Senior SDET Architect: AI-Driven Automation Leader

Zionsbancorp; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance –

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

Zions Bancorporation is seeking a Senior SDET to lead automation strategy within Production Support. The role focuses on establishing standards, architectures, and AI-enabled testing to improve reliability and efficiency across the software lifecycle.

Responsibilities include building scalable test frameworks, integrating AI-assisted testing, and guiding DevOps/CI/CD integration with modern tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud testing platforms.

Qualifications

• : Degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent
• : 8+ years in programming, test automation architecture and quality engineering
• : Strong Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD experience
• : Experience transitioning teams to modern test architectures
• : Strong Agile, DevOps and regression testing experience
• : Combination of education and experience may satisfy requirements

Responsibilities

• Drive proactive automation strategy and roadmapping for the CoE
• Evaluate and build scalable test architectures using modern tools
• Integrate AI tools into testing lifecycle for self-healing scripts and smart defect triage
• Design parallel, cloud-based test environments using Docker/Kubernetes and BrowserStack
• Champion shift-left testing, BDD and visual regression in engineering
• Advocate for new tools and technical transformation across teams

Skills

Automation architecture

CI/CD

Selenium Grid

AI-assisted testing

Java/Python

Cloud testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Selenium Grid

Docker

Kubernetes

BrowserStack

Sauce Labs

Job description

Zions Bancorporation is seeking a Senior SDET to lead automation strategy within Production Support. The role focuses on establishing standards, architectures, and AI-enabled testing to improve reliability and efficiency across the software lifecycle.

Responsibilities include building scalable test frameworks, integrating AI-assisted testing, and guiding DevOps/CI/CD integration with modern tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud testing platforms.