Senior Lead Software Engineer

2 weeks ago


Roanoke, Texas, United States A4Assist Full time $7,200 - $12,000 per year

Job Title: Principal Software Engineer in Test (SWET) – Contract Role


Location:
Westlake, TX (Local candidates preferred; relocation considered)


Duration:
12 months


Schedule:
Hybrid – Onsite every other week (5 days per week)


Employment Type:
W2 only


Pay Rate:
$60/hr


Interview Process:
1 round (60 minutes)


Onboarding:
Background check, credit check, drug screening


Note:
A pre-interview technical assessment will be required before client submission.


No H-1B candidates

This role is only for U.S. Citizens and Green Card holders who are ready to work on a W2 arrangement.

About the Role

We are seeking a
Principal Software Engineer in Test (SWET)
for a leading financial services organization (client name withheld). This role requires a senior-level engineer who can design, develop, and maintain advanced automation frameworks for APIs, web applications, and end-to-end testing.

You will be the
sole SWET
on your scrum team, responsible for driving quality engineering practices, improving testability, and enhancing automation across complex systems. Strong communication, confidence, and technical leadership are essential.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and build scalable test automation platforms
  • Develop automation for API, UI, and E2E validation
  • Drive CI/CD pipeline design and integration
  • Enhance software reliability, performance, accessibility, and testability
  • Contribute to code development and increase test coverage
  • Optimize release velocity and production health
  • Write advanced SQL queries (including complex joins)
  • Support deployment automation and orchestration
  • Utilize monitoring/observability tools (Splunk, Datadog)
  • Participate in chaos testing and production validation

Required Skills & Experience

  • 8+ years
    (Bachelor's) or
    6+ years
    (Master's) in software engineering/testing
  • Playwright (mandatory)
    ; Cypress second preference; Selenium optional
  • Rest Assured
    for API automation
  • Advanced SQL / strong DB querying
  • Cross-browser automation experience
  • Full testing scope experience:
  • Unit & Integration
  • E2E
  • Smoke, Sanity, Regression
  • AWS + Python
    experience for automation
  • ETL testing experience
    (mandatory)
  • Strong communication and confidence
  • Experience with:
  • Java, JavaScript,
  • JUnit, Maven
  • Git-based version control
  • Jenkins Core
  • Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred)

Nice to Have

  • Observability tools (Datadog, Splunk)
  • Experience with modern reliability engineering practices
  • Knowledge of chaos testing techniques


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