
Software Development Engineer in Test, AVP – Wealth Custody & Clearing
State Street
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • New Jersey • United 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