Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Your 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 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.

Stock Plan Services focuses on supporting equity compensation for our B2B clients. We have multiple applications that support this effort. Our vision is to provide employees of both Schwab and our corporate partners with modern, industry-leading products and platforms, while building a culture people love to work in. As we execute this goal, we strive to maintain excellent customer support and deliver on sustaining engineering objectives. We are fueled by a diverse team of talented team members who continuously raise the bar in delivering best-in-class products and services worldwide. 

The successful candidate will be an expert in designing scalable and maintainable test automation. This individual will work closely with the developers to understand architecture of the application to best devise how to build reliable, maintainable automated tests.

The candidate must be passionate about quality and assist in creating a high quality culture across the scrum team(s).

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain UI and API test automation using Selenium, Java, and related tools.
• Implement automation strategies for web services, middleware, and UI.
• Ensure automation is scalable, maintainable, and integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Build automation test data solutions and support data refresh processes.
• Partner with developers to enhance CI/CD automation.
• Serve as SDET for one or more scrum teams, collaborating with the scrum master, product owner, and developers.
• Maintain test cases, results, and automation code using JIRA, Bitbucket, and other Atlassian tools.
• Design and run continuous testing pipelines (regression/smoke) using Bamboo.
• Support BDD practices using Gherkin/Ruby/Cucumber.
• Contribute to consistent, high‑quality delivery across sprints and releases.

What you have

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience with a Bachelor’s or advanced degree.
• 3-4+ years of hands-on Java development experience (writing and reviewing code).
• 7+ years of test automation experience in Agile environments.
• Experience in building Test Automation Framework using Selenium, RestAssured
• Experience with Parallel executions and using SauceLabs [comparative products]

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable UI and API automation frameworks.
• Strong Java and object‑oriented programming expertise.
• Proficiency with Selenium, SoapUI, Maven, REST‑Assured, and related tools.
• Experience with cloud technologies (PCF, GCP), Oracle SQL, and Git‑based source control.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and business partners.
• Familiarity with test data management practices.
• Nice to have: Sauce Labs, MongoDB, and understanding of IaaS concepts. to have – Understanding of IAS (infrastructure as service) in context of application testing.

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