Santander, a global leader in the financial services industry, is looking to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of applications across the enterprise by hiring a Director, Software Development Engineering in Test.
Requirements
- Strong programming or scripting experience (Java, Python, JavaScript, C-Sharp, etc.).
- Expertise with automation frameworks/tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST-Assured, JMeter, etc.
- Deep understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, test lifecycle, and modern engineering practices.
- Experience supporting Agile delivery and DevSecOps environments; strong CI/CD tooling knowledge (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
- SQL proficiency; ability to validate backend systems, APIs, and data flows with minimal UI involvement.
- Experience with test management tools such as JIRA, ALM, Xray, or similar.
- Proficiency using AI-powered testing tools, copilots, and intelligent analysis utilities.
Responsibilities
- Analyze requirements and oversee the design of test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead and support a wide range of functional and non-functional testing, including automated feature testing, regression, integration, system, compatibility, API, and performance testing.
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts, reusable frameworks, tools, and utilities across UI/API/backend/mobile.
- Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and ensure continuous testing (shift-left and shift-right).
- Identify, log, prioritize, and report defects; oversee root-cause analysis; ensure critical manual or exploratory tests are executed when needed.
- Write and oversee SQL-based validation for backend, data flow, and API testing.
- Collaborate with developers, architects, product teams, and vendors to ensure application testability and quality engineering alignment.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field — Required.
- 9+ Years Designing and implementing Software Testing teams and capabilities from scratch. Banking experience is preferred but not required. - Required.
- 9+ Years Proven leadership in Software Testing, with a wide range of experience including manual, automated, and load / performance testing. - Required.
- 9+ Years Team management/ leadership experience. - Required.
- Ability to manage large workloads, collaborate effectively in Agile teams, and work independently.
