Senior Test Engineer-AVP
On-sitePune, Maharashtra, India
Job Summary
Design and execute comprehensive test strategies for API, UI, and end-to-end testing cycles, developing and maintaining automated test scripts using Java, Selenium, and Cucumber. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, define acceptance criteria, and conduct root cause analysis for defects while driving code quality through peer reviews and governance. Lead a team in delivering complex assignments, setting objectives, coaching employees, and mitigating risk to support organizational strategic objectives in financial services domains. Manage CI/CD integration, performance testing, and cloud-native application validation within Agile/Scrum delivery models.
Required Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining test automation frameworks for API, UI, and end-to-end testing
- Extensive experience with Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Karate, and modern test automation tools
- Strong programming skills in Core Java with a focus on automation framework development and test engineering best practices
- Proven expertise in API testing, Web Services, REST APIs, and automation of service-based architectures
- Experience testing enterprise-scale web-based applications across functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing cycles
- Strong understanding of software testing concepts, methodologies, test strategies, planning, defect management, and quality assurance processes
- Good working knowledge of SQL and relational databases for backend validation and data-driven testing
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum delivery models and test management tools such as Jira
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into DevOps delivery processes
- Proven ability to drive quality engineering practices, code reviews, automation standards, and testing governance
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and investigative skills with a keen eye for identifying quality risks
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills, working effectively with development, business, and QA teams
- 8+ years of professional experience
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in Financial Services, particularly Customer Onboarding, AML, KYC, and Client Lifecycle Management domains
- Exposure to performance, scalability, security, and resilience testing methodologies
- Hands-on experience with containerized testing environments using Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift
- Experience with modern test reporting, monitoring, and quality dashboards
- Understanding of cloud-native application testing on AWS, Azure, or Barclays Cloud Platform (BCP)
- Experience working with messaging technologies such as Kafka and MQ for event-driven testing
- Familiarity with Shift-Left testing, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices
- Exposure to test data management, service virtualization, and non-functional testing strategies
- Ability to mentor engineers and drive automation-first quality engineering culture across teams
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