QA Engineer - FinTech Platform

End-to-End Quality Ownership

• Own quality for assigned features and projects end to end-from requirements through production.
• Develop and execute test strategy, test plans, testing activities, and release sign-off.
• Translate business, customer, and regulatory requirements into effective and risk-based test coverage.
• Identify quality risks early, partner with teams to mitigate them, and ensure quality is never compromised.

Functional, Integration & Banking Testing

• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, and exploratory testing.
• Validate end-to-end digital banking journeys across:
  • Mobile apps, APIs, core banking, and downstream systems
• Focus areas include payments, accounts, cards, onboarding flows, financial calculations, and data integrity.
• Collaborate closely during UAT and production releases; support troubleshooting and verification.
• Drive defect prevention, root-cause analysis, and continuous quality improvements.

Automation & Continuous Quality

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests for:
  • Mobile (iOS/Android) and/or Web applications
  • APIs and backend services
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and release workflows.
• Select and prioritize high-risk, high-value automation opportunities based on impact and coverage gaps.
• Ensure automation is reliable, maintainable, and scalable.
• Champion shift-left testing and quality engineering practices.

Agile Delivery & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work within Agile squads with Product Owners, Engineers, Designers, and DevOps.
• Participate actively in sprint planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and readiness checks.
• Provide clear, timely updates on quality status, risks, and release readiness.
• Support post-production validation, monitoring, and incident analysis.

Required Skills & Experience

Core Requirements

• 5-9 years of experience in QA / Quality Engineering.
• 3+ years of hands-on automation testing experience.
• Proven experience owning testing end-to-end for features or projects.
• Strong experience working in Agile and DevOps environments.

Functional & Domain Skills

• Strong functional testing background, preferably in digital banking or fintech.
• Solid understanding of retail banking products and customer journeys.
• Experience testing mobile-first, API-driven platforms.
• Familiarity with regulatory, risk, and compliance-sensitive environments.
• Strong test design, documentation, and defect management skills.

Technical & Automation Skills

• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks/tools such as (any combination):
  • Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium
• Strong programming/scripting skills in Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Extensive API testing experience (e.g., REST APIs, Postman, RestAssured).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Working knowledge of Git and modern branching/release strategies.
• Exposure to cloud-native or microservices architectures is a plus.