Sr. Software Engineer, Testing

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

On-site wellness facilities

Job summary

Bridgewater Associates is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Testing to design and build advanced test automation platforms that support high‑performance, mission‑critical systems. The role spans software engineering, testing strategy, and platform architecture, emphasizing agentic development loops and minimizing latency and downtime in production systems.

Your impact will be to reduce testing cycle times, accelerate release velocity, increase system reliability, and validate performance and

Qualifications

• 4+ years in rigorous software environments.
• 2+ years in SDET or test-architecture roles.
• Ability to design testing infrastructure and tools.
• Strong problem-solving and system design skills.
• Experience with agentic/autonomous testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with low-latency and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation platforms.
• Develop diagnostic and validation tools across production and QA.
• Enable end-to-end automated testing for business logic and performance.
• Support agentic/AI-driven testing to accelerate cycles.
• Collaborate with engineering to integrate testing in SDLC.
• Reduce testing time and prevent production incidents.

Skills

Software engineering

SDET / test-architecture

Diagnostic tools

Problem solving

Agentic testing

Low-latency systems

Job description

About the Technology Team

The Technology team at Bridgewater engineers systems that synthesize and industrialize our global understanding into a hive mind of macroeconomic knowledge. Our technologists build highly available, high‑performing, and highly secure cloud platforms and infrastructure that support and scale our investing operations.

About the Team

Our Portfolio team translates our understanding of the global economy into strategy‑specific portfolios and executes those investments with maximum precision, efficiency, and reliability. Our Trading team designs, builds, and maintains systems that power execution, data flow, and real‑time decision‑making across global markets.

The technology groups work closely with portfolio strategists, investors, and operations teams to create, test, and deploy new portfolio strategies.

About the Role

We are hiring for a Senior Software Engineer, Testing to design and build advanced test automation platforms that support high‑performance, mission‑critical systems. The role spans software engineering, testing strategy, and platform architecture, emphasizing agentic development loops and minimizing latency and downtime in production systems.

Your impact will be to reduce testing cycle times, accelerate release velocity, increase system reliability, adopt scalable automation across teams, and validate performance and business logic.

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 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 incidents.
• Contribute to the evolution of testing strategy during platform re‑architecture, including OMS SaaS migration.

Required Qualifications

• Strong computer science fundamentals with 4+ years of experience in technically rigorous environments.
• 2+ years of experience 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.
• Experience with 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 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

Expected onsite requirement: two days per week (Tuesday and Wednesday) at our Westport, CT campus.

Compensation Band

$350,000 – $500,000 inclusive of base salary, discretionary bonus, and potential long‑term incentive. Expected base salary is 50–75% of the range.

Bridgewater Employee Benefits

• Health insurance with 100% premium coverage and 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, including backup childcare.
• Financial assistance for family‑building support, including adoption and egg freezing.
• On‑site wellness facilities, free meals, healthy snacks, and meditation rooms.
• Community events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups.

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time in a manner consistent with applicable regulations.

Equal Opportunity

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.