Software Development Engineer in Test
Company: Charles Schwab Inc.
Location: US-TX-Austin
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-11-13
About this role
## Your Opportunity
At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.
*We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location.*
The Content Engineering Team (CET) is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to lead quality engineering and automation initiatives across our CMS and digital experience ecosystem.
This role will be responsible for driving an automation-first testing strategy, embedding quality into the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, and ensuring release readiness for CMS-driven platforms, including content publishing workflows, APIs, and frontend rendering layers.
The ideal candidate combines strong engineering fundamentals, deep test automation expertise, and quality leadership, with the ability to partner across Engineering, Product, and QA/QC to enable predictable, high-quality delivery.
Automation & Framework Engineering
- Design, build, and enhance **scalable test automation frameworks** supporting CMS, APIs, and web applications
- Drive automation across the **test pyramid** (API, integration, UI, regression)
- Improve test reliability, reduce flakiness, and optimize execution efficiency
- Establish reusable test components, utilities, and test data strategies
Quality Strategy & Delivery Alignment
- Define and implement **quality strategy** for CET/CMS product areas
- Partner with Product Owners and Engineering to ensure:
- clear acceptance criteria
- testability of features
- early identification of quality risks
- Lead **risk-based testing approach** for:
- content authoring and publishing workflows
- page rendering and component integrations
- API/content delivery
CI/CD & Quality Gate Enablement
- Integrate automat...