National Payments Corporation of India

Senior Associate

National Payments Corporation of India

Chennai, Tamil NaduFull TimePosted Aug 3, 2026

Job description

The opportunity Senior Associate in the Certification Team (Non-Cards) at NPCI will be responsible for ensuring the compliance, app-testing, and certification of UPI, IMPS, AePS, IMPS, NeTC products as per NPCI standards. Expected to work closely with Payers, Payee, TPAP and third-party vendors to troubleshoot and resolve reported issues.

Knowledge on API based tools. Job Details: Role Name: Senior Associate Onboarding Year of experience: 2 to 6 years Location: Chennai Education: BE/BTech Requirements Job details

  • Collaboration with banks and payment partners, and internal stakeholders ensuring seamless product validation before market deployment.
  • Execute end-to-end certification testing for NPCI Products and payment applications in-line with NPCI guidelines.
  • Execute test cases, log defects, and ensure timely resolution.
  • Maintain certification documentation and provide reports for audits.
  • Execute test cases, log defects, and ensure timely resolution.
  • Implement automation as required in the certification process
  • Manage end to end certification activities across all products
  • Co-ordination with internal departments for ensuring smooth business operations.
  • Follow and bring in industry best practices for certifications. Key skills
  • Good legal technical skills in drafting, reviewing documentation and carrying out research
  • Excellent communication, co-ordination and project management skills
  • Strong knowledge of PCI standards, APIs, and payment terminologies.
  • Hands-on experience with testing tools (e.g., Postman) and defect life cycle
  • Ability to work in a structured, process-driven environment.
  • Ability to handle multiple certifications simultaneously.
  • Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
  • Knowledge (or) maintenance expertise of open stack servers Good to Have:
  • Good understating of Java, Python, .net and DB’s
  • Exposure to NPCI’s certification processes or payment scheme testing
  • Ability to create SOP’s and Technical documentations AI skills
  • Ability to design the high-level architecture of an AI system including data ingestion, feature stores.
  • Effectively handling the large datasets.
  • Secure AI infrastructure – Federated Learning & Differential Privacy to protect PII(Personally Identifiable Information).
  • Fraud & Anti-Money Laundering using AI.