Software Engineer in Test

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Software Engineer in Test

The Role

Fidelity’s Asset Management Division is seeking a SDET to join our Quantitative Research and Investing Technology (QRIT) team. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and delivering the quantitative portfolio management platform that supports Fidelity’s data-driven investment processes.

As we continue to expand our automation capabilities, we’re seeking a dedicated QA Automation Engineer to take point on the quality and reliability of our automated test suites across backend API services and our Angular UI.

In this role, you will serve as the primary owner of our automated testing ecosystem, guiding best practices, monitoring test suite health, and driving continuous improvement across our Karate and Cypress frameworks. You will collaborate closely with developers, quantitative researchers, product partners, and DevOps engineers to ensure our automated tests remain stable, reliable, and aligned with evolving product needs.

You will not be expected to write every automated test yourself; instead, you will:

• Lead quality engineering practices, standards, and governance.
• Write or enhance core test utilities when needed.
• Monitor failures and coordinate with developers to ensure timely resolution.
• Enhance observability, reduce false positives, and support test suite evolution.
• Occasionally write new tests for critical workflows or to establish patterns.

The Expertise You Have

• 5–7 years of hands-on experience with automated testing for modern applications.
• Strong experience with API and UI automation frameworks.
• Proven SQL skills — confident writing joins, filters, aggregations, and using SQL to inspect, validate, and prepare test data.
• Experience with test data strategies: mocking, seeding, synthetic data creation, and validating backend state through SQL queries.
• Moderate Java proficiency — enough to work within and extend our Karate-based test framework and shared utilities.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript sufficient for Cypress-based test authoring and maintenance.
• Proven understanding of testing strategies for REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems (Kafka experience a plus).
• Experience collaborating in Agile environments and partnering with developers and DevOps engineers.
• No financial/quantitative domain knowledge required — you’ll partner with the product team to define test scope.

The Skills You Bring

• Ability to diagnose failures across distributed systems and trace issues across logs, services, and test layers.
• Strong debugging skills and comfortability with reading application code when tests fail.
• Familiarity with observability tools (logging, dashboards, alerts) to monitor test stability.
• Experience improving test suites for reliability, maintainability, and execution time.
• A mindset focused on quality as a shared responsibility across the squad.

The Value You Bring

• Improving automated suite stability through better patterns, observability, and test governance.
• Reducing false positives and improving signal-to-noise across CI test runs.
• Enhancing visibility in test coverage, execution results, and pipeline health.
• Establishing and evangelizing best practices across backend and frontend test frameworks.
• Ensuring automation serves as an enabler of faster, safer releases.

Tools & Technologies Used on the Team

• Karate for API, microservice, and Kafka workflow testing
• Cypress for Angular UI testing
• Java, TypeScript/JavaScript
• Kafka, RESTful APIs, microservices
• CI/CD orchestrated by a dedicated DevOps partner
• Cloud-native architecture (AWS), distributed systems

The Team

The Quantitative Portfolio Management Technology team builds and maintains the platform that powers Fidelity’s quantitative investment strategies. We are a senior, collaborative engineering team that values autonomy, technical excellence, and clear communication.

This role offers the opportunity to influence the future of Fidelity’s quantitative investment capabilities, with potential for technical leadership and architectural ownership. You will work at the intersection of technology and quantitative research, building systems that empower advanced, data-driven investment decision-making.

The hourly pay rate range for this position is $57.14-$97.14 per hour.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Company Overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

Fidelity TalentSource, is the in-house temporary staffing provider for Fidelity Investments. Unlike traditional staffing agencies, we are an internal business unit within Fidelity’s Talent Acquisition team, dedicated to recruiting talent from various backgrounds for roles in Fidelity’s regional and investor center locations. Our mission is to help you experience Fidelity’s diverse and inclusive workplace while expanding your skill set and professional network, with the ultimate goal of conversion to full-time employment as part of Fidelity’s long-term strategy.

For information about working at Fidelity TalentSource, visit FTSJobs.com.

Fidelity TalentSource will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments in order to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at HR@ftsjobs.com if you would like to request an accommodation.