Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer

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Position Details

• Job Title: Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer
• Position Type: Contract / C2C
• Location: Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid)
• Experience Required: 6+ Years
• Domain: Financial Services / Risk Technology
• Visa: Any
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Job Overview

Client is seeking an experienced Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer to support critical Risk-related applications within its technology organization. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in both functional QA and automated testing , with the ability to design and maintain scalable automation frameworks across UI, API, and backend systems.

The candidate will work closely with developers, DevOps engineers, business stakeholders, and Project/Program Managers to ensure high-quality software delivery. The role requires strong technical expertise in Python, AWS, Snowflake, SQL, Oracle, CI/CD, and database testing , along with a solid understanding of Agile software development and testing methodologies.

Experience within Financial Services, Credit Risk, or Market Risk environments is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

1. Test Automation & Framework Development

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance robust test automation frameworks.
• Develop automated tests for:
  • Web/UI applications
  • REST/API services
  • Backend systems
  • Database-driven applications
• Create reusable and scalable automation components.
• Identify manual test cases that can be automated to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
• Maintain existing automation suites and troubleshoot automation failures.
• Apply automation best practices and contribute to continuous improvement of the QA framework.

2. Functional & Manual Testing

• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios.
• Develop detailed:
  • Test Plans
  • Test Cases
  • Test Scripts
  • Test Data
  • Expected Results
• Execute functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate application functionality across front-end and back-end components.
• Perform manual testing when automation is not appropriate.
• Retest application fixes and verify defect resolution.

3. API & Backend Testing

• Develop and execute automated API test scenarios.
• Validate API requests, responses, data integrity, and business rules.
• Perform backend validation using SQL.
• Validate data across application and database layers.
• Analyze database structures and perform data-driven testing.
• Support testing of distributed and cloud-based applications.

4. Database & Data Testing

• Write complex SQL queries for data validation and test automation.
• Validate data across relational and cloud-based databases.
• Work with technologies including:
  • Snowflake
  • Oracle
  • MySQL
  • SQL Server
• Validate data transformations, calculations, and business rules.
• Investigate data discrepancies and assist development teams with root-cause analysis.

5. CI/CD & DevOps

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with Bamboo and/or GitHub Actions to execute automated test suites.
• Support continuous testing and automated quality gates.
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers to improve deployment and testing processes.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and automation execution issues.
• Follow Git and Bitbucket version-control best practices.

6. Risk Application Testing

• Test applications supporting financial risk functions.
• Understand and validate business requirements associated with risk systems.
• Support testing related to Credit Risk and Market Risk applications where applicable.
• Ensure test coverage addresses critical financial calculations, data flows, and business rules.
• Work with business and technology stakeholders to understand risk-related requirements.

7. Defect Management

• Identify, document, and track defects using tools such as Jira.
• Provide clear defect descriptions, reproduction steps, logs, and supporting evidence.
• Perform defect triage with developers and business teams.
• Conduct root-cause analysis for recurring or complex defects.
• Retest fixes and ensure defects are properly closed.

8. Agile Collaboration

• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including:
  • Sprint Planning
  • Daily Stand-ups
  • Backlog Grooming
  • Sprint Reviews
  • Retrospectives
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, DevOps, and Project Managers.
• Provide testing estimates, progress updates, risks, and dependencies.
• Ensure testing activities remain aligned with sprint and release timelines.

9. Reporting & Stakeholder Communication

• Provide regular testing status updates to business and IT stakeholders.
• Communicate:
  • Test progress
  • Defects
  • Risks
  • Blockers
  • Test coverage
  • Release readiness
• Present testing results clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Coordinate effectively with Project