Senior SDET: Architect a UI & API Automation Platform

ZipStaff Inc.; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

ZipStaff is seeking a Senior SDET to architect and build a new, unified automation platform for a leading financial services client in Westlake, TX. This on-site, contract role focuses on a greenfield framework for UI and API automation across institutional trade workflows.

You will design a scalable automation engine, enable 13+ teams with automated testing, and establish modern CI/CD patterns using Jenkins and GitHub Copilot. On-site work is required.

Qualifications

• 7–8+ years of hands-on test automation and framework design.
• Strong Java and TypeScript programming skills.
• UI automation experience with Playwright or Selenium; API automation with REST and SOAP.
• Experience building or modernizing a shared automation platform used by multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build a brand-new unified automation platform from the ground up in Java and TypeScript.
• Support UI automation (Playwright / Selenium) and API testing across 13+ teams.
• Establish modern CI/CD patterns in Jenkins and leverage GitHub Copilot to accelerate framework construction and test authoring.
• Automate core order-lifecycle workflows: Create → Modify → Cancel → Execute.
• Validate OMS order rules, post-trade processing, downstream clearing/settlement, and regulatory reporting platforms.
• Design and execute API-driven automated tests (REST / SOAP) for workflows routed through Director-pattern architectures.
• Perform state comparison and data validation across legacy Mainframe / DB2 via SOAP and modern microservices.
• Enhance test reporting dashboards for coverage, stability, and metrics across trading areas.

Skills

SDET

Java

TypeScript

Playwright

Selenium

REST

SOAP

CI/CD

GitHub Copilot

US work authorization

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

REST API

SOAP API

Cucumber

BDD

Jenkins

GitHub Copilot

Job description

ZipStaff is seeking a Senior SDET to architect and build a new, unified automation platform for a leading financial services client in Westlake, TX. This on-site, contract role focuses on a greenfield framework for UI and API automation across institutional trade workflows.

You will design a scalable automation engine, enable 13+ teams with automated testing, and establish modern CI/CD patterns using Jenkins and GitHub Copilot. On-site work is required.