Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

Charles Schwab Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles Schwab Corporation is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to strengthen QA for web applications and REST APIs. You will design and maintain scalable automation frameworks, lead end-to-end test planning, and assess risk to improve testing coverage.

In this role, you will collaborate across distributed teams, define quality standards, integrate tests into pipelines, and mentor junior QA engineers. A strong background in Java/Selenium and open-source tools is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance engineering.
• 2+ years creating and executing performance scripts for web services and database testing.
• Experience designing test automation frameworks using Java and Selenium.
• Experience testing REST APIs and web applications.
• Experience with open-source automation tools such as Karate, SOATest, or Selenium.
• Experience using GitHub or Bitbucket and integrating automated tests into continuous delivery pipelines.
• Experience with Agile development practices, exploratory testing, defect analysis, and test case management.
• Ability to perform Risk Assessment, investigate complex defects, and make informed quality decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define quality standards, acceptance criteria, and practical test strategies for complex initiatives with concurrent releases.
• Integrate automated tests into delivery pipelines and maintain test environments and data.
• Collaborate across distributed teams including software engineering, product, and delivery partners.
• Mentor SDETs or QA engineers and share testing practices.

Skills

QA engineering

Performance scripting

Automation frameworks

Java & Selenium

REST API testing

Open-source tools

GitHub/Bitbucket

Agile testing

Risk assessment

Defect analysis

Test management

Tools

Selenium

Karate

SOATest

Postman

Splunk

Mabl

GitHub

Job description

Your Opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).

As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you will help strengthen the quality, reliability, and release confidence of business-critical web applications and REST APIs. You will design and maintain scalable test automation frameworks, lead end-to-end test planning, and evaluate results to uncover defects, assess risk, and improve testing coverage.

Working across geographically distributed teams, you will help define quality standards, acceptance criteria, and practical test strategies for complex initiatives with concurrent releases. You will apply Problem Solving, Risk Assessment, and Cross-Functional Collaboration to make informed testing decisions, investigate root causes, and support continuous improvement. Your work will also include integrating automated tests into delivery pipelines, maintaining test environments and data, and sharing automation and testing practices with developing engineers.

What you have

• 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance engineering
• 2+ years of experience developing and executing performance scripts and maintaining automation frameworks for web services and database testing
• Experience designing and maintaining test automation frameworks using Java and Selenium
• Experience testing REST APIs and web applications
• Experience with open-source automation tools such as Karate, SOATest, or Selenium
• Experience using GitHub or Bitbucket and integrating automated tests into continuous delivery pipelines
• Experience with Agile development practices, exploratory testing, defect analysis, and test case management
• Ability to perform Risk Assessment, investigate complex defects, and make informed quality decisions

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Splunk, Postman, or Mabl
• Experience with service virtualization and test data management
• Experience managing test environments for end-to-end and regression testing
• Experience balancing multiple quality initiatives and concurrent releases across distributed teams
• Ability to contribute to code reviews and collaborate with software engineering, product, and delivery partners
• Experience mentoring SDETs or quality assurance engineers and sharing testing practices