Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Locations: San Francisco, CA | Hybrid

Get To Know Us

In this role as a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will be working on a fast-paced Agile team who are focused on building functionality to support our product modernization initiatives. This involves close collaboration in a cross-functional team of Software Developers, QA engineers and Product Managers. This SDET role will encompass product functional testing with scope to include writing automation, defining and implementing the automation framework, monitoring CI/CD Pipelines, performance & test results analysis, use case validation, evaluating and reporting current quality of existing and new features, developing and maintaining test tools.   

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model and Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Wide Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents, and Experiences of Our Employees
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get to Do

• Own the entire testing process for your team, including representing quality in cross-team discussions, requirements analysis, test planning, test case definition and execution, and test case automation. 
• Cultivate deep understanding of business needs and technical roadmap and set clear quality standards in collaboration with other Quality and Engineering Managers.  
• Recommend improvements to quality process, testing methodology, and automation strategy within your team and across the product. 
• Help define and implement performance/scale test strategy and capabilities. 
• Monitor and improve CI/CD pipelines. 
• Maintain and extend existing test automation framework, as well as evaluation and build out of any new frameworks in support of our automation needs and strategy. 
• Provide technical guidance to QA team members and enhance technical capabilities. 
• Be an advocate and champion of a quality mindset across your team and the product. – ‘build quality in’, ‘automation-first’ and ‘shift left test’.

What You Will Bring 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Science, or other relevant majors or equivalent experience. 
• 5+ years of experience in delivering high quality products and facilitating automation tests in enterprise software environment. 
• Experience with writing automation with the following languages: Python, TypeScript 
• Experience with API and UI testing platforms, Pytest, Playwright or similar frameworks. 
• Knowledge of the complete QA cycle and experience with different types of testing, including experience building and adding onto an automation framework.
• Experience with Dockers and Cloud platforms 
• Experience with Continuous Integration tools (e.g GitHub Actions). PULL-Request, cherry-pick, merge conflict resolution should be second nature to you.  
• Experience in developing or influencing the development of automated framework(s) for enterprise level functional and regression testing is preferable. 
• Experience with performance testing using Locust or other performance tools.

Nice to Have

• Portfolio and/or accounting and investment industry experience 
• Understanding of financial instruments and how they apply to today’s marketplace. 
• Experience with Agile methodologies including scrum practices. 
• Experience Unix/Linux OS 
• Knowledge in Performance testing 
• Working knowledge of MongoDB, Json Scripts, SQL 

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

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SS&C Technologies offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; and professional development reimbursement opportunity.

Actual base salary will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant skills, prior experience, education, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.

California: The expected base salary for the position is between 130,000 USD to 150,000 USD.

In addition, employees in this role may be eligible for consideration on an annual basis for a discretionary bonus and/or equity awards, such as restricted stock units or stock options, based upon individual and business performance at the company’s discretion. 

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.