Sr Software Developer Engineer in Test - Accessibility Testing

Is it surprising to hear that a financial institution of 1.5 million members and over $30 billion in managed assets say that success comes from focusing on people, not profits?

Our “people helping people” philosophy has guided us since 1935, driving our deep commitment to serving our members, communities, and each other. When you join our team, you become part of a purpose-driven organization where your work makes a real difference.

While we’re proud of our history, we’re even more excited about our future. With business and technology transformation on the horizon, there’s never been a better time to be part of BECU.

PAY RANGE

The Target Pay Range for this position is $128,900.00-$157,500.00 annually. The full Pay Range is $99,900.00 - $186,400.00 annually. At BECU, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, and education or training. Should an offer for employment be made, we will consider individual qualifications. In addition to your salary, compensation incentives are available for the hired applicant. Incentives are performance based and targets vary by role.

BENEFITS – because people helping people starts with supporting you

• 401(k) Company Match (up to 3%)

• 4% annual contribution to your 401(k) by BECU

• Medical, Dental and Vision (family contributions as well)

• PTO Program + Exchange Program

• Tuition Reimbursement Program

• BECU Cares volunteer time off + donation match

IMPACT YOU’LL MAKE:

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) – Accessibility Testing, you’ll elevate the quality, accessibility, and reliability of BECU’s digital experiences. You’ll use your technical expertise to design scalable test solutions, embed accessibility from day one, and champion engineering excellence across teams. Every test you build and every improvement you drive will ensure members enjoy secure, seamless, and inclusive interactions—while you shape the future of testing at BECU. Your work will make a direct and lasting impact on how we innovate, build, and deliver meaningful technology.
 

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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Build Scalable Accessibility Automation: You’ll develop, maintain, and expand automated accessibility test suites—using tools like Selenium, Playwright, Axe, Evinced, and more—to continually validate against WCAG and MCAG standards.
• Champion Inclusive Development Practices: You’ll review accessibility test implementations, ensuring coverage for keyboard navigation, focus management, semantics, ARIA attributes, and screen reader behaviors across platforms.
• Optimize CI/CD Quality: You’ll ensure automated tests run smoothly within CI systems and integrate consistent accessibility checks into Azure DevOps pipelines
• Shift Accessibility Left: You’ll drive accessibility strategy and advocate for inclusive design practices early in the development lifecycle, influencing the foundation of every user experience.
• Lead with Compliance & Protection: You’ll ensure all testing and development practices align with BECU Competencies, regulatory requirements, and Information Protection standards, always prioritizing member trust and safety.
• Strengthen Application Architecture: You’ll assess the design and structure of services and applications, identifying improvement opportunities, debugging issues, and performing root-cause analysis to enhance overall resilience and performance.
• Enhance Production Stability: You’ll review production issues end-to-end, uncover test gaps across the full stack, and implement scalable automation improvements that prevent future disruptions.
• Elevate Engineering Communication: You’ll share insights, best practices, and technical topics with cross-functional engineering partners, contributing to a culture of learning and technical excellence.
• Ensure High-Quality Code & Test Standards: You’ll review code and automated tests, ensuring style consistency, maintainability, and alignment with BECU engineering standards, while collaborating with senior engineers to improve those standards.
• Mentor & Support the Team: You’ll guide SDETs, QA partners, and junior developers through test reviews, code reviews, and day-to-day collaboration to strengthen team-wide testing and accessibility skills.
• Shape Testing Roadmaps: You’ll collaborate with developers, architects, and product owners to design and document the testing vision, aligning team direction with long-term engineering goals.
• Guide Testing Teams Effectively: You’ll lead small testing teams, interpret results, identify failure patterns, support bug triage, and help bring issues to rapid and accurate closure.
• Promote Accessible Engineering Culture: You’ll share testing techniques, accessibility best practices, and tools to raise the collective knowledge and confidence of the entire engineering ecosystem.

This isn’t just about ticking off tasks on a list. It's about making a significant, positive change in BECU’s journey, where your contributions are valued, and your growth is continually fostered.

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN:

• A meaningful opportunity to influence the quality, accessibility, and reliability of digital experiences used by millions of members.
• The ability to lead automation strategy and shape testing standards across multiple platforms and teams.
• Hands‑on growth with modern testing frameworks, accessibility tooling, and cloud‑based CI/CD systems.
• A collaborative, supportive culture where your ideas, leadership, and technical expertise are valued and encouraged.
• Continuous learning opportunities, challenging engineering problems, and a clear path to deepen your automation and accessibility expertise

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. 
• Minimum five years of experience designing test plans, cases and writing automated tests in a team environment required including applying shift left accessibility practices and partnering with design and development teams to embed accessible patterns early
• Minimum five years of hands-on experience with programming and scripting languages such as C#, Python or JavaScript/Typescript and software development/QA in a Windows environment building maintainable, scalable automated test frameworks.
• Experience with test frameworks such as Nunit, MSTest, Xunit, jest, puppeteer, mocka, pytest, unittest, Specflow, or Gherkin and accessibility focused automation using tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Axe, Evinced, and Accessibility Insights.
• Experience using Git based workflows, including performing code reviews, pull requests, and following branching standards such as Git Flow or Trunk-Based Development required.
• Minimum four years of experience with continuous integration systems and test case management tools enabling scalable automated testing maturity

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in Accessibility testing, including both manual and automated methods across web, Windows, Android, and iOS, using tools such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack.
• Working knowledge of WCAG 2.2 and MCAG 1.1, with the ability to interpret standards and apply them to real‑world product scenarios.

• Experience developing, designing and maintaining testing and automation frameworks that support multiple application platforms, including integration of accessibility test coverage in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps)
• Experience testing applications and services with security automation frameworks preferred. using security automation frameworks, complementing functional and accessibility test strategies.
• Demonstrated experience in unit testing, integration testing and performance and accessibility testing with the ability to build reusable test components and improve test efficiency and reliability.
• Demonstrated experience of relational database structures including the ability to write and optimize SQL queries for test data validation.

JOIN THE JOURNEY:

Ready to make an indelible impact? Eager to be a part of a collaborative and innovative team where your ideas and contributions don’t just fill a role, but fuel the growth and success of BECU? This is more than a job – it’s your opportunity to elevate your career, expand your expertise, and strengthen the future of BECU’s technology.

Embrace the opportunity to grow with us. Apply now, bring your expertise to the table, and let’s achieve excellence together at BECU.
Your journey of influence, innovation, and impactful contribution starts now.
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