Software Development Engineer in Test

Clearwater Analytics is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join their mission to be the world's most trusted technology platform for investment management. The role involves designing and maintaining automated test frameworks, validating complex distributed systems, and championing QA best practices, particularly for FinTech applications in OEMS, PMS, FO, and IM domains, ensuring robust, compliant, and scalable technology.

Must Have

• 4+ years of professional software testing and test automation experience.
• Proficiency in Java/Typescript/VBScript for test automation.
• Experience with Selenium/Playwright/UFT and frameworks like Junit/TestNG/POM/Hybrid.
• Experience with test management tools like ALM/TestRail/Xray/Zephyr/JIRA.
• Experience with mocking/stubbing tools and CI/CD integration (Jenkins/GitLab/GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with QA best practices, Agile, Continuous Testing, Shift-Left Testing.
• Collaborate to define test strategies and automation coverage.
• Develop and maintain reliable automated test suites.
• Engineer tools to simulate market events and validate financial workflows.
• Investigate test failures and conduct root cause analysis.
• Advocate for and implement QA best practices.
• Continually evolve automation frameworks.

Good to Have

• Background in FinTech, BFSI, or highly regulated domains.
• Testing experience with Spring Boot applications.
• Knowledge of Python/JavaScript.
• Knowledge/Experience with building API, integration, and end-to-end automated tests.
• Knowledge of SQL for test data design and validation.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of automation build tools such as Gradle/Maven.

About Us:

At Clearwater Analytics, we are on a mission to become the world's most trusted and comprehensive technology platform for investment management, reporting, accounting, and analytics. We partner with sophisticated institutional investors worldwide and are seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who shares our passion for innovation and client commitment.

Role Overview:

If you are an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with a passion for FinTech, particularly in OEMS, PMS, FO, and IM, we invite you to apply for this position. You’ll be responsible for designing and maintaining automated test frameworks, validating complex distributed systems, and championing QA for best practices that ensure our technology is robust, compliant, and ready for scale.

Qualifications & Experience (Required):

• 4+ years of professional software testing and test automation experience.
• Proficiency in at least one of the programming languages such as Java/Typescript/VBScript for test automation scripting and framework creation/maintenance.
• Strong experience with at least one automation tool such as Selenium/Playwright/UFT (Unified Functional Testing) using testing frameworks such as Junit/TestNG/POM/Hybrid.
• Experience with at least one test management tool such as ALM/TestRail/Xray/Zephyr/JIRA
• Experience with mocking/stubbing tools and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (using Jenkins/GitLab/GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with QA best practices, workflows, and methodologies (Agile, Continuous Testing, Shift-Left Testing).

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Background in FinTech, BFSI or other highly regulated, mission-critical domains.
• Testing experience with Spring Boot applications.
• Knowledge of programming languages like Python/JavaScript.
• Knowledge/Experience with building API, integration, and end-to-end automated tests.
• Knowledge of SQL for test data design and validation.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g. one of AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) for reproducible test setups.
• Knowledge of automation build tools such as Gradle/Maven.

Key Competencies:

• Strong problem-solving skills, with meticulous attention to test design detail.
• Ability to blend strategic quality objectives with tactical testing execution.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, QA, and product teams.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, regulated environments requiring compliance and precision.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with developers, analysts, and product managers to define test strategies and automation coverage.
• Develop and maintain reliable automated test suites for functional, regression, integration, smoke, canary, API, and performance scenarios.
• Engineer tools to simulate market events and validate complex financial workflows.
• Investigate test failures, conduct root cause analysis, and ensure regression prevention.
• Advocate for and implement QA best practices across the SDLC.
• Continually evolve automation frameworks to improve scalability and efficiency.

Welcome

Thank you for your interest in a career with Clearwater!

About us

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) is transforming investment management with the industry’s most comprehensive cloud-native platform for institutional investors across global public and private markets. While legacy systems create risk, inefficiency, and data fragmentation, Clearwater’s single-instance, multi-tenant architecture delivers real-time data and AI-driven insights throughout the investment lifecycle. The platform eliminates information silos by integrating portfolio management, trading, investment accounting, reconciliation, regulatory reporting, performance, compliance, and risk analytics in one unified system. Serving leading insurers, asset managers, hedge funds, banks, corporations, and governments, Clearwater supports over $8.8 trillion in assets globally. Learn more at www.clearwateranalytics.com.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to still apply! You may be just what we're looking for.