Software Engineer III-Automation Test

ApplyMint; Bahrain; On-site; BHD 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Bahrain seeks an experienced Software Engineer III (Automation Test) to design, build and maintain automated test suites within an agile team. You will leverage Cucumber, Cypress, Selenium and Playwright to ensure secure, scalable software delivery and participate in enterprise testing activities.

The role covers test automation framework development, collaboration with QA and SMEs, and hands-on testing across the SDLC with a focus on quality and reliability.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering with 6+ years of applied experience.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments and understanding of the SDLC.
• Functional testing experience, including test design and results reporting.
• Experience partnering with QA, developers and SMEs to understand domain and system functionality.
• Experience designing, developing and maintaining automated test suites using Cucumber, Cypress, Selenium and Playwright with status reporting.
• Experience with defect lifecycle management in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience across system design, development, testing and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development and troubleshooting with non-routine approaches.
• Creates secure, high-quality production code and maintains test algorithms.
• Automates tests using Cucumber, Cypress, Selenium and Playwright and builds test frameworks.
• Leverages AI coding assist tools to improve quality, speed and productivity with peer review.
• Applies SDLC tools and CI/CD concepts to improve automation value.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts and ensures design constraints are met.
• Manages defect lifecycle including logging, verification and closure with teams.
• Hands-on experience across system design, application development, testing and stability.

Skills

Automation testing

Cucumber

Cypress

Selenium

Playwright

Agile

SDLC

CI/CD

Education

Software engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Cucumber

Cypress

Selenium

Playwright

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. As a Software Engineer III-Automation Test at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial and Investment bank for payments technology business, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Executes software solutions, design, development and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems.
• Automation using Cucumber, Cypress, Selenium and Playwright; ability to customize BDD Selenium in various integrations; design, build and maintain test automation framework; test cases and feature file creation.
• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed and productivity across complex deliverables, e.g., code generation, refactoring, unit test creation, documentation, while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain including enterprise-authorized AI‑assisted development and automation capabilities to improve the value realized by automation.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development.
• Manages defect lifecycle management, including defect logging, verification/re‑testing, and tracking through closure in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Hands‑on experience across system design, application development, testing, and operational stability concepts.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 6+ years of applied experience.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Functional testing experience, including test preparation, test design, execution, and results reporting.
• Experience partnering with QA (manual and automation), developers, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to understand the business domain, requirements, and system functionality.
• Experience designing, developing, maintaining, executing, and reporting automated test suites using Cucumber, Cypress, Selenium, and Playwright, including tracking and communicating automation status and quality metrics.
• Experience with defect lifecycle management, including defect logging, verification/re‑testing, and tracking through closure in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Hands‑on experience across system design, application development, testing, and operational stability concepts.
• Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large‑scale enterprise environment using one or more modern programming languages.
• Experience with Oracle/RDBMS to support testing and troubleshooting, solid understanding of CI/CD, application resiliency, and security considerations, and strong interpersonal skills to collaborate across teams and support timely problem resolution.
• Experience within Trade Domain.