Senior Software Development Engineer in Test(Java, Selenium, automation framework development, AWS, Kafka, SQL, and API testing) || Charlotte, North Carolina(Hybrid)

Verito Solutions Inc; Charlotte (NC); Híbrido; USD 110.000 - 170.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Verito Solutions is seeking a Senior SDET in Charlotte for a long-term contract. You will design, develop, and run automated and manual tests for critical real-time interbank payment platforms, with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.

Work in a hybrid, local-only setup and collaborate with Product and Operations to translate requirements into robust automation strategies. Strong Java/Selenium experience and AWS/Kafka knowledge are essential for success.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or equivalent experience (6+ years).
• 6+ years as an SDET or similar role with automated testing in Java and Selenium.
• Experience designing robust test automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, WebDriver.
• Hands-on experience testing applications on AWS cloud platform.
• Experience with AWS services: EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, IAM.
• Experience with Apache Kafka for event-driven testing.
• Experience with Linux and AIX environments.
• Experience with Confluence and SharePoint for collaboration.
• Knowledge of Agile and iterative development methodologies.
• Ability to write complex SQL queries for data validation and backend checks.

Responsabilidades

• Lead planning, estimation, development of test automation frameworks and strategies.
• Design and develop automated testing, create and maintain automated scripts.
• Translate manual test scenarios to automated coverage across products.
• Automate testing for a DevOps architecture.
• Collaborate in Agile Scrum teams and communicate status to stakeholders.
• Mentor junior QE members on automation testing and peer reviews.
• Drive testing practices toward continuous end-to-end quality engineering.
• Evolve testing with predictive, intelligent automation approaches.
• Interface with Release Management for deployment/testing issues.

Conocimientos

Java

Selenium

Automation design

API testing

SQL

Linux

Communication

Educación

B.S. in STEM or related field

Herramientas

AWS

Kafka

WebDriver

Confluence

SharePoint

Git

JIRA

Dynatrace

Descripción del empleo

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test(Java, Selenium, automation framework development, AWS, Kafka, SQL, and API testing)

Charlotte, North Carolina(Hybrid & local Only)

Long Term Contract

Top priorities: Java, Selenium, automation framework development, AWS, Kafka, SQL, and API testing.

Banking association and payments company Preferred

Job Description

Client is seeking a Senior Software Developer Engineer in Testing (SDET) to join the Product Engineering team. As a senior member of the team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing automated and manual test cases, ensuring quality of critical real-time interbank payment platforms. This includes functionality, reliability, and performance of existing and new applications.

The Senior SDET works directly with Product teams and Operations to aggregate business and technical requirements into high-quality automation testing. Develop and deliver testing best practices and processes to all projects while maintaining adherence to organizational standards.

This role is well suited for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, testing highly reliable systems, and delivering quality applications that operate at the core of financial infrastructure. The organization is actively transforming its payment platforms toward cloud-native, distributed architectures while introducing modern automation and AI-assisted engineering practices into its software development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on quality engineer who has strong automation experience, understands distributed application architectures, and has an avid interest in testing critical systems where performance, security, resiliency, and sustainability are vital for success.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Lead planning, estimation, development, and implementation of test automation frameworks and strategies.
• Design and develop automated testing including creation, execution, and maintenance of automated scripts using industry best practices and standards.
• Execute translation of manual testing scenarios to test automation coverage across multiple products.
• Automate testing for use in a DevOps architecture.
• Participate either as the sole QE resource on projects, or in an Agile Scrum team.
• Use strong problem-solving skills to investigate and document defects and their respective resolutions.
• Lead larger test automation efforts independently and act as a subject matter expert to team members on smaller efforts.
• Effectively communicate status to stakeholders and proactively locate and address concerns.
• Champion Agile best practices, processes, and tools in support of DevOps processes with respect to developing testing automation.
• Conform to department standards to comply with audit and regulatory policies.
• Assist team members through cross-training on applications and systems, perform peer reviews, and provide training and mentoring to manual and junior QE members on automation testing.
• Participate in the transformation of testing into a continuous and efficient end-to-end quality engineering function.
• Aid in the evolution of more predictive and intelligent testing approaches based on automation.
• Collaborate with other test engineers across products and projects to solve problems and deploy them, and mature automation testing practices.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM-related field (Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, etc.), or equivalent experience (6+ years).
• 6+ years as an SDET or a similar role, with a strong focus on automated testing using Java and Selenium.
• Expertise in designing and developing robust test automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, WebDriver, and related tools.
• Hands-on experience testing applications deployed within an AWS cloud platform.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, and IAM.
• Experience testing event-driven applications using Apache Kafka.
• Experience in Linux and AIX environments.
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and SharePoint.
• Knowledge and experience in Agile and Iterative development methodologies.
• Proven ability to define, design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks and test cases for software applications and/or systems.
• Ability to write complex SQL queries to validate data accuracy, troubleshoot issues, and verify backend processing.
• Demonstrated experience in test planning and execution activities, test strategy, test data definition, data setup, test execution, defect reporting, and communication of status/metrics.
• Ability to recognize risks and errors in an application and employ automation testing to reduce them.
• Understand, analyze, and develop complex automated tests including data sets, positive and negative functional scenarios to ensure product quality.
• Understand project documents and project objectives including User Stories or Requirements to create and execute test cases; ability to work with stakeholders to provide input on testability of functional elements.
• Investigation of production problems, creation and management of defect reports, and creation of project status reports.
• Experience working with Release Management teams; experienced in investigation and testing of deployment or production issues.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision while remaining on-task and deadline-oriented.
• Proven skills in data analysis, data/design verification, and problem-solving.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Qualifications Desired

• Expertise in Test Automation Framework Development using Selenium (Java).
• AWS certification (AWS Certified Developer, Solutions Architect, or Cloud Practitioner) is a plus.
• Experience using qTest, JIRA, Dynatrace or similar monitoring/testing tools.
• In-depth knowledge and experience testing Transactional, Message-based, and Web-based applications.
• Experience with object‑oriented programming languages.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Familiarity with Git and modern version control practices.
• Experience testing all layers of applications including front end, service layer, and back-end connections, including applications deployed to cloud environments (AWS).
• Experience with Financial or Credit Card based processing.
• Experience working in a regulated environment.
• Experience with other test automation tools and frameworks, such as Playwright, TestNG, JUnit, or Cucumber.

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