QA Automation Expert -Pune

This role is responsible for delivering high-quality automated testing and quality engineering outcomes as a QA Automation Engineer within a regulated banking and GenAI platform environment. The role requires strong understanding of Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office banking workflows, along with hands-on expertise in industry-standard test automation tools and frameworks.

·        Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for UI, API, and backend services.

·        Validate Front Office workflows such as trading, sales, client onboarding, and decision-support systems.

·        Test Middle Office processes including risk calculations, controls, approvals, and regulatory reporting workflows.

·        Ensure quality of Back Office operations such as settlements, payments, reconciliations, and exception handling.

·        Develop and execute automated test suites using Selenium for UI automation.

·        Implement behavior-driven testing using Cucumber to validate business scenarios.

·        Develop API and backend tests using PyTest, JUnit, or equivalent frameworks.

·        Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous quality validation.

·        Collaborate closely with developers, GenAI engineers, and business analysts to prevent defects early.

·        Ensure test coverage, defect tracking, quality metrics, and reporting meet enterprise standards.

·        Strong experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, PyTest, and JUnit.

·        Experience designing and maintaining scalable automation frameworks.

·        Hands-on experience testing UI, API, microservices, and data pipelines.

·        Good understanding of Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office banking processes and controls.

·        Experience testing distributed, cloud-native, and containerized applications.

·        Familiarity with CI/CD tools and integrating automated tests into pipelines.

·        Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

·        Excellent collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional teams.

·        Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science.

·        8-10 years of hands-on software engineering and technical leadership experience.

·        Strong experience in banking or regulated financial services environments.

·        Deep expertise in Silenium, Cucumber – Automated testing

·        Hands-on experience with Python for testing.

·        Hands-on experience with at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

·        Strong understanding of Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office banking processes.

·        Stable, scalable, and secure GenAI platform in production.

·        Predictable delivery of platform and POD milestones.

·        Positive audit, risk, and compliance outcomes.

·        High engineering quality and platform adoption across FO, MO, and BO teams.

·        Strong, effective collaboration with Product and business stakeholders.