Software Development Engineer in Test - Mobile Platform

Senior Software Development Engineer In Test

Join a high-performing engineering team at the forefront of Commercial Mobile Banking. As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, performance, and security of our mobile banking platform through robust automated testing, ci/cd, and quality engineering practices. This role is ideal for mid-career test engineers who want to remain hands-on while mentoring and guiding full-time and contract engineers. You will work closely with developers, design engineers, product owners, and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions that power Commercial Digital applications. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to automation strategy and quality engineering efforts within a fast paced, agile environment. Please note that this position is based in an office-centric environment based in Raleigh, NC or Atlanta, GA. The work schedule requires employees to be on-site four days per week, one day remote. This structure is designed to support collaboration, team engagement, and productivity.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Design, develop, and implement scalable, reusable, and reliable automation frameworks for UI and API testing.
• Develop and execute automated test suites for functional, regression, performance, and UI testing of commercial mobile banking and related integrations.
• Design and implement comprehensive test plans and test cases for mobile applications, covering functionality, performance, security, and usability.
• Collaborate with software engineers to ensure test coverage for new features and bug fixes.
• Write code, perform code reviews and provide feedback on testability and automation readiness.
• Integrate automation tests into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing practices.
• Maintain and enhance existing automation infrastructure to support evolving product requirements.
• Analyze test results, triage issues and work with development team to ensure timely resolution.
• Contribute to performance, security, user acceptance testing, test strategy, documentation and reporting of automation metrics and test coverage.

Required Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's Degree and four to seven years of experience or equivalent education and software engineering training or experience
• In-depth knowledge in information systems and ability to identify, apply, and implement best practices
• Understanding of key business processes and competitive strategies related to the IT function
• Ability to plan and manage projects and solve complex problems by applying best practices
• Ability to provide direction and mentor less experienced teammates. Ability to interpret and convey complex, difficult, or sensitive information

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree and ten+ years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Experience with performance, load, security, visual regression testing mobile applications, payment platforms or financial systems
• Strong programming/scripting skills in one or more languages (e.g. Swift, Kotlin, Java, Python, Javascript)
• Hands-on experience with mobile test automation tools such as XCUITest, XCTest, UI Automator, Espresso, Appium
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab)
• Solid understanding of mobile architectures, REST APIs, networking, and mobile performance considerations
• Experience with relational database design and development (SQL, stored procedures, data modeling)
• Working experience and knowledge of accessibility testing standards for mobile platforms
• Experience with cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure) is a plus
• Exposure to containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), PL/SQL

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist's generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist's defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.