Sr. Software Engineer, Testing

Bridgewater Associates, LP; Westport (CT); Hybrid; USD 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance with 100% premium covered

401(k) plan with generous employer match

Paid parental leave

Workplace flexibility

On-site gyms and free meals

Community and company events

Job summary

Bridgewater Associates, LP in Westport, CT is looking for a Sr. SWE, Testing to design and build advanced test automation platforms for mission-critical systems. This role focuses on reducing reliance on external vendors and enhancing development cycles through scalable automation.

The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, 4+ years in rigorous environments, and experience in test architecture. The role offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including health insurance and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• 4+ total years of experience in technically rigorous environments holding high standards.
• 2+ years of experience in SDET or test architecture roles focused on software engineering.
• Exposure to agentic systems or autonomous testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation platforms.
• Develop diagnostic and validation tools for production and QA environments.
• Enable end-to-end automated testing for business logic.

Skills

Strong problem-solving skills

System design skills

Ability to design diagnostic tools

Experience in SDET or test architecture

Familiarity with low-latency systems

Education

4+ years in technically rigorous environments

Tools

Test automation platforms

Job description

About Technology at Bridgewater

The Technology team at Bridgewater engineers systems to understand the world. These systems synthesize and industrialize our global understanding into a hive mind of macroeconomic knowledge which enables us to educate and collaborate with the world’s most influential central banks and policy makers and carefully and strategically manage the world’s most important capital. Our technologists are engineering highly available, high performing and highly secure cloud platforms and infrastructure which support and scale our investing operations.

About the Team

The goal of the Portfolio and Trading teams is to translate our understanding of how the global economy works into strategy specific portfolios and execute those investment decisions with maximum precision, efficiency, and reliability.

Working alongside the Portfolio team is a uniquely talented technology group that builds and manages the platforms that allow our portfolio strategists, investors, and operations teams to create and test new portfolio strategies and logic, construct portfolios, and manifest our desired portfolios to securities we can trade in the markets.

Working alongside our Trading team are technologists who design, build, and maintain the systems that power execution, data flow, and real‑time decision‑making across global markets. They work closely with investors and traders to optimize performance, automate processes, and ensure the firm’s strategies are implemented with speed, accuracy, and resilience.

About the Role

We are hiring for this role into both the Portfolio and Trading teams. The Sr. SWE, Testing will design and build advanced test automation platforms that support high‑performance, mission‑critical systems. This role will be instrumental in reducing reliance on external vendors and enabling faster, more reliable development cycles through scalable automation and AI‑driven testing approaches.

This position sits at the intersection of software engineering, testing strategy, and platform architecture, with a strong emphasis on enabling agentic development loops and minimizing latency and downtime in production systems.

Ultimately, if successful in this role, you will reduce testing cycle times and faster release velocity, increase system reliability with fewer production incidents, adopt scalable automation platforms across teams, and effectively validate performance and business logic.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation platforms for complex systems
• Develop diagnostic and validation tools across both production and QA environments
• Enable end‑to‑end automated testing for business logic and system performance
• Support agentic/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 preventing production issues
• Contribute to the evolution of testing strategy during platform re‑architecture (e.g., OMS SaaS migration)

Required Qualifications

• Strong computer science fundamentals with 4+ total years of experience in technically rigorous environments holding extremely high bars for their engineers
• 2+ years of experience in SDET or test architecture roles with an emphasis on true software engineering
• Ability to design diagnostic tools and testing infrastructure
• Strong problem‑solving and system design skillsExposure to agentic systems or autonomous testing frameworks
• Familiarity with low‑latency systems and performance optimization

Nice to Have Qualifications

• Proven experience building complex test automation platforms from scratch
• Background with OMS (Order Management Systems) or similar platforms
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and frameworks
• Experience with distributed systems, data platforms, or financial systems
• Experience integrating AI/ML tools into testing workflows
• Experience in financial services, especially trading or portfolio systems

Location Requirements

The anticipated onsite requirement for this role is two days per week (Tuesday and Wednesday) at our Westport, CT campus.

Compensation Band

The compensation range for this role is $350K - $500K inclusive of base salary, discretionary bonus, and potential long‑term incentive. The expected base salary for this role is between 50-75% of the range.

Benefits

• Health insurance with 100% premium covered and access to additional concierge medical services
• 401(k) plan with generous employer match
• Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave and a competitive PTO package
• Workplace flexibility and access to back up childcare
• Financial assistance for family building support, including adoption and egg freezing
• Workplace wellness, including on‑site gyms, free meals and healthy snacks, and meditation rooms
• An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer