Santander Bank, N.A. · 5 hours ago
Associate, Software Development Engineer in Test
Santander Bank, N.A. is a global leader and innovator in the financial services industry, evolving into a technology-driven organization. They are seeking an Associate Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of applications through automation and collaboration with engineering teams.
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Responsibilities
Develop and maintain automated test scripts and reusable frameworks, tools, utilities (UI/API/backend/mobile)
Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing (Shift left/right)
Analyze requirements to design test plans, test cases, and test acceptance criteria
Perform and support wide range of functional and non-functional testing types including automated functional and feature testing, regression, integration, system, compatibility, API, and performance tests
Identify, log, and report defects; support root-cause analysis; perform manual tests when needed to cover critical paths or exploratory tests
Write SQL queries for backend, data flow and APIs validation
Collaborate with developers, product, architecture, vendors, and engineering teams to ensure testability
Support test environment setup, automated test data creation, and test-to-production migration
Prepare test documentation, metrics, and quality reports
Apply QA methodologies, best practices, shift left/right, risk-based testing, standards and automation maturity
Use AI/LLM tools for test case generation, automation, impact analysis, optimization, classification, and documentation
Develop deep understanding of supported business processes and related applications
Perform additional duties as needed to support on going delivery of high quality apps
Influence, define, and own automation strategy for major features/systems
Design and enhance automation frameworks and tools
Support the integration of AI enabled testing methodologies into SDLC
Improve the quality of QA’s automated testing development by designing and implementing better abstractions for QA teams to use (for any automation)
Use AI tools to accelerate framework development, impact analysis and defect prediction
Mentor Specialist SDETs and support team-level quality practices
Drive quality engineering in design/architecture discussions
Perform advanced debugging and contribute to cross-team quality initiatives
Monitor post-release software quality, triage reported issues, and work with development teams on gap analysis with AI prediction automation
Identify gaps in automation, processes, tooling, and quality workflows — propose and implement improvements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent field
5+ Years Experience in Programming or scripting experience
5+ Years Automation tools/frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST-Assured, JMeter, etc
Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing lifecycle, and SDLC
Agile methodology, DevSecOps exposure along with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc
SQL proficiency; ability to test web apps, APIs, and systems with minimal UI
Experience with JIRA/ALM/Xray or similar tools
Comfort using AI-powered testing tools, copilots, and analysis utilities
Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills
Ability to manage workload, collaborate in Agile teams, effectively, and work independently
Preferred
Influence, define, and own automation strategy for major features/systems
Design and enhance automation frameworks and tools
Support the integration of AI enabled testing methodologies into SDLC
Improve the quality of QA's automated testing development by designing and implementing better abstractions for QA teams to use (for any automation)
Use AI tools to accelerate framework development, impact analysis and defect prediction
Mentor Specialist SDETs and support team-level quality practices
Drive quality engineering in design/architecture discussions
Perform advanced debugging and contribute to cross-team quality initiatives
Monitor post-release software quality, triage reported issues, and work with development teams on gap analysis with AI prediction automation
Identify gaps in automation, processes, tooling, and quality workflows — propose and implement improvements
Benefits
Fair and competitive rewards package
Support you, your family and your well-being, now and into the future
Company
Santander Bank, N.A.
At Santander Bank, it’s our mission to help people and businesses prosper.
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