Russell Investments is a leading outsourced financial partner and global investment solutions firm providing a wide range of investment capabilities to institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and individual investors around the world. Building on an 90-year legacy of continuous innovation to deliver exceptional value to clients, Russell Investments works every day to improve the financial security of its clients. The firm is “Top 12 Ranked Consultant (2009-2024)” in P&I survey 2024 with $962 billion in assets under advisement (as of December 31, 2025) and $376.9 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2025) for clients in 30 countries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington in the United States, Russell Investments has offices around the world, including London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai – and has opened a new office in Mumbai, India in June 2023.
Joining the Mumbai office is an incredible opportunity to work closely with global stakeholders to support the technology and infrastructure that drives the investment and trading processes of a globally recognized asset management firm. Be part of the team based out of Goregaon (East) and contribute to the foundation and culture of the firm’s growing operations in India. The Mumbai office operates with varying shifts to accommodate time zones around the world.
For more information, please visit https://www.russellinvestments.com.
Job Description:
Every day, we seek to improve financial security for people. Joining our Information Technology Applications team means you will be a part of a passionate and supportive team that believes what we do matters to our clients and investors.
Software Development Engineer in Test works closely with end users, developers, and other stake holders in an agile environment. In addition to defining, documenting, coding, and executing the testing of internally used .NET based web applications, they will be involved in sprint planning, daily scrum meetings, development, and product deployment. They will also be contributing to both manual and automated test case creation and execution of .NET based applications, services, web applications, database objects, and data integrity.
Responsibilities:
Participate in all phases of Agile development process providing input into analysis, design, development, estimation, planning, support, and retrospectives
Design and develop test automation frameworks for web services, API's, UI, and databases
Create comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
Work with development managers and production support managers to establish unified standards for software quality and support requirements
Research and implement new testing tools and practices to increase team productivity and software quality
Optimize application performance and stability by identifying, reporting, and writing tests for potential problems
Develop maintainable automation following team standards in C#, using nUnit and Selenium
Produce test scripts that integrate with the team’s automated process and tooling for build/deploy
Years of Experience
4+ years of experience in creation and execution of test plans/case
3 years of experience in software quality assurance and test automation development
3 years of experience with Programming Languages C# and Powershell
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Must have a strong understanding of QA processes and concepts, including test case preparation, test automation, and testing methodologies
Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery required
Experience with source control models and processes required
Experience on SQL, Test automation (Selenium/Playwright)
Good to have - Mongo DB, Financial domain knowledge, financial platforms, tools & protocols (BBG, FXConnect, FxALL, FIX, SWIFT, etc.)
Responsibilities
Participate in all phases of Agile development process providing input into analysis, design, development, estimation, planning, support, and retrospectives
Design and develop test automation frameworks for web services, API's, UI, and databases
Create comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
Work with development managers and production support managers to establish unified standards for software quality and support requirements
Research and implement new testing tools and practices to increase team productivity and software quality
Optimize application performance and stability by identifying, reporting, and writing tests for potential problems
Develop maintainable automation following team standards in C#, using nUnit and Selenium
Produce test scripts that integrate with the team’s automated process and tooling for build/deploy
Candidate Requirements
Demonstrated experience interfacing with clients and stakeholders to develop functional test cases and communicate status updates
Proven ability to learn and to deliver solutions in multiple programming languages and technical environments required
Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies required
Prior experience as QA/SDET on medium to large size application development projects with an emphasis on .NET development tools, Microsoft SQL Server, and responsive Web application technology such as AngularJS, ReactJS, JavaScript, and CSS3
Strong troubleshooting skills and capability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to work independently to drive QA practices and provide clear status reporting to stakeholders.
Proactively investigates test failures, logs issues clearly, and follows up with dev asynchronously
Ability to work with stakeholders to prioritize the book of work.
Core Values
Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication and collaboration skills with all levels of management
Strong organizational skills including the ability to adapt to shifting priorities and meet frequent deadlines,
Demonstrated proactive approach to problem-solving with strong judgment and decision-making capability.
Highly resourceful and collaborative team-player, with the ability to also be independently effective and exude initiative and a sense of urgency.
Exemplifies our customer-focused, action-oriented, results-driven culture.
Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities, has a desire for continuous learning, and proposes solutions.
Ability to act with discretion and maintain complete confidentiality.
Dedicated to the firm’s values of non-negotiable integrity, valuing our people, exceeding client expectations, and embracing intellectual curiosity and rigor.
