Senior QA Engineer - E2E Lead - Bank Technology

Your opportunity

At Charles Schwab, our purpose is simple: we champion client’s goals with passion and integrity. Guided by honesty, mutual respect and a commitment to doing what’s right, we bring innovation, education, and service together to help shape financial futures. Our people are the foundation of our success – they approach their work with curiosity and collaboration, coming together to create solutions that make a meaningful impact for clients and communities. As we expand into India, we are bringing this same culture of inclusion, learning, and opportunity to new talent. Joining us means becoming part of a global team where your work matters and your future can take shape.

Our Hyderabad location is central to Schwab’s growth, bringing together talented people and technology to drive innovation, scale and efficiency. Here, you will work alongside teams who create solutions that support millions of clients every day. The work you do is more than daily operations – it’s a chance to experiment, learn, and build within a values-driven, supportive environment. This is a unique opportunity to be part of our early growth phase and shape something new, backed by the stability and strength of a Fortune 500 company. Your impact begins on day one, and your contributions will help define our future in the region.

We’re seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead program level end to end (E2E) test planning and execution across complex, distributed systems. You will own the QA strategy and delivery for high impact initiatives, establish and scale test automation, and drive the readiness of non-production environments and test data so teams can release confidently and on time. This role combines hands on engineering with leadership—partnering with product, engineering, and operations to embed quality throughout the SDLC.

E2E Test Program Execution:

• Define and govern the program‑level E2E testing approach—covering scope, entry/exit criteria, risk‑based test design, cross‑team orchestration, status reporting, and issue remediation.
• Lead multi‑application and partner integrations, coordinating upstream/downstream dependencies, cross‑domain scenarios, and release‑level sign‑offs.
• Establish dashboards and operating rhythms (prep, execution, triage, RCA) to ensure transparent, timely progress at the program level.

Test Automation Engineering:

• Build reliable, maintainable test suites for regression, smoke, and feature validation; enforce code quality practices and coverage goals.
• Partner with feature teams to embed automation in sprint workflows; mentor SDETs and QA engineers on framework patterns, test design, and tooling.

Test Data & Environment Handling:

• Own readiness of non‑prod environments (availability, configuration, dependencies) and test data (creation, refresh, masking, referential integrity) for E2E scenarios.
• Drive issue triage and escalation using TEMS workflows (FDR intake, coordination with environment owners) to unblock testing quickly and minimize downtime.

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Liaise with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and engineering leads to integrate plans, schedules, and metrics; communicate status, risks, and decisions crisply to leadership.
• Coach teams on E2E testing best practices, standardize workflows, and promote a culture of “test is production” for developers.

What you have

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years in Software QA Engineering with a strong record of delivering quality in complex programs.
• 5+ years leading E2E test programs across multiple applications and partners.
• 4+ years hands‑on test automation (UI/API/service), including framework design and CI/CD integration.
• Experience defining and executing multi‑year QA roadmaps and program‑level test strategies aligned to organizational objectives.
• Proven collaboration with business and technology stakeholders; clear communication of risks, decisions, and sign‑offs.
• Expertise in collaborating and leading the E2E QA and UAT coordinators, test environments, and test data pipelines to support concurrent change.
• Provide QA sign off and RCA recommendations for new implementations to the Business Sponsor and ensure it is established as part of the Go/No Go process.
• Ensure that Risk Based testing techniques are applied where necessary
• Ensure the Test approach on a project is agreed and adhered to.
• Ensure all testing deliverables are of a high quality by ensuring that team members adhere to the quality review cycles as detailed within the overall Test Strategy
• Ensure all test reporting and updates are accurate.
• Ensure all risks and issues are documented, managed and appropriate action taken.
• Ability to think creatively and generate innovative solutions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in Agile Frameworks - SAFe & Scrum
• Test Automation and Process Optimization framework design & implementation
• Lead and inspire teams through complex and often changing circumstances
• Experience with GitHub, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Splunk, Postman, Mabl tools
• Experience with hands on coding Java/Jscript/Selenium/ Any BDD Driven Automation frameworks
• Deep understanding of exploratory testing practices
• Working knowledge of industry-standard tools for logging bugs and managing test cases (e.g., JIRA/MTM, Zephyr/HPQ)
• Proven ability to successfully balance and deliver multiple geographically distributed QA projects with concurrent releases
• Hands-on experience with Web services virtualization and Test Data Management
• Comfortable representing QA in product code reviews
• Ability to scope, size, and oversee risk-assessments across complex projects and schedules
• Understanding of CI/CD practices and Lean DevOps methodologies
• Financial/Trading services industry experience is a plus