Technology, Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Vice President

About the role

BTIG seeks a hands-on Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the Technology Quality Management team. You will generate, execute, debug, and maintain automated tests across critical workflows, reporting to the Head of QA. This role involves owning test suites, improving reliability, investigating failures, and providing clear quality evidence to support daily engineering decisions. You will work on a lean, hands-on team where ownership, judgment, and follow-through matter, and collaborate to improve OpenCode-based skills and frameworks that accelerate test engineering workflows.

This position is open only in our New York City or San Francisco offices, with a minimum requirement of working 4+ days per week in-office.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Playwright and TypeScript-based automated tests across UI, API, integration, and regression coverage areas.
• Translate product requirements, defects, and API specifications into reliable automated test cases.
• Investigate flaky or failing tests, identify root causes, and produce reproducible defect evidence.
• Design and maintain OpenCode-based agent workflows for test generation, failure triage, and regression selection.
• Apply context engineering and cost-efficiency strategies without weakening verification quality.
• Develop and maintain test data approaches, including fixtures, synthetic data, and environment-safe datasets for repeatable automation.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines with reliable gating, clear failure reporting, and retained test artifacts.

Requirements

• 3+ years hands-on SDET experience with demonstrated ownership of automated tests across UI, API, contract, integration, and regression layers.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript, including fixtures, traces, parallel execution, and CI artifact analysis.
• Experience using AI-assisted development or test tools in terminal, CLI, or editor-based workflows (OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, etc.); proven ability to critically review and correct agent-generated tests, commands, and code.
• Working knowledge of agent architecture: primary/subagents, scoped tool permissions, repo memory, model routing, and human-in-the-loop review.
• CI/CD integration experience (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent).
• API testing fundamentals: REST, OpenAPI, contract testing, auth/authz boundaries, and negative-path validation.
• Strong debugging discipline for test failures, flaky behavior, and application defects.

Nice to have

• Performance, load, or chaos engineering exposure.
• Open-source contributions to test or agentic tooling.
• Financial services or regulated environment experience.

Important Notes

Must be authorized to work full time in the U.S.; BTIG does not offer sponsorship for work visas of any type.

About BTIG

BTIG is a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research, and related brokerage services. With an extensive global footprint and more than 700 employees, BTIG operates out of 20 cities throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia. The firm offers execution, expertise, and insights for equities, equity derivatives, ETFs, fixed income, currency, and commodities, along with core capabilities in global execution, portfolio and electronic trading, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research, and strategy.

Pay

The estimated base salary range for this role is $110,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year. Certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation such as discretionary bonus or overtime.