Senior SDET /Test engineer

Your Opportunity

We believe that, when done right, investing liberates people to create their own
destiny. We are inspired by our purpose to champion every client's goals with
passion and integrity. We respect and appreciate the diversity of our employees,
our clients, and the communities we serve. We challenge conventions
strategically to bring value for our clients, our firm and the world. We live and
bring to life the concept of 'own your tomorrow' every day. We champion our
employee strengths, guide their development, and invest in their long-term
success. We hire optimistic, results-oriented, curious, innovative, and adaptable
people with the desire to help our clients and one another succeed.
• As a company, we were established by Chuck over 40 years ago to champion
Main Street over Wall Street, and to help Americans transform themselves from
earners to owners. Through advocacy and innovation, we work to make investing
more affordable, accessible and understandable for all. As we enter our fifth
decade, we are looking for hardworking, innovative and driven people who
believe they can help themselves, and our clients, create a better future.
• The Digital Services Technology team is looking for a senior SDET. This team
leads the systems and platforms that send all email, push, SMS, and other omni-
channel messages and communications to Schwab's valued clients. You will be
a key contributor of extending the excellence of Schwab's core digital platforms
and experiences, providing Schwab's clients and advisors with key digital
capabilities. Schwab pushes the boundaries of digital service and digital
excellence and these teams are at the forefront of creating and delivering these
capabilities.
• You will be part of a larger group called Cross Enterprise Services (CES) which
is focused on delivering consistent, enterprise quality and highly performant
shared services for all of Schwab's systems as building blocks for outstanding
end-user experiences. CES offers a wide range of technology opportunities for
great people to grow and demonstrate their skills.
What you're good at

Classification: Schwab Internal• Establishing QA strategy and best practices to support continuous development
and integration
• Identifying appropriate testing tools
• Build and leverage AI agents for SDLC and deliver with quality
• Developing, maintaining and executing manual and automated test suites and
reporting test results
• Gaining in-depth business knowledge to understand business needs and utilize
the knowledge to identify testing priorities based on scenario risk levels
• Holding and facilitating automation and test case reviews with Agile team
members
• Ensuring that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications
and requirements
• Leading tracking, prioritization and communication of defects
• Implementing test practices, standards, and processes
• Establishing fact-based measures of test efficiency, effectiveness, and product
readiness
• Estimating, coordinating, directing testing for multiple products/projects
• Providing technical support and maintenance of existing systems
• Updating management on QA-related status on projects and overall QA strategy
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What you have

• A university degree from a well-respected academic institution; advanced
degrees in Information management, Computer Science, Business
Administration and/or other professional certifications are a plus
• 8+ years of relevant experience in systems development life cycle, with strong
knowledge of QA procedures and methodologies and automated testing
• 5+ years of experience in building and maintaining test automation frameworks
and delivery of highly complex projects within the Agile framework

• 1+ year of Schwab technology domain experience gained as a current or recent contractor or employee

Classification: Schwab Internal• Extensive experience in managing and delivering key test artifacts and maintain
the documentation up to date using tools Atlassian suite of tools (Jira, Zephyr,
Confluence),
• Experience building and managing an automation suite with tools such as
SOATest, Selenium with Java, Jmeter
• Experience testing API's and building automation test suits. Ability to parse
nested JSON/ XML.
• Experience working on databases like Oracle, mongo DB
• Works well with developers to design/analyze alternative technical solutions, test
completed code and complete a smooth implementation with the business
partners
• Proficient analytical, troubleshooting, and debugging skills
• Experience working in CI/CD environment. (GitHub) One should be able to
create, modify and execute job from scratch using 'git' as source.
• Background and understanding of and message queues and data delivery
technologies
• Experience leading offshore resources
• Strong verbal, written and presentation communication skills
• Working experience in the financial services industry is a plus