W2: Senior SDET

Client: DTCC

POSITION             W2: Senior SDET

LOCATION            Hybrid - Tampa, FL; Jersey City, NJ; Boston, MA (3x/week onsite)

DURATION           6-12 Months

C2C PAY RATE     $55/hr C2C

INTERVIEW TYPE               Video

VISA RESTRICTIONS          No H1B

REQUIRED SKILLS            

MUST HAVE: 10+ years of hands-on experience in Java-based application development and test automation

MUST HAVE: Strong Java Selenium experience

Selenium WebDriver

REST API Testing

TestNG / JUnit

Cucumber / BDD

Key Responsibilities

• Test Automation & Quality Engineering
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks and test suites for UI, API, integration, performance, and end-to-end testing.
• Define and implement test strategies that support Agile and DevOps delivery models.
• Develop reusable automation components and libraries to improve test efficiency and maintainability.
• Ensure comprehensive functional, regression, integration, and system test coverage.
• Drive shift-left testing practices and quality engineering initiatives.

Software Development

• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Java and industry-standard testing frameworks.
• Review application designs and code to ensure testability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve application quality and reduce production defects.
• Participate in code reviews and enforce automation coding standards and best practices.
• CI/CD & DevOps Integration
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or CloudBees.
• Enable continuous testing across development, QA, and production environments.
• Support containerized testing environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Analyze pipeline failures and improve test execution reliability.

Quality & Risk Management

• Perform root-cause analysis of defects and production incidents.
• Develop quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms.
• Ensure compliance with security, resiliency, and regulatory requirements.
• Promote risk mitigation and proactive quality assurance practices.
• Leadership & Collaboration
• Mentor junior QA engineers and SDETs.
• Partner with product, architecture, and development teams to define acceptance criteria and quality standards.
• Drive adoption of modern testing tools, frameworks, and engineering practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.