Senior Associate, Software Engineering: Software Development Test; SDET

Position: Senior Associate, Software Engineering: Software Development Test (SDET)
* Analyze the business requirements, understand the expectation from end user, review with Business Analysts/SMEs and design test scenarios.
* Develop comprehensive performance & parallel test plans based on system requirements and risk assessments.
* Leverage Python and Java to create ad-hoc parallel testing tools to be used inte h side by side system runs and for automating the comparison of output data generated by both systems (nice to have).
* Design and develop performance & parallel test scenarios & scripts using appropriate tools and frameworks. Automate the scripts with available tools wherever possible.
* Design and develop parallel testing strategies.  Develop automation that can compare system outputs between a cloud-based system and legacy client server, DB2, Java system.
* Monitor system behavior during performance, Load, Stress, and parallel tests and ensure systems meet functional and performance objectives.
* Functional testing knowledge will be required and a good understanding of Financial Clearing and Risk systems.  So, some industry knowledge is preferred, but not a showstopper.
* Identify performance bottlenecks, root causes, and potential solutions.
* Identify functional testing issues, root causes and potential solutions.
* Analyze Results, compare against SLAs, Benchmarks and Provide insights to improve End User Experience.
* Document defects in Test management tool and provide input for improving performance & parallel test processes.
* Work closely with development, QA and Operations teams to understand application architecture, requirements and integrate performance & parallel testing into the overall testing strategy.
* Stay abreast of industry best practices and bring innovative ideas.
* Design and develop automated parallel testing tools using AI-based decision systems (Claude).  Nice to have.
* Establish testing standards, technical guidance, develop test strategies and conduct knowledge sharing sessions.
* Data extraction knowledge for both legacy Linux and AWS DBMS, AWS S3
* Process oriented , documentation heavy
* Automation mindset – Scripting, test data setup, execution, comparison, and reporting.
* Ability to create repeatable tests with limited manual intervention
* Knowledge of development & testing life cycles (Waterfall/Agile), change control tracking, and test planning with experience in AI-driven testing methodologies.
* Analytical skills to test sophisticated systems, log defects, implement predictive analytics, and clearly communicate findings to stakeholders.
* Strong communication skills (written and oral), and ability to work effectively with clients and management.
* Highly motivated self-starter with creative problem-solving skills and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced Agile environment.
* Experience in Performance and parallel testing on cloud & on-prem for n-tiered environments.
* Experience in understanding the application architecture, NFR’s & identifying production workloads.
* Experience in AWS or Azure platform to run performance and parallel tests.
* Experience in monitoring queues with tools like Any Point, MQ explorer and IR360
* Automic Automation and Job Scheduling– UC4, nice to have
* Experience in running automated performance tests via CI/CD pipelines (on platforms like Cloud bees, Git Hub etc.)
* Experience with application monitoring/Observability, building dashboards, identifying & establishing SLA’s, logging & tracing.
* Understanding of Capacity planning and Performance tuning.
* Understanding of container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
* Working Knowledge of Testing tools – Spiratest
* Working knowledge of Atlassian products – Jira Software, Confluence
* Working knowledge of Python, Java Script and Java language
* Good problem-solving skills with the ability to think outside of the box when designing and implementing the parallel testing platform.
* Bachelor's/master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, and any related discipline.
* 1+ years of experience in SDET with 3+ years in the areas of Performance/parallel Testing / Architecture / Dev Ops.
* Hands-on experience building test automation and parallel…