Associate Principal, Software Engineering – SDET

OCC

Associate Principal Software Engineer in Test at OCC ensuring quality and automation in financial systems. Collaborating with teams to deliver high-performance software solutions within agile environments.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeDallas • Illinois, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $104,800 - $174,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudLinuxSDLCUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and champion automation strategies that keep mission-critical financial systems stable, performant, and continuously deliverable
Partner closely with developers, product owners, and platform engineers to embed quality throughout the software lifecycle—from sprint planning through production release
Create, maintain and execute automation test plans
Write code against software platforms
Estimate testing efforts
Analyze and communicate test results, defect tracking and participate in day-to-day test activities (functional, regression and integration)
Contribute to the company's performance and scalability testing efforts
Develop, enhance and extend automation frameworks
Identify quality tasks during team sprint cycle and implement automation for new features
Support regression testing and introduction of required changes as new releases are introduced
Build upon/maintain professional relationships with key colleagues and vendors

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience working in an Agile environment
Hands-on experience with design, develop and maintain testcases by utilizing leading industry standards tools and automation frameworks that can simulate complex multi-system scenarios
Experience working with two or more of the following: web/mobile application development, Unix/Linux environments transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software systems development, security software development, public-cloud platforms
Strong testing experience which includes developing test plans, automate test cases, and working with test frameworks
Understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC), including proven experience in implementing software applications

Benefits

Comp & perks

A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
Student Loan Repayment Assistance
Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
Generous PTO and Parental leave
401k Employer Match
Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

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Hard Skills & Tools

automation strategiesautomation test planstest frameworkstest casesperformance testingscalability testingdefect trackingAgile methodologySDLCsoftware development

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationrelationship buildingproblem-solvinganalytical skills