Software Developer Engineer

Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$54-60 Hourly

Start Date:

May 18, 2026

We are partnering with a leading financial services organization dedicated to empowering businesses and individuals through innovative financial solutions. This organization is at the forefront of supporting equity compensation for its business clients, striving to deliver best-in-class products and services globally. They are driven by a mission to consolidate their diverse applications into a unified, holistic user experience, while continuously upholding excellent customer support and engineering objectives. Join a diverse team committed to raising the bar and making a significant impact on how people manage their financial well-being.

This role is hybrid 4 days per week in our clients Phoenix, AZ or Southlake, TX office and one day remote.

Are you a passionate quality advocate ready to revolutionize how software is built and delivered? As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of our client's consolidated platform, directly impacting the user experience for businesses and their employees worldwide. You'll dive deep into application architecture, designing and implementing scalable, maintainable test automation that ensures the highest quality across web services, APIs, middleware, and UI. This is an exciting opportunity to foster a high-quality culture within agile scrum teams, drive continuous improvement, and contribute to delivering robust, reliable financial technology solutions sprint after sprint.

**What You'll Do:**

* Serve as a hands-on Test Automation Engineer, embracing a DevOps philosophy within an Agile environment.
* Develop and implement comprehensive automation strategies and processes for web services, APIs, middleware, and user interfaces.
* Ensure automation remains current, flexible, and seamlessly integrated into continuous integration and deployment frameworks.
* Create methods and procedures for efficient automation test data generation and refresh capabilities.
* Collaborate with developers to enhance CI/CD automation practices.
* Act as the primary SDET for one or more scrum teams, coordinating with product owners and developers to integrate test automation and CI/CD practices.
* Maintain automation code using modern source control, test management, and release systems.
* Manage test case repositories and results throughout sprint and release cycles.
* Maintain test automation code and scripts within version control systems.
* Design and implement continuous testing pipelines for robust regression and smoke testing.
* Empower scrum teams to adopt Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) methodologies.
* Work within an Agile and DevOps framework to consistently deliver high-quality solutions with each sprint and release.

**Must-Have Qualifications:**

* 5 years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree, or an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD).
* Demonstrated experience as a hands-on Test Automation Engineer in an Agile environment.
* Strong programming knowledge and experience in Object-Oriented languages (e.g., Java).
* Excellent communication skills (oral and written) for technical collaboration with architects, developers, QA peers, and business partners.

**Nice-to-Have Qualifications:**

* BS Degree in Computer Science or a related field with 3+ years of experience in Test Automation in an Agile environment.
* Experience assisting in the design and implementation of scalable and maintainable automation for UI and API/Service level testing.
* Experience and knowledge with cloud technologies.
* Experience with modern collaboration and development tools.
* Experience with Selenium.
* Exposure to various test data management techniques and tools.
* Experience with cloud-based testing infrastructure tools.
* Experience with document databases.
* Understanding of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in the context of application testing.

**About Aquent Talent**

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Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!
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