Lead Software Development Test Engineer

About the role

At DTCC, you will be part of the Information Technology group, which delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable the global capital markets. Our team focuses on delivering high-quality information through essential activities, including development of infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and execution of scalable test automation solutions for mission-critical financial market applications, ensuring high quality, reliability, and operational resilience.
• Drive automation strategy across UI, API, database, and integration testing domains while leveraging AI-enabled testing practices to improve efficiency and coverage.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to QA engineers, promoting engineering excellence, best practices, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support cloud modernization, database migration initiatives, and delivery of high-quality software across distributed, containerized environments.
• Champion innovation through adoption of advanced automation frameworks, self-healing technologies, and data-driven quality engineering methodologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or technical field and/or equivalent experience
• Deep expertise in keyword-driven / data-driven automation frameworks, including designing, extending, and maintaining reusable framework components
• Strong programming skills in a language such as Python, Java, or C# for building robust, maintainable automation
• Proven experience automating across multiple layers — UI, REST/SOAP API, database, and end-to-end integration testing
• Solid database and SQL proficiency, with practical experience validating data across relational systems (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and testing data migrations
• Working knowledge of containerized, microservices architectures (e.g., Docker/Kubernetes) and testing in distributed, multi-service environments
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab) for continuous testing
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools for test generation, self-healing locators, or intelligent test maintenance is a strong plus
• Prior experience leading or mentoring QA engineers and setting technical direction for a testing practice
• Talents Needed For Success: 7+ years of hands-on test automation engineering, ideally within complex, large-scale enterprise or financial platforms

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being

Schedule

• A flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee)