State Street

Software Development Engineer in Test, AVP – Wealth Custody & Clearing

State Street

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: BostonMassachusettsNew JerseyUnited States

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Salary

💰 $90,000 - $157,500 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for front end, backend, and API driven systems
  • Build and execute automated test suites covering functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end scenarios
  • Partner closely with application developers, product managers, and platform engineers to embed quality early in the SDLC
  • Validate system behavior across wealth custody, clearing, trading, and servicing workflows
  • Create and maintain test data strategies that support repeatable, reliable automated testing
  • Identify, document, and track defects while contributing to root cause analysis and defect prevention
  • Ensure applications meet enterprise expectations for accuracy, reliability, resiliency, and regulatory compliance
  • Support production readiness efforts, including release validation and post deployment issue analysis

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in software quality engineering, SDET, or test automation roles
  • Strong experience working as a hands-on individual contributor embedded within engineering teams
  • Proven ability to design and implement automated testing solutions for complex systems
  • Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments where quality and control are critical
  • Strong collaboration skills and the ability to influence quality outcomes without formal authority
  • Familiarity with validating workflows such as account and portfolio lifecycle events, trading and order management processes
  • Understanding of testing needs related to role-based entitlements, data accuracy, auditability, and controls
  • Experience supporting systems subject to regulatory oversight (e.g., SEC, FINRA) is a plus
  • Strong proficiency in test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright)
  • Experience testing API-based and microservices architectures, including integration and contract testing
  • Familiarity with Java, JavaScript, or other backend/frontend languages used for test development
  • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines to integrate automated testing into deployment workflows
  • Knowledge of performance, resiliency, and negative path testing concepts
  • Strong understanding of testing best practices, quality metrics, and defect management.
Benefits
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability
  • Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, family care responsibilities
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program
  • Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
automated test frameworksautomated testing solutionstest automation toolsSeleniumCypressPlaywrightAPI testingmicroservices architecturesCI/CD pipelinesdefect management
Soft Skills
collaboration skillsinfluence quality outcomesroot cause analysiscommunication abilitiesorganizational skills