Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) – Backbase & Digital Banking

Aequilibrium is a digital consulting and technology company helping financial institutions modernize digital banking. They are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to design, build, and maintain automated testing frameworks for digital banking applications, ensuring quality across the software delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for digital banking applications
• Develop automated tests for web, mobile, API, backend, and integration layers
• Create and maintain automated regression, functional, smoke, integration, and end-to-end test suites
• Build and maintain mobile test automation using Appium, Espresso for Android, and XCTest for iOS
• Support quality engineering practices across Agile delivery teams
• Collaborate with developers to define testable acceptance criteria and improve code quality
• Implement automated testing within CI/CD pipelines
• Develop API automation for RESTful services, microservices, and integration points
• Support performance testing, load testing, and reliability validation
• Analyze test results, identify defects, and work with engineering teams to resolve issues
• Help define testing standards, automation patterns, and quality gates
• Participate in code reviews for automation frameworks and test scripts
• Mentor other QA engineers and contribute to a strong quality engineering culture
• Work directly with client teams in a consulting environment

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in software quality engineering, test automation, or SDET roles
• Strong experience designing and maintaining automated testing frameworks
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Kotlin
• Experience with UI automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar
• Experience working with Appium and in developing and maintaining mobile test automation with Espresso for Android and XCTest for iOS
• Strong API testing experience with tools such as REST Assured, Postman, Karate, and similar tools
• Experience testing microservices, APIs, and distributed systems
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar
• Experience with Git, pull requests, branching strategies, and code reviews
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery practices
• Experience with SQL and database validation
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across frontend, backend, mobile, API, and infrastructure layers
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with client stakeholders
• Experience with Backbase, VeriPark, or other digital banking platforms
• Experience in credit unions, banking, fintech, lending, originations, payments, or member onboarding
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, BlazeMeter, Azure Load Testing, OctoPerf, or similar
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Azure Application Insights, Splunk, Kibana, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry
• Experience with contract testing, OpenAPI, OAuth, identity, authentication, or authorization flows
• Experience with BDD tools such as Cucumber, Gherkin, or SpecFlow
• Experience with AI-assisted development or testing tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar tools
• Consulting or client-facing delivery experience