QA Automation Engineer

Join a forward-thinking engineering team driving quality excellence across complex high-value financial platforms. As a Java-focused Quality Engineer youll go beyond conventional testing by designing intelligent automated test strategies that safeguard the integrity of critical systems like SAP and Treasury. Youll embed assurance deep into CI/CD pipelines leveraging tools like Azure DevOps Selenium and REST-assured to validate everything from APIs to ledger workflows. Every sprint youll play a hands-on role in shaping how quality is built not bolted on ensuring performance compliance and resilience standards stay flawless under real-world conditions.

This is a role for the curious and technically fearless. Someone who can read a Java stack trace as fluently as a business requirement and who thrives on solving intricate testing challenges in data-heavy regulated environments. Youll partner with developers and product owners to push automation boundaries transform manual bottlenecks into code-driven validation and champion a shift-left code-first approach to quality. If youre passionate about precision automation and the craft of testing enterprise-grade Java applications this is where you can turn testing into engineering mastery.

Accountability and Responsibility

• Designs and executes comprehensive test scenarios covering functional integration and regression testing across financial applications such as SAP and Treasury platforms. Ensures these reflect critical business logic including ledger integrity FX handling and compliance with SOX/IFRS standards.
• Works closely with developers product owners and analysts to refine testable user stories ensuring acceptance criteria cover both functional and non-functional aspects and proactively challenges ambiguity or inefficiencies in test scope.
• Builds and maintains robust test data and reusable artefacts for scenarios such as journal entries GL reconciliation and end-of-month processes embedding these into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps to enable continuous testing.
• Drives root cause analysis of defects champions risk-based test prioritisation and identifies opportunities to replace manual testing with scalable automation to increase feedback speed and maintain sprint velocity.
• Actively participates in sprint planning daily stand-ups and retrospectives to advocate for early quality input align on coverage expectations and foster a quality-first culture that includes security accessibility and usability considerations.

Knowledge and Education

• Holds ISTQB Foundation as a minimum; Advanced Test Analyst or equivalent certifications desirable.
• Qualification in IT Service Management (ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation) or demonstrable experience integrating QA practices into ITSM processes.
• Familiar with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) with practical awareness of how they influence quality standards and assurance planning.
• Demonstrates solid understanding of automation and non-functional testing concepts including performance accessibility and shift-left/shift-right practices.
• Experience working within Agile DevOps and product-aligned teams contributing to sprint-based delivery and continuous integration testing strategies.
• Proficient in test tooling and CI/CD frameworks including Azure DevOps Selenium Cypress Jenkins Git and test management platforms such as TestRail or Zephyr.
• Familiarity with AI/ML use cases in quality engineering including AI-assisted test case generation defect clustering and predictive analytics. including functional integration regression and exploratory techniques.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to explain test scenarios defects and coverage to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Awareness of security compliance and resilience considerations such as OWASP Top 10 ISO 27001 GDPR and DORA with practical experience embedding these into quality practices.
• Understanding of the importance of data privacy test data masking and regulatory obligations. Has experience with data quality and synthetic data generation tools.
• Demonstrable experience in testing web-based and enterprise software applications developed in Java JavaScript or similar backend/frontend frameworks.
• Skilled in functional and integration testing of APIs UI components and service-based workflows including RESTful interfaces and microservice architectures.
• Experience working with SaaS and PaaS environments including deployment and validation in cloud platforms like Azure or AWS.
• Proficient in using test automation tools and frameworks (e.g. Selenium Cypress REST-assured Postman) integrated with CI/CD pipelines such as Azure DevOps or Jenkins.
• Familiarity with ITSM-aligned QA practices and non-functional validation including accessibility performance and security testing across web applications.

What is it like to work at the EBRD / About EBRD

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation and use your talents to make a real difference to peoples lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.

At EBRD our Values Inclusiveness Innovation Trust and Responsibility are at the heart of how we work. We bring these to life through our Workplace Behaviours: listening well and speaking up collaborating smartly acting decisively with full commitment and simplifying to amplify our impact. These principles shape our culture and define our success. We seek individuals who not only share these values but are also committed to embedding them in their daily work fostering a positive and high-performing environment.

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial political public and private sectors across the regions we invest in.
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity. Our workforce reflects a broad range of backgrounds perspectives and experiences bringing fresh ideas energy and innovation and enhancing our ability to serve our clients shareholders and counterparties effectively.
• We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements and believe we operate at our best when collaborating 3 days a week in person (minimum).
• An environment that places sustainability equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.
• A workplace that prioritises employee wellbeing and provides a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits.

Diversity is one of the Banks core values which are at the heart of everything it does. As such the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial ethnic religious and cultural background gender gender identity sexual orientation age socio-economic background or disability.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications received we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).