Automation Test Engineer

YOU WILL

• Build and maintain automated test frameworks and suites using Java and appropriate automation tools (UI, API, and integration layers)
• Translate functional payment requirements into automated test cases, ensuring coverage of end-to-end flows and edge cases
• Automate testing for payment types and components such as credit transfers, direct debits, SWIFT/ISO 20022 messages, payment gateways, validation, routing, and posting (scope depends on platform)
• Create robust API and service-level automation (e.g., REST/SOAP), including contract and schema validation where relevant
• Validate payment processing rules: cut-off times, value dates, charges/fees, FX (if applicable), limits, sanctions/AML screening touchpoints, returns/recalls, reversals, rejects/repairs, and exception handling
• Implement test data strategies for payments (synthetic data, masking, data seeding), including correlation of transactions across systems
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines; enable unattended execution, reporting, and quality gates
• Analyse failures quickly (logs, message traces, database queries where permitted) and raise high-quality defects with clear evidence
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, BAs, and Ops to define acceptance criteria, test approach, and release readiness

MUST HAVE

• Strong hands-on experience building automation in Java (clean code, OOP, design patterns).
• Experience with common automation tools/frameworks such as:
  • JUnit/TestNG, Cucumber/BDD (optional)
  • Selenium/Playwright (UI, where applicable)
  • REST Assured, Postman/Newman, SoapUI (API)
  • Maven/Gradle, Git, Jenkins/GitLab CI/Azure DevOps
• Understanding of test automation best practices: maintainability, flakiness reduction, parallel execution, and environment resilience.
• Familiarity with observability and diagnostics: logs, tracing, monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk/ELK), and basic SQL.
• Working knowledge of payment processing concepts and lifecycles.
• Familiarity with payment standards and formats (as relevant): ISO 20022, SWIFT MT/MX, local clearing formats.
• Understanding of operational and risk considerations: sanctions screening touchpoints, auditability, resiliency, and high availability expectations.

NICE TO HAVE

• Performance testing exposure (e.g., JMeter/Gatling) for payment throughput and latency.
• Containerisation and test environment tooling (Docker, Kubernetes basics)
• Experience testing event-driven architectures (Kafka) and asynchronous processing patterns.
• Experience with test data management tools
• Knowledge of reconciliation, ledger posting, and downstream reporting impacts.