Principal SDET Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Own UAT testing for wealth management, asset management, trust, and advisory systems
• Demonstrate strong business process understanding across:
  • Account opening and servicing
  • Portfolio management and performance
  • Transactions, positions, balances, fees, and reporting
• Translate business requirements, regulatory rules, and user workflows into effective UAT scenarios
• Perform financial data quality validation across ETL pipelines, integrations, and data migrations
• Build and execute automated data quality checks using Python and/or Java
• Perform source‑to‑target reconciliation and migration validation
• Act as a bridge between business, product, and technology teams during UAT
• Present UAT status, risks, data quality issues, and go‑live readiness to business and leadership stakeholders
• Support UAT sign‑off decisions by clearly articulating impact, risk, and mitigation options

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of financial services / wealth management business models
• Ability to quickly grasp business workflows, data dependencies, and downstream impacts
• SDET‑level experience in backend and data testing
• Proven experience with ETL, data migrations, and automated data validation
• Hands‑on development using Python and/or Java to build data testing frameworks
• Advanced SQL for data analysis and reconciliation
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working directly with business users during UAT
• Experience explaining data issues and risks in business terms
• Background in wealth management firms, asset managers, or fintech platforms