Software Engineer Senior / Software Development Engineer in Test (Senior SDET)

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are united in delivering the best experience for our customers and fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees feel respected, valued, and empowered to contribute to the company's success.

This position functions as a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) As a Senior SDET within PNC's Consumer Lending Originations Technology organization, you will play a critical role in leading quality strategy and test automation for large scale, enterprise initiatives. This role is ideal for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who combines strong technical depth with hands on leadership, modern automation practices, and banking domain expertise.

This position will be based in Pittsburgh, PA; Strongsville, OH; Birmingham, AL; or Dallas, TX.

Required Skills and Experience: - Senior level experience as an SDET or QA Engineer, with a strong focus on automation and enterprise systems. - Proven experience leading testing efforts for large scale, multi team initiatives. - Strong hands on expertise with: o Java, Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin o API testing (REST, SOAP) o CI/CD pipelines and automated quality gates - Experience working with Kafka, Web Services, Oracle, MongoDB, and distributed systems. - Solid understanding of test strategy, governance, and risk based testing. - Experience in banking or financial services is strongly preferred. ________________________________________ Candidate should be:: - A Thought leader in quality engineering who challenges the status quo. - Comfortable operating at both strategic and hands on levels. - A strong communicator who can articulate quality risks and trade offs to technical and non technical audiences. - Passionate about mentoring and raising the overall quality maturity of teams.

- Provides detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms. - Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs. - Writes code, tests and deploys software. - Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software. - Maintains and debugs software.

Preferred Skills Application Development, Business Management, CI/CD, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Java (Programming Language), Peer Mentoring, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design

Competencies Application Delivery Process, Application Design, Architecture, Application Development Tools, Application Testing, Packaged Application Integration, System Development Life Cycle, Technical Troubleshooting, Technical Writing/Documentation

Work Experience Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 12/04/2025, although it may be longer with business discretion.