter-disciplinary team of hardware, firmware, software, system, and test engineers to develop and integrate cutting-edge technologies for a Financial Services Company building E2E automation solutions connecting Advisor Platform, Investor Platform and Teammates. You will work closely with product and engineering teams to understand features, develop and automate test cases, improve product quality and shorten release time from dev to production.

Responsibilities:

• Actively Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies and lead where applicable – PI Planning , Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Defect Review, Sprint Demo, Restrospectives etc.

• Actively participate in story grooming, analyze and understand user story acceptance criteria

• Develop  and execute -Test plan, test cases based on the user stories and ensure proper test coverage

• Perform in sprint testing, service/API testing, Integration / E2E testing, regression final build certification and release day testing

• Automating tests using internal and open source tools & infrastructure

• Reviewing user interfaces for conformity and functionality

• Working with software engineers to understand product architecture, integrations and features

• Creating and maintaining data scenarios to support test plans and test cases

• Analyzing test results, being a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process

• Documenting, tracking bugs to closure and reports on Project status to stakeholders

• Working in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software

• Ability to write complex queries to perform data validation

• Serves as SME for one or more functional areas, acts as a technology ambassador for automation and builds efficient solutions

• Leads process, technology improvement efforts, KPIs/OKRs with the quality engineering team and a larger part ofthe organization to improve engineer productivity, Speed and Quality.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where resourcefulness, determination, and strong problem-solving skills are necessary for success.

• Positive attitude and the ability to complete assigned objectives with minimal supervision.

• Show leadership experience in leading releases/project delivery.

• Driving actions & shift left strategy to improve Quality

• Be a Champion for Customer Obsession culture and deliver products/ features that exceeds customer expectations.

• Coaching his/ her fellow team members on best practices

This is a hybrid position, requiring onsite presence 3 days per week at an LPL primary office location in either our Austin, San Diego, NYC/Midtown or Charlotte/Fort Mill offices.

What are we looking for?

We want strong collaborators who can deliver a world-class client experience. We are looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment, are client-focused, team oriented, and are able to execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science or similar, plus 6+ years of experience

• OR Master’s Degree, Computer Science or similar, plus 5+ years of experience

• OR no degree, plus 10+ years of experience working as a Developer or QA Engineer or SDET working in Agile scrum teams

• Hands-on experience with CI /CD and have leveraged/implemented CI/CD pipelines

• Hands-on programming/development experience in one of the programming languages: C#, Java, JavaScript or .Net and automation frameworks like Selenium, Appium, TestNG, etc.

• Hands-on experience with test processes, test methodologies, test strategy, test plan and test case design & execution.

• Hands-on experience with Web services Testing and automation development

• Experience with SQL and ability to understand/write complex SQL queries

Core Competencies:

• Ability t