QA Engineer (Java / Spring Boot / Postgres / GCP)

Position Overview

Job Title: QA Engineer (Java / Spring Boot / Postgres / GCP)

Corporate Title: AVP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• The QA Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of enterprise applications built on Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and GCP platforms.
• The role focuses on designing and executing comprehensive testing strategies across functional, integration, and cloud-native systems, ensuring applications meet Deutsche Bank's quality, security, and compliance standards.
• The QA Engineer works closely with development, DevOps, and product teams to enable high-quality and defect-free releases.

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll enjoy,

• Best in class leave policy.
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Test Strategy & Execution

• Design and execute test strategies, plans, and test cases for application releases
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Ensure validation of business workflows and system integrations

Test Automation & CI/CD Integration

• Develop and maintain automation test suites (UI, API, regression)
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines for automated validation
• Improve overall test efficiency and release confidence through automation

Backend & Data Validation

• Perform database validation using SQL (PostgreSQL)
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across systems
• Validate API responses and backend processing logic

Defect Management & Quality Metrics

• Identify, log, and track defects using JIRA or equivalent tools
• Ensure proper defect resolution, retesting, and closure
• Maintain QA metrics, KPIs, and reporting for releases

Cloud & Microservices Testing

• Validate applications deployed on GCP and containerized environments
• Test microservices, APIs, and distributed system interactions
• Ensure testing coverage across UAT, QA, and production-like environments

Agile Delivery & Collaboration

• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and product teams to ensure quality
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes and standards

Quality Governance & Best Practices

• Drive adoption of QA best practices and testing standards across teams
• Ensure compliance with enterprise quality gates and SDLC controls
• Support audit and release governance processes

Your skills and experience

Core QA Skills

• Strong experience in:
  • Manual and automation testing (functional, regression, E2E)
  • Test case design, execution, and defect lifecycle management
• Ability to identify, document, and track bugs effectively

Automation & Tools

• Experience with:
  • Selenium, Cypress, or similar automation tools
  • API testing tools like Postman
  • Test frameworks integrated with CI/CD pipelines

Backend & Database Testing

• Strong knowledge of SQL and database validation (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Experience in validating data pipelines and backend logic

Cloud & DevOps Exposure

• Exposure to GCP and cloud-native environments
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and DevOps workflows
• Experience testing microservices architecture

Engineering & Process Knowledge

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum and SDLC processes
• Knowledge of test processes, performance testing, and quality frameworks

Professional Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in distributed global teams (EU-India model)
• Effective communication and stakeholder collaboration

How we'll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• Coaching and support from experts in your team.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

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We strive for a in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.