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Lead, Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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Bangalore, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
Expert/Leader
Hybrid
Bangalore, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
Expert/Leader
Leads the design, development, and maintenance of enterprise test automation frameworks covering UI, API, integration, unit, regression, and end-to-end testing. Oversees large-scale automated execution across environments, improves test resiliency, troubleshoots failures, and drives root-cause resolution. Integrates quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, validates releases and deployments, applies AI-assisted testing, and provides technical leadership through architecture, coding standards, reviews, mentoring, and continuous improvement.
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About Northern Trust


As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.


Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.


With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.


Major Duties:

  • Design, develop, and enhance scalable enterprise test automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, unit, regression, and end-to-end testing.
  • Lead large-scale automated test execution across multiple applications and environments, including scheduled, release, deployment, and code-promotion validation.
  • Improve test automation resiliency by identifying and eliminating flaky tests, intermittent failures, synchronization issues, dependency failures, test-data issues, environment instability, and configuration-related failures.
  • Troubleshoot and fix, refactor, and optimize existing automation scripts, improving reliability, maintainability, execution speed, error handling, recovery, and reusability.
  • Analyze execution failures to distinguish application defects from automation, environment, data, access, configuration, and infrastructure issues, and drive sustainable root-cause fixes.
  • Build automation capable of reliable repeatable and unattended enterprise execution, with effective logging, reporting, failure diagnostics, rerun/recovery mechanisms, and execution monitoring.
  • Validate code promotions, releases, deployments, and application/platform changes across development, test, staging, and production environments.
  • Integrate automated testing and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or comparable technologies.
  • Apply GitHub Copilot, Generative AI, and AI-assisted testing for test creation, code improvement, failure analysis, automation maintenance, and engineering productivity.
  • Provide technical leadership through automation architecture, coding standards, code reviews, mentoring, and continuous improvement.

Experience & Qualifications:

  • 10-13 years of relevant experience in Java test automation and SDLC release management, preferable in financial domain services.
  • Strong expertise in DevOps.
  • Holds Bachelor's or equivalent degree.

Shift: APAC: 10:00AM to 7:00PM IST


Working with Us


As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.


Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.


Reasonable Accommodation


Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.


About Our Pune Office


The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.


Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.

Northern Trust Bengaluru, Karnataka, IND Office

K R Puram, Kundalahalli Road, 3 to 8, Hobli, Floors, Doddanekkundi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 560037

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