Senior QA Automation Engineer
Posted:
4 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline:
1 October 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Responsibilities
- Design build and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts with independence improving efficiency and test coverage to enable business capabilities working in an Agile environment that includes business and T&D partner teams.
- Drive a shift-left approach to software validation guiding the team to apply automation themselves vs handing to QA/QE to automate
- Participate in product design and development to ensure that quality is built in from the beginning.
- Monitor the effectiveness of test automation and drive improvements through insights gained via analysis at various stages of test automation to ensure stability efficiency and scalability.
- Define and execute test plans test cases/scripts identify defects analyze test results and partner with developers to ensure that products or services meet quality standards.
- Apply advanced understanding of engineering best practices and drive continuous improvement across the team through coaching and influencing
- Adhere to Agile SDLC and execute related duties as required.
- Foster collaboration and mentorship promoting a culture of feedback learning and professional growth
- Maintain strong relationships with business partners peer IT teams and vendor partners.
Core Skills:
- Proven experience in software quality engineering including functional regression and integration testing
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g. Selenium Pytest or similar)
- Solid understanding of API testing (REST) and ability to write and maintain automated test suites
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build/release workflows
- Proficiency in Python or equivalent scripting language for test development
- SQL proficiency for data validation test data setup and backend verification
Domain Experience:
- Familiarity with financial services or trading platforms is strongly preferred
- Experience testing event-driven or message-queue-based systems (e.g. SQS Kafka) is an asset
- Understanding of trade lifecycle and order management systems is a plus
Nice to have
- AWS cloud testing experience
- Performance and load testing exposure