Senior Software Development Test Quality Engineering

LPL Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
Fort Mill, SCCharlotte, NC
Salary
$91,400–$152,400 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $122k
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This role pays less than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $139,725–$203,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $122k versus about $172k for comparable roles.

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About LPL Financial

LPL Financial is the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States, providing brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial institutions. Industry: Financial Services & Wealth Management

LPL Financial currently has 59 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Development Test Quality Engineering

Sr Eng, Software Dev Test QE joins the quality engineering team to design, implement, and execute comprehensive testing strategies across various technology platforms. This role involves building scalable automated test frameworks, creating detailed test plans, and validating complex integration workflows for cloud-native and hybrid architectures on AWS. The engineer will perform functional, regression, performance, security, and user acceptance testing while integrating automated solutions into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery. Key technologies include Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, Postman, JMeter, and TypeScript. Candidates should be proficient in Java, C#, or Python and possess experience with Kafka, PostgreSQL, and SQL for database validation. The role focuses on ensuring high-quality software delivery for mission-critical enterprise platforms that require high availability, scalability, and compliance within a complex, large-scale environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks and reusable assets for enterprise applications.
  • Create and execute detailed test plans and scenarios to ensure coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Validate complex integration workflows across multiple platforms, including cloud-native and hybrid architectures on AWS.
  • Identify, document, and track software defects while partnering with development teams to resolve issues.
  • Perform functional, integration, regression, performance, security, and user acceptance testing activities.
  • Integrate automated testing solutions into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and release quality.
  • Participate in architecture reviews and code reviews to promote testability throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Mentor junior quality engineers and promote growth of quality-focused engineering practices across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, or SDET roles.
  • Proficiency in at least one object-oriented programming language such as Java, C#, or Python.
  • Experience designing and implementing automated testing solutions using tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, Postman, or JMeter.
  • Hands-on experience developing automation solutions using TypeScript and messaging platforms like Kafka.
  • Experience with AWS cloud services and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proficiency in API testing, SQL database validation (PostgreSQL), and non-functional testing such as performance or security.
  • Experience testing large-scale enterprise applications with complex integrations and high availability requirements.

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