Staff Software Developer Engineer in Test

BECU

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will contribute to shaping the future of quality and performance engineering at BECU. You’ll apply your technical expertise to help teams build reliable, scalable, and secure software that supports meaningful experiences for BECU members. Your leadership in performance engineering, test strategy, and automation will help elevate engineering practices, streamline delivery, and strengthen the technology ecosystem across the organization. Your work directly supports accessible, dependable solutions that positively impact the communities BECU serves. To join our dynamic team, we require candidates to be residents of WA, OR, ID, AZ, TX or CA. If you’re located in Washington state and within a reasonable driving distance from Tukwila, we are requesting that you come into our HQ on Tuesdays & Wednesdays. For those candidates that live outside the commute distance of TFC and in any of our approved remote work locations, this role will be remote. Remote or onsite, we are committed to ensuring you are fully engaged and included in our collaborative environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
Minimum seven years of experience designing test plans, cases and writing automated tests in a team environment, including performance testing practices.
Minimum two years of experience testing applications and services with security automation frameworks.
Minimum seven years of hands-on experience with programming and scripting languages such as C#, Python or JavaScript/Typescript (or other languages) performing software development/QA in a polyglot environment, including scripting to support performance frameworks like JMeter.
Minimum seven years of experience with continuous integration systems and test case management tools.
Proficiency with test frameworks such as Nunit, MSTest, Xunit, Selenium, Playwright or Gherkin.
Experience with public cloud (Azure/AWS/Google Cloud) technologies.
Experience using git, including performing code reviews, pull requests, and following branching standards such as Git Flow or Trunk-Based Development.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated strong understanding and experience in performance Engineering and QA methodologies for web, API and mobile applications releases.
Working knowledge of containers and performance engineering orchestration platforms like Blaze Meter, Octoperf or Azure Load test.
Demonstrated experience in unit testing, integration testing and performance testing.
Demonstrated experience testing for performance optimization and scalability.
Demonstrated experience with relational and non-relational database structures.
Able to understand and construct SQL queries, and NoSQL queries.

Responsibilities

Lead Test Strategy & Execution: Develop inclusive, scalable test strategies, automation frameworks, and performance tools that empower engineering teams across web, mobile, and data environments.
Advance Performance Engineering: Analyze system behavior, performance patterns, and load models to identify opportunities for improving scalability, testability, and overall reliability.
Lead Performance Testing Initiatives: Guide performance engineering efforts, interpret results, identify patterns, and collaborate across teams to resolve issues with clarity and accuracy.
Share Knowledge & Foster Learning: Contribute to internal learning sessions, technical discussions, and community knowledge sharing to support continuous education and collaboration.
Establish Technical Standards: Review test and automation code for quality and consistency, contribute to engineering standards, and help maintain best practice testing guidelines.
Mentor & Support Engineers: Provide constructive, skills focused coaching to SDETs and engineers through code reviews, test design discussions, and knowledge sharing.
Enhance CI/CD Quality: Strengthen automated test reliability within CI/CD pipelines, identifying opportunities to optimize build feedback and execution stability.
Champion Quality Culture: Advocate for performance and end to end testing practices that improve overall product quality and promote shared ownership across engineering teams.
Support Technical Growth & Innovation: Provide guidance and expertise across engineering initiatives, contributing to improved processes, tools, and testing efficiency.
Engage in Broader Team Efforts: Contribute to team goals and evolving initiatives with a collaborative, community-oriented mindset.