Software Development Engineer in Test

Pay range:
USD $91,800.00 - $204,100.00 / Year

Your opportunity

At Schwab, you're empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us "challenge the status quo" and transform the finance industry together.

We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location.

The Content Engineering Team (CET) is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to lead quality engineering and automation initiatives across our CMS and digital experience ecosystem.

This role will be responsible for driving an automation-first testing strategy, embedding quality into the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, and ensuring release readiness for CMS-driven platforms, including content publishing workflows, APIs, and frontend rendering layers.

The ideal candidate combines strong engineering fundamentals, deep test automation expertise, and quality leadership, with the ability to partner across Engineering, Product, and QA/QC to enable predictable, high-quality delivery.

Automation & Framework Engineering

• Design, build, and enhance scalable test automation frameworks supporting CMS, APIs, and web applications
• Drive automation across the test pyramid (API, integration, UI, regression)
• Improve test reliability, reduce flakiness, and optimize execution efficiency
• Establish reusable test components, utilities, and test data strategies

Quality Strategy & Delivery Alignment

• Define and implement quality strategy for CET/CMS product areas
• Partner with Product Owners and Engineering to ensure:
• clear acceptance criteria
• testability of features
• early identification of quality risks
• Lead risk-based testing approach for:
• content authoring and publishing workflows
• page rendering and component integrations
• API/content delivery

CI/CD & Quality Gate Enablement

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Define and enforce quality gates for:
• pull requests
• builds and deployments
• release readiness
• Enable continuous testing and improve deployment confidence signals

Leadership & Cross-Team Collaboration

• Act as a quality leader within CET/CMS teams
• Mentor SDETs, engineers, and QA/QC resources on automation best practices
• Promote shift-left testing and defect prevention
• Communicate release readiness, risks, and coverage gaps to stakeholders

What you have

To ensure that we have fulfilled our promise of "challenging the status quo," this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications

Technical

• Strong programming experience in:
• Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Proven experience building enterprise-scale automation frameworks
• Experience with tools such as:
• Selenium, Playwright, Mabl
• RestAssured, Postman (API testing)
• Solid understanding of:
• test design patterns and architecture
• API and microservices testing
• debugging, logging, and root cause analysis

CI/CD & Engineering Practices

• Hands-on experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with:
• Git-based workflows
• build pipelines and deployment processes
• test execution in pipeline environments
• Experience defining and implementing automated quality gates

Domain / Delivery

• Experience supporting CMS platforms, digital/web applications, or content delivery systems
• Strong understanding of end-to-end system testing in integrated environments
• Experience working in Agile / SAFe delivery models
• Must have current working experience with Schwab systems and processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Drupal CMS
• Experience testing Next.js or modern frontend frameworks
• Familiarity with headless CMS and API-driven architectures
• Exposure to:
• performance testing (k6, JMeter)
• accessibility validation
• cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)
• observability tools

In addition to the salary range, this role is also eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities

What's in it for you

At Schwab, you're empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration-so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.

We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you - both today and in the future:

• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance