Senior Software Engineer, Testing: AI-Driven Automation

Groupe Kardol; Westport (CT); On-site; USD 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Workplace flexibility

Family building assistance

Wellness programs

Community events

Job summary

Bridgewater Associates in Westport, CT is seeking a Senior SWE, Testing to architect and build advanced test automation for high‑performance systems. This role aims to reduce vendor reliance and enable faster, more reliable development through scalable automation and AI‑driven testing.

Position sits at the crossroads of software engineering, testing strategy, and platform architecture with emphasis on agentic development loops and minimizing production downtime.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in rigorous environments with extremely high engineering standards.
• 2+ years in SDET or test‑architecture roles focused on software engineering.
• Ability to design diagnostic tools and testing infrastructure.
• Strong problem‑solving and system design skills.
• Exposure to agentic/autonomous testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with low‑latency systems and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation platforms for complex systems.
• Develop diagnostic and validation tools across production and QA environments.
• Enable end-to-end automated testing for business logic and system performance.
• Support AI‑driven testing workflows to accelerate development cycles.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate testing into the SDLC.
• Improve system reliability by reducing testing time and production issues.
• Contribute to testing strategy during platform re‑architecture (e.g., OMS SaaS).

Skills

SDET

Test automation

Diagnostics tooling

Low-latency systems

Agentic testing

System design

Tools

Python

Java

CI/CD

Job description

Bridgewater Associates in Westport, CT is seeking a Senior SWE, Testing to architect and build advanced test automation for high‑performance systems. This role aims to reduce vendor reliance and enable faster, more reliable development through scalable automation and AI‑driven testing.

Position sits at the crossroads of software engineering, testing strategy, and platform architecture with emphasis on agentic development loops and minimizing production downtime.