Senior SDET – AI-Driven Quality & Reliability

Charles Schwab Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation is hiring an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the Retail Web Technology team in Austin. The role focuses on building scalable automation, validating APIs, and driving quality across distributed systems.

You will partner with engineers, product owners, and operations to embed quality throughout the SDLC, leverage AI-powered tooling, and contribute to reliability and observability initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET) or quality engineering roles.
• Current working experience with Schwab systems and processes.
• Strong software development experience using C#, .NET, JavaScript, TypeScript and OO design principles.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks and quality engineering solutions.
• Hands-on experience with modern automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience testing RESTful APIs, event-driven systems, and distributed architectures with tools like Postman or REST Assured.
• Experience with performance and resiliency testing using JMeter, k6, LoadRunner, or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, TDD/BDD and continuous testing practices.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data validation, troubleshooting and performance analysis.
• Experience with observability/monitoring platforms like Splunk, Grafana, AppDynamics.
• Experience leveraging AI-powered engineering tools (GitHub Copilot, AI-assisted testing).",

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and reusable test libraries for web apps, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Build automated validation solutions for functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, accessibility, and cross-browser testing.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies aligned to workflows, architecture, and dependencies.
• Drive shift-left quality by partnering with engineering during requirements, design, and development phases.
• Implement risk-based testing to improve coverage, efficiency, and release confidence.
• Contribute production-quality code using modern software engineering principles and secure coding practices.
• Integrate automated validation into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and rapid feedback.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve testability, quality metrics, and engineering effectiveness.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to architectural discussions to improve quality and scalability.
• Design and execute performance, load, resiliency, reliability, and security testing strategies.
• Support production readiness with monitoring, observability, logging, dashboards, and incident analysis.
• Analyze defects, troubleshoot automation failures, and drive root-cause analysis across distributed systems.
• Support highly available customer-facing applications and contribute to reliability improvements.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate automation and testing coverage.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to continuously improve quality engineering capabilities.
• Champion engineering excellence through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and data-driven decisions.

Skills

C#, .NET, JS/TS

Automation frameworks

SDET experience

Algorithms & data structures

CI/CD & DevOps

Observability & monitoring

AI-assisted testing tools

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Testing RESTful APIs

Automation tools (Selenium, Playwright

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT or equivalent

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Playwright

Cypress

Postman/REST Assured

JMeter/k6

Splunk/Grafana/AppDynamics

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Actions

Job description

Charles Schwab Corporation is hiring an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the Retail Web Technology team in Austin. The role focuses on building scalable automation, validating APIs, and driving quality across distributed systems.

You will partner with engineers, product owners, and operations to embed quality throughout the SDLC, leverage AI-powered tooling, and contribute to reliability and observability initiatives.