Senior QA / Test Automation Engineer, AVP

Position Overview

Job Title: Senior QA / Test Automation Engineer, AVP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

The Senior QA/ Test Automation Engineer will play a critical role in receiving the Knowledge Transfer (KT) from the current engineering team, the successful transition, stabilization, and ongoing support of the Audit Confirmations platform from testing perspective. Work with Technical Team on building test cases to perform functional, regression, integration, load / stress testing, penetration testing etc.
The current testing is performed manually and Senior QA/ Test Automation Engineer should be able to perform manual testing and work on automating it.

Deutsche Bank's Corporate Bank division is a leading provider of cash management, trade finance and securities finance. We complete green-field projects that deliver the best Corporate Bank - Securities Services products in the world. Our team is diverse, international, and driven by shared focus on clean code and valued delivery. At every level, agile minds are rewarded with competitive pay, support, and opportunities to excel.

You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment. You will be ready to contribute to all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production support.

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

Strategic Leadership & Planning: Develop, implement, and maintain a robust, scalable, and efficient QA strategy and roadmap aligned with organizational goals and product roadmaps, balancing the need for both manual and automated testing approaches. Oversee the entire testing lifecycle for multiple projects, from requirements analysis to deployment and post-release validation. Define and track key QA metrics and KPIs to measure effectiveness, drive continuous improvement, and communicate progress to stakeholders. Champion a Quality-First mindset across the development lifecycle, promoting best practices, early testing, and prevention over detection.
Test Process & Execution: Define, standardize, and optimize QA processes, methodologies, and tools (e.g., Agile/Scrum, BDD, TDD).Oversee the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts (functional, non-functional, regression, integration etc.) and performance test scripts (load, stress, scalability, endurance).
Determine the appropriate balance between manual and automated testing efforts based on risk, ROI, and test type. Ensure effective defect management processes, including logging, prioritization, tracking, and root cause analysis. Manage test data requirements and strategies, ensuring data privacy, integrity, and availability for various testing needs including large-scale data sets for performance testing.
Automation & Tooling: Drive the adoption and expansion of test automation across all layers (UI, API, database, performance) to maximize efficiency and coverage. Oversee the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test plans, manual test cases, and automated test scripts (functional, non-functional, regression, integration, user acceptance testing (UAT), exploratory testing, etc.). Evaluate, select, and implement appropriate testing tools and technologies to enhance QA capabilities. (ALM, Selenium, Cucumber, Karate, Postman, Jmeter, BlazeMeter). Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster feedback loops.
Strong experience in requirements analysis for test case creation and test execution of user stories using tools like Quality Centre/ALM, Confluence , Jira ,SOAP UI, Filetransfer, SQL developer. Strong experience in development of Test Automation features using UFT (unified functional testing) and / or Selenium with Java
Collaboration & Communication: Act as a primary liaison between QA and other departments (Product Management, Development, DevOps, Project Management, Business Stakeholders). Communicate test strategies, progress, risks, and quality metrics clearly and concisely to all levels of the organization.
Collaborate with development teams to promote testability of code, shift-left testing practices, and early defect prevention. Participate in requirement reviews, design discussions, and sprint planning to ensure quality considerations are embedded from the start. Work closely with product and business teams to define and facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT) and exploratory testing sessions.
Plan and implement a full set of test automation activities across a full end to end feature: create, maintain and execute automated tests.
Ability to identify the Test scope and come up with required functional and non-functional test cases.
Proficiency in documentation of required the test documents.
Ensuring end-to-end defect tracking and aligning with Key QA metrics
Manage test issues, risks management and maintain test environments.
Develop and extend in-house testing automation tools and test frameworks.
Participate with development teams in release management and process improvement

Your skills and experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
12-15+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, with at least [2+] years in a leadership or management role (e.g., QA Lead, QA Manager, Test Manager).
Proven experience in defining, implementing, and managing comprehensive QA strategies and processes, including manual, automated, BDD-driven, and performance testing methodologies.
Strong expertise in test automation, including designing and developing robust automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Rest Assured, JUnit, TestNG, Pytest, UFT, REST API Testing)- (preferably Java, Groovy or Kotlin plus knowledge of SQL).
Demonstrated experience with BDD frameworks (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow, Behave) and collaborating on Gherkin feature files.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering.

Core Competency Skill

Quality-first mindset, leadership skills. Excellent leadership, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and inspire. Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop QA talent. Individual contributor with an attitude to learn and deliver and manage team when role expands. Understanding of banking systems and processes is a huge advantage
Demonstrated experience in planning, executing, and analyzing performance, load, and stress tests for complex applications.
Hands-on experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner, k6, Gatling).
Demonstrated experience in manual testing techniques, including exploratory testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and comprehensive test case design.
Proficiency in at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Python, C#).
Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working in an Agile development environment.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
Experience with various types of testing, including functional, regression, integration, system, performance, security, and usability testing.
Strong knowledge of SQL and database testing.
Open for manual testing for at least a year in parallel to identifying automation candidates.
Understanding software development and testing processes on GCP

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

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