Quality Assurance Engineer, Specialist / Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.
Vanguard India
Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.
Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to design and implement automated testing solutions that improve product quality, reliability, and delivery speed. This role requires strong programming skills, hands-on test automation experience, and expertise in quality engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions.
- Build reusable automation frameworks and testing utilities.
- Develop API, integration, regression, and end-to-end tests.
- Partner with engineering teams to ensure quality throughout development.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Analyse test results and investigate defects.
- Improve automation coverage and testing efficiency.
- Support release and production-readiness activities.
- Define quality engineering standards and best practices.
- Evaluate emerging automation and AI-assisted testing technologies
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 3 years of experience in test automation or quality engineering.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
- Strong programming skills in Python or JavaScript.
- Experience building automated testing solutions.
- Experience testing APIs and integrated systems.
- Knowledge of automation frameworks and testing tools.
- Experience with CI/CD and automated delivery processes.
- Strong analytical and debugging capabilities.
- Understanding of Agile development practices.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Selenium, Cucumber, Playwright, or Cypress.
- Experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
- Exposure to AI-assisted testing solutions.
- Experience testing cloud-native applications.
Location
This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard India. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.
Our mission
Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
Our commitment to you
Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life:
Financial wellness
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.
Physical wellness
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness.
Personal wellness
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life.
How we work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (crew members), designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Skills Required
- At least 3 years of experience in test automation or quality engineering
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- Strong programming skills in Python or JavaScript
- Experience building automated testing solutions
- Experience testing APIs and integrated systems
- Knowledge of automation frameworks and testing tools
- Experience with CI/CD and automated delivery processes
- Strong analytical and debugging capabilities
- Understanding of Agile development practices
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Experience with Selenium, Cucumber, Playwright, or Cypress
- Experience building automation frameworks from scratch
- Exposure to AI-assisted testing solutions
- Experience testing cloud-native applications
Vanguard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vanguard and has not been reviewed or approved by Vanguard.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support appears unusually strong through a 401(k) design that includes a match plus an additional employer contribution, which can materially lift long-term total rewards. HSA seeding and an enhanced employer match further strengthen the savings-and-benefits value of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle support is reinforced by a sizable annual FlexFund stipend that can be applied across many day-to-day categories such as fitness, childcare, and other personal expenses. On-site or virtual clinics and fitness options add practical health and wellness convenience.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare and related benefits are positioned as comparatively affordable via heavily subsidized medical plans and broad coverage options. This affordability can offset moderate base pay for employees who place higher value on out-of-pocket cost reductions.
Vanguard Insights
What We Do
We are a community of 30 million who think – and feel – differently about investing. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests. Since our founding in 1975, helping our investors achieve their goals is our sole reason for existence. With no other parties to answer to and therefore no conflicting loyalties, we make every decision—like keeping investing costs as low as possible—with only your needs in mind. Vanguard is one of the world's largest investment companies, offering a large selection of high-quality low-cost mutual funds, ETFs, advice, and related services. Individual and institutional investors, financial professionals, and plan sponsors can benefit from the size, stability, and experience Vanguard offers. As of April 30, 2019, we managed more than $5.6 trillion in global assets. In addition, we have 189 funds in the United States and 225 funds in global markets. For Commenting Guidelines & Important information, visit here: http://vanguard.com/linkedin Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.
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