Senior SDET – Trade Management

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

Job Title: Senior SDET – Trade Management

Location: Westlake, TX (On-site)

Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff)

About the Opportunity

ZipStaff is seeking a Senior SDET to architect and build a new common automation platform for a leading financial services organization in Westlake, TX.

You will deliver a unified, scalable end-to-end automation engine supporting 13+ modernization teams. This is a greenfield framework role covering UI and API automation for institutional trade and order-management workflows — not a manual QA or script-maintenance role.

What You’ll Do:

• Architect and build a brand-new unified Java and TypeScript automation platform from the ground up.
• Support both UI automation (Playwright / Selenium) and API testing across 13+ teams.
• Establish modern CI/CD patterns in Jenkins and use GitHub Copilot to accelerate framework construction and test authoring.
• Automate core order-lifecycle workflows: Create → Modify → Cancel → Execute.
• Validate institutional OMS order rules, post-trade processing, downstream clearing/settlement integrations, 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 coexisting legacy systems (Mainframe / DB2 via SOAP) and modern cloud / microservice platforms.
• Enhance test reporting dashboards for coverage, execution stability, and business-capability regression metrics across trading areas.

Required Qualifications:

• 7–8+ years of hands-on test automation / SDET experience, including framework design (not script-only backgrounds).
• Strong programming skills in Java and TypeScript.
• Advanced experience with Playwright and/or Selenium for UI automation.
• Hands‑on API automation with REST and SOAP, including Cucumber / BDD.
• Experience building or modernizing a shared automation platform used by multiple teams.
• Hands‑on Jenkins CI/CD experience.
• Experience using GitHub Copilot (or similar) in a daily engineering workflow.
• Ability to work on-site in Westlake, TX.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Institutional trading, OMS, order lifecycle, post-trade, clearing/settlement, or regulatory reporting experience.
• Experience validating across legacy mainframe / DB2 SOAP services and modern microservices.
• Experience with test reporting dashboards and quality metrics at scale.

About ZipStaff

ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches and long-term success.