Associate, Software Development Engineer in Test

Santander

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Santander is a global leader and innovator in the financial services industry and is evolving from a high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization. Our people are at the heart of this journey and together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible. This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference. If you are interested in exploring the possibilities We Want to Talk to You!
This is a hybrid role located at our Coconut Grove Location in Miami The Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of applications through automation, technical testing, and deep collaboration with engineering teams. SDETs combine software development skills with quality engineering practices to design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks, tools, and test suites across UI, API, backend, and integrated systems for high availability, secure, regulated financial platforms. They participate throughout the SDLC — from design to deployment — to ensure testability, accelerate releases, and drive an automation-first quality culture.

Requirements

• Programming or scripting experience (Java, Python, JS, C#, or similar)
• Automation tools/frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST-Assured, JMeter, etc.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing lifecycle, and SDLC.
• Agile methodology, DevSecOps exposure along with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc..
• SQL proficiency; ability to test web apps, APIs, and systems with minimal UI.
• Experience with JIRA/ALM/Xray or similar tools.
• Comfort using AI-powered testing tools, copilots, and analysis utilities.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage workload, collaborate in Agile teams, effectively, and work independently.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent field. - Required.
• 5+ Years Experience in Programming or scripting experience. - Required.
• 5+ Years Automation tools/frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST-Assured, JMeter, etc. - Required

Nice To Haves

• Programming or scripting experience (Java, Python, JS, C#, or similar)
• Automation tools/frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST-Assured, JMeter, etc.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing lifecycle, and SDLC.
• Agile methodology, DevSecOps exposure along with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc..
• SQL proficiency; ability to test web apps, APIs, and systems with minimal UI.
• Experience with JIRA/ALM/Xray or similar tools.
• Comfort using AI-powered testing tools, copilots, and analysis utilities.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage workload, collaborate in Agile teams, effectively, and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and reusable frameworks, tools, utilities (UI/API/backend/mobile)
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing (Shift left/right)
• Analyze requirements to design test plans, test cases, and test acceptance criteria.
• Perform and support wide range of functional and non-functional testing types including automated functional and feature testing, regression, integration, system, compatibility, API, and performance tests.
• Identify, log, and report defects; support root-cause analysis; perform manual tests when needed to cover critical paths or exploratory tests.
• Write SQL queries for backend, data flow and APIs validation.
• Collaborate with developers, product, architecture, vendors, and engineering teams to ensure testability.
• Support test environment setup, automated test data creation, and test-to-production migration.
• Prepare test documentation, metrics, and quality reports.
• Apply QA methodologies, best practices, shift left/right, risk-based testing, standards and automation maturity.
• Use AI/LLM tools for test case generation, automation, impact analysis, optimization, classification, and documentation
• Develop deep understanding of supported business processes and related applications.
• Perform additional duties as needed to support on going delivery of high quality apps.
• Influence, define, and own automation strategy for major features/systems.
• Design and enhance automation frameworks and tools.
• Support the integration of AI enabled testing methodologies into SDLC
• Improve the quality of QA’s automated testing development by designing and implementing better abstractions for QA teams to use (for any automation)
• Use AI tools to accelerate framework development, impact analysis and defect prediction.
• Mentor Specialist SDETs and support team-level quality practices.
• Drive quality engineering in design/architecture discussions.
• Perform advanced debugging and contribute to cross-team quality initiatives.
• Monitor post-release software quality, triage reported issues, and work with development teams on gap analysis with AI prediction automation.
• Identify gaps in automation, processes, tooling, and quality workflows — propose and implement improvements.

Benefits

• Offering more than just a paycheck our benefits are designed to support you, your family and your well-being, now and into the future.
• Santander Benefits - 2026 Santander OnGoing/NH eGuide (foleon.com)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level