Full Job Description
As a Senior Specialist in Software Development & Engineering (SDET), you9ll contribute to building reliable, scalable, and client-centric digital solutions that support how advisors and clients onboard and engage with Schwab. This role sits within Advisor Services Technology on the Digital Onboarding team, where quality engineering is embedded into everything we deliver. You9ll collaborate across engineering, architecture, and product teams to ensure our platforms are resilient, accessible, and built with our clients9 needs at the center.
You9ll thrive in an agile, fast-moving environment that values curiosity, accountability, and continuous improvement. Your work will help reduce risk, accelerate delivery, and enable smoother experiences for our clients and advisors-making a meaningful impact at Schwab.
What You9ll Do
b7 Build, maintain, and enhance scalable UI and API test automation frameworks that support critical, client-facing platforms
b7 Partner with engineers and architects to embed testability, automation, and quality earlier in the development lifecycle
b7 Identify potential quality risks early and apply preventive testing strategies to improve platform stability and performance
b7 Enable faster and safer integrations by automating validation of APIs and core services
b7 Apply AI-assisted testing approaches to improve efficiency, accuracy, and test coverage
b7 Serve as a quality engineering leader for one or more agile teams by elevating standards, practices, and quality-driven decisions
b7 Create clear, concise documentation that supports both technical and non-technical stakeholders
b7 Foster a collaborative, inclusive environment where experimentation, learning, and shared ownership are encouraged
What you have
Required Qualifications
b7 Bachelor9s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
b7 3+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining automated testing solutions
b7 Demonstrated ability to build and maintain automated tests for APIs, services, or user interfaces using C# with Reqnroll, TypeScript, Webdriver IO, Playwright, nUnit (c#) Jasmine(Angular), Karma JS - Test runner, Cucumber and Gherkin and follow the principles of Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavioral Driven Development (BDD), and Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD).
b7 Good understanding with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) concepts, unit testing principles and implementations, API test automation techniques as well as automated deployment pipeline tools (Bamboo /GIT)
b7 Good knowledge of new standard industry tools for logging bugs and managing test cases (ex. JIRA, Zephyr).
b7 Demonstrated ability to build and maintain automated tests for APIs, services, or user interfaces
b7 Strong foundation in software development concepts, including object-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures
b7 Experience contributing within agile or iterative delivery teams
b7 Ability to analyze complex problems, communicate clearly, and apply sound judgment
Preferred Qualifications
b7 Experience supporting or testing highly available, scalable applications
b7 Familiarity with modern web technologies and front-end frameworks
b7 Experience working with relational or non-relational data stores
b7 Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and test automation in cloud-based environments
b7 Exposure to write/run the performance test scripts using JMeter to see how scalable and responsive APIs and event-driven consumer applications are under different load conditions.
b7 Interest in mentoring others and influencing quality engineering best practices
b7 Experience working in regulated or security-conscious environments
