Job responsibilities
- Leads, designs and implement proof of concepts while providing appropriate technical guidance to the wider team as needed in defining technical and automations approaches.
- Test Engineering methodologies, test drive development, Agile software delivery and operate in product based delivery squads
- Requires expertise in cloud native, loosely coupled, micro services - based platforms and related tools and best practices for automation to layout the automation approach that enables squad independence and agility without compromising reliability of delivery.
- Leads test engineering activities for large and complex payments landscape, with required Payments Domain Knowledge.Operates with an automation-first mindset to enable and enhance Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery capabilities.
- Participates in various POCs (Proof of Concept) to keep the automation framework and technology relevant and current to product offerings.
- Collaborates effectively with software engineers, product owners, test engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure quality of product delivery.
- Defines, automates, and validates test cases to ensure requirements are met across all layers of the technology stack – UI/API/Services.
Tracks critical success factors, metrics, KRIs, KPIs, business case, benefits, and ROI – collation, preparation, consolidation, analysis, tracking, and management.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience
- Hands on progressive experience in software engineering or Quality Engineering roles in high volume, highly available and scalable systems & experience in a Test Engineering role for UI and backend applications with focus on API based platforms
- Progressive experience in API based systems & automated validation along with good analytical skills and strong hands on programming experience
- Experience with Test Engineering concepts, methodologies, and ability to apply them as appropriate to the SDLC
- Object Oriented Design & Programming expertise is required to ensure design, implementation and maintainability of appropriate test frameworks and automation
- Experience with backend applications, corresponding API platform related test engineering and automation frameworks in an Agile model is required.
- Experience with testing large and complex Payments landscape & Experience with GKP / AWS platform & related technologies
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security & Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Comfortable doing presentations to technical and non-technical audience or medium sized groups.
- Work in close interaction with developers in verification and validation of features in new and existing applications.
- Effectively communicates in product squad & partner teams, business users, product owners and other stakeholders.
Tool & Frameworks Used: Java, understanding of design patterns, Selenium, TestNG, Rest API, Cucumber, CRDB, Gen AI tools Familiarity with modern front-end technologies