Software Development Engineer In Test

You will lead the design, development and scaling of comprehensive full-stack automation frameworks and tools, delivering comprehensive test coverage for user interfaces, APIs, microservices and critical integration layers interacting with enterprise core banking systems. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring the highest levels of quality, performance, security, and financial data accuracy through well-engineered test solutions.

This role calls for a true subject-matter expert in full-stack test automation, someone who has successfully built and scaled testing frameworks within complex, highly regulated environments. Beyond the technical work, you'll set the standard through hands-on leadership—mentoring team members and championing the cultural shift needed to embed sophisticated automation practices organization-wide, all in service of delivering dependable, compliant financial software.

Lead the ownership and evolution of AI-assisted automation platform —for WebUI and API test consumed across the application teams. This is a senior platform engineering role: you architect the framework, CI/CD tooling and governance guardrails that let dozens of teams write reliable UI and API tests at scale without breaking each other or the shared core. You set standards, collaborate to improve adoption and solve Engineer pain points, mentor engineers across teams and act as the technical anchor for the platform serving Ford Credit's financial applications and their audit, compliance and data-integrity needs.

• Architect generic, reusable capabilities covering the full application stack – including UI (Web applications), APIs, and Microservices - keeping product-specific behaviour behind clean provider boundaries.

• Develop and expand advanced test automation frameworks, modernizing them to align with DevOps principles and cloud-native architectures.

• Establish, lead, and continuously refine the test automation strategy specifically for Ford Credit’s core banking applications and integrated financial products, ensuring rigorous quality standards aligned with business goals, regulatory requirements, and audit needs.

• Define and implement comprehensive test automation standards, best practices, and guidelines tailored for testing complex, high-transaction financial systems.

• Design and implement automated quality gates and checkpoints within the CI/CD pipeline to prevent regressions and ensure the integrity of builds impacting core banking functionalities.

• Develop DevOps solutions for automating testing tasks, reporting, and automatically breaking builds upon critical test failures or quality degradation.

• Create and maintain detailed testing evidence, test reports and documentation for all automated tests, ensuring full compliance with internal policies, external regulations, and audit requirements specific to the financial industry.

• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Software Engineers and Core Banking domain experts to understand complex financial requirements, define precise testing criteria, and prioritize automation capabilities.

• Support application teams in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, particularly those related to core banking integrations, data discrepancies, and test environment challenges

• 8+ years of progressive experience in Test Automation, hands on experience building framework and tools with scale.

  • Strong Scripting and Programming knowledge in languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, with proven ability to build robust, maintainable automation frameworks and scripts for complex financial applications.

  • Strong experience with cloud, demonstrating the ability to leverage cloud services for test environment management, test execution, and scaling automation infrastructure securely.

  • Experience with Infrastructure as a Code (IaaC), Virtualization and Container Orchestration (Kubernetes - K8s) related to setting up test environments

  • Hands-on Experience in Developing Automation Scripts for UI using frameworks/tools like Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Playwright, or Cypress.

  • Hands on experience with API Automation using tools/frameworks like Postman, SoapUI, or Rest Assured, specifically for testing APIs, web services, and microservices.

  • Very strong experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (preferred experience with Tekton, Cloud Build, and/or Jenkins) to integrate automated tests and implement quality gates for changes impacting the systems.

  • Experience in using build tools like Gradle or Maven and testing frameworks like TestNG.

  • Must have Experience in GitHub for version control and collaborative development of automation code.

  • Working experience in Mobile cloud platforms like Headspin or Perfecto for automating testing of mobile banking applications.

  • Must have strong experience with multi-channel and system integration testing, specifically validating data flow and interactions between the system and other internal/external applications

  • Exposure to AI tools like GenAI for potential applications in test framework/capabilities.

  • Knowledge on Current Market Trends about the Automation tools and Frameworks, specifically in the FinTech or banking space.

  • Must have strong knowledge in data visualization and reporting using tools like Extent Report to effectively communicate test results, quality metrics, and automation coverage.

  • Ability to work effectively in diversified global teams and projects, collaborating across different time zones and cultures.

  • Advanced troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues across the full stack, particularly those involving multi service interactions or data discrepancies.

  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts and quality concerns clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with multiple of the listed core banking platforms (Fiserv, FIS, Finacle).

• Knowledge of performance testing concepts and tools ([e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner]) for high-volume transaction systems.

• Exposure to Unix and Linux environments for managing test execution or environments.

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience.

• Min of 8+ years of SDET Experience