Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), AVP (Wealth Custody & Clearing)

State Street’s Wealth Custody & Clearing (WC&C) business delivers institutional-grade custody, clearing, and platform services to wealth managers, broker-dealers, and financial institutions. As WC&C modernizes and scales its digital platforms, quality engineering and automated testing are critical to ensuring platform reliability, data integrity, and regulatory-grade controls.

About the role

This is a senior individual-contributor position focused on test automation, quality engineering, and software validation in a regulated, production-critical environment. You will design, build, and maintain automated testing frameworks, partner closely with developers and product teams, and act as a quality advocate throughout the software development lifecycle. The role emphasizes engineering-driven testing, not manual execution or people management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for frontend, 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

Domain Exposure

• Exposure to wealth management, brokerage, or financial services systems is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with validating workflows such as:
  • Account and portfolio lifecycle events
  • Trading and order management processes
  • Operational servicing and exception handling
• 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

Skills

• Strong proficiency in test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or equivalent)
• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Equivalent practical experience will be considered

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
• Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
• Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family care responsibilities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
• Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans

Pay

$90,000 - $157,500 annual. The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location, the applicable range could differ.

State Street is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.