Senior QA Engineer III

Senior QA Engineer III – Automation | Banking | API | Kafka | ETL

Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior QA Engineer III with strong hands-on test automation and banking/financial services experience to support complex enterprise applications and integration environments.

This is a senior, hands-on quality engineering role focused on automation framework development, API and backend testing, Kafka/event-driven testing, ETL and data pipeline validation, database testing, and end-to-end integration testing .

The successful candidate will be comfortable building automation frameworks from scratch , troubleshooting complex integration and data issues, contributing to overall QA strategy, and providing technical guidance to other QA professionals.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and enhance scalable automation frameworks from scratch .
• Develop and execute automated test suites for APIs, backend services, Kafka, ETL/data pipelines, databases, and file-based integrations .
• Lead end-to-end functional, integration, regression, and system testing across complex banking applications.
• Automate API workflows, backend validations, and data-processing scenarios using Java or Python.
• Develop API automation using Rest Assured, Postman Collections, or equivalent frameworks .
• Perform API performance and load testing using JMeter or similar tools.
• Validate Kafka producer/consumer message flows , event processing, message integrity, and downstream integrations.
• Design automated tests for ETL jobs, data transformations, pipelines, and reconciliation processes .
• Perform advanced SQL and database validation to confirm data accuracy, completeness, and transactional integrity.
• Test data movement across APIs, microservices, messaging platforms, databases, ETL processes, and file-based interfaces .
• Investigate complex defects, integration failures, automation issues, and data discrepancies.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD and continuous testing pipelines .
• Collaborate with Developers, Business Analysts, Product, DevOps, and QA teams throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Contribute to test strategy, automation architecture, quality standards, test planning, and risk identification .
• Prepare and maintain test plans, test cases, automation strategies, execution reports, defect documentation, and traceability matrices.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies , including sprint planning, backlog refinement, estimation, and retrospectives.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and intermediate QA engineers .
• Drive continuous improvement across automation coverage, testing efficiency, frameworks, tools, and QA practices .

What You Bring

Must Have

• 5+ years of progressive QA/software testing experience , including substantial hands-on automation experience.
• Strong experience within banking, financial services, fintech, or complex transaction-based environments .
• Proven experience designing and building test automation frameworks from scratch .
• Strong automation development experience using Java or Python .
• Hands-on experience with API and backend automation , including Rest Assured, Postman, or equivalent tools/frameworks.
• Strong experience with API functional, integration, response validation, performance, and load testing .
• Hands-on experience with Kafka , including producer/consumer flows, message validation, and event-driven integration testing.
• Experience with ETL testing, data pipeline validation, transformation testing, and data reconciliation .
• Strong SQL and database testing experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, or similar relational databases.
• Experience with JMeter or equivalent performance-testing tools .
• Experience testing complex end-to-end integrations across APIs, messaging, databases, ETL pipelines, and file-based interfaces.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, automated test execution, and reporting tools .
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum delivery .
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently own complex QA and automation initiatives .
• Experience providing technical guidance, peer reviews, knowledge sharing, or mentorship .

Nice to Have

• Experience with batch processing systems and enterprise