Senior Test/Efficiency Engineer

Lead end-to-end quality assurance activities across the software development lifecycle. Involves in hands-on testing, building automation frameworks, mentoring team members and ensuring delivery of reliable, high-quality software products. Provide tech solutions, development and support to stakeholders (IT and business) in alignment with the organization strategy and roadmap Accountability Supporting Activities Outcome/ deliverables Quality Assurance & Testing

• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans and test cases.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression and drives user acceptance testing.
• Conduct non-functional tests including performance, load, stress and security testing. Automation Engineering
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks (UI, API, and integration).
• Automate repetitive test scenarios to improve efficiency and CI/CD pipeline coverage.
• Integrate automated tests into build pipelines and ensure reliable test execution. Collaboration & Delivery
• Work closely with developers, business analysts and product owners to refine requirements.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives).
• Support the testing lifecycle during deployments and release cycles. Defect Management
• Identify, document, and track defects through proper defect management tools.
• Work with engineering teams to perform root-cause analysis and validate fixes.
• Ensure defects are resolved within agreed timelines. Leadership & Best Practices
• Mentor junior test engineers and guide them on QA techniques and automation.
• Establish QA standards, improve test processes and promote a quality-first culture.
• Evaluate new testing tools, techniques and frameworks.

Requirements

• Min 6 years in software testing and quality engineering.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, and CI/CD principles.
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as: o Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium o JUnit/TestNG, Cucumber, UIPath, Watermelon, Postman/Newman
• Experience with REST API and microservices testing.
• Some level of exposure in one or more scripting/programming languages (Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python).
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling).
• Strong skills in test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail). Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in banking & financial services testing (e.g. KYC, AML, onboarding systems) is preferred.
• Experience with security testing tools (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite) is desirable.
• Knowledge of contract testing (Pact) and service virtualization is advantageous.
• Having base understanding of cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerized apps (Docker/Kubernetes) is extremely desirable.
• Familiarity with GitOps and DevOps practices.