QA Automation Engineer for Banking APIs & Microservices

ATRIBS METSCON Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

ATRIBS METSCON Group is seeking a seasoned QA professional to design and execute test strategies for digital banking apps, APIs, and microservices. You will perform end-to-end testing across web/mobile channels, develop automated suites, and ensure API validation and backend quality.

The role requires strong experience in REST, JSON/XML, OAuth/JWT, and CI/CD practices, with collaboration across product, development, and DevOps teams to deliver compliant, high-quality releases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years QA experience with enterprise apps and APIs.
• Banking/FinTech domain experience preferred.
• Understanding of API-driven architectures and microservices.
• Experience testing customer-facing apps with high availability and security.
• Knowledge of QA methodologies, defect management, and automation best practices.
• Familiarity with regulated/compliance-driven environments.
• Certifications: AWS, PMP, CISSP, Azure, ITIL; Agile/ Scrum preferred.
• Preferred tech stack knowledge: Python/Java, Kubernetes, React; CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute test strategies and plans for digital banking apps and APIs.
• Perform functional, integration, system, API, UAT, and end-to-end testing across platforms.
• Develop and maintain automated tests to improve release quality.
• Validate REST APIs, microservices, and backend services.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Analysts, Developers, Architects, and DevOps.
• Contribute to sprint planning, defect triage, and release readiness.
• Execute automation in CI/CD and support shift-left quality.
• Ensure compliance with security, audit, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Track, report, and resolve defects, ensuring quality gates are met.

Skills

Manual testing

API testing

Integration testing

Automation testing

Test strategy

CI/CD

Gherkin/Cucumber

Agile/Scrum

DevOps

REST APIs

JSON/XML

OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect/JWT

Microservices

SQL/Oracle/PostgreSQL

GitHub/Azure DevOps/Jenkins

Selenium/Cypress/Playwright

Rest Assured/Karate

BDD/SDD (Gherkin/Cucumber)

Kubernetes/Docker

Jira/Confluence

QA standards/regulatory

Tools

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

SoapUI

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Rest Assured

Karate

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

SonarQube

Kubernetes

Docker

Jira

Confluence

Job description

ATRIBS METSCON Group is seeking a seasoned QA professional to design and execute test strategies for digital banking apps, APIs, and microservices. You will perform end-to-end testing across web/mobile channels, develop automated suites, and ensure API validation and backend quality.

The role requires strong experience in REST, JSON/XML, OAuth/JWT, and CI/CD practices, with collaboration across product, development, and DevOps teams to deliver compliant, high-quality releases.