Lead Automation Test Engineer – Payments Platform

Elavon Europe; Arklow; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank’s Elavon payments team in Ireland is seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and adoption of test automation across the platform.

This hands-on role requires ownership of the automation strategy and a scalable regression suite from the ground up. The candidate will work on a core acquiring platform with modern automation to improve quality, speed, and release confidence.

Qualifications

• Strong programming/scripting experience in Python (preferred).
• Experience building test automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong understanding of API-level testing and message-based systems.
• Experience with JSON and XML data formats (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the automation strategy for the team, including tooling, frameworks, and best practices.
• Design and develop automated test frameworks to support functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Build a transaction simulation capability to submit ISO8583-like messages to the acquiring system.
• Develop and maintain a robust regression suite covering key payment flows and edge cases.
• Work closely with developers, QA, and business stakeholders to identify automation opportunities.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
• Evolve Python/JSON/ISO8583 concepts into production-ready solutions.
• Create test data strategies and manage test environments effectively.
• Document frameworks, standards, and approaches for team reuse.
• Mentor team members and help build automation capability within the wider QA team.

Skills

Python

Java/JavaScript

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

U.S. Bank’s Elavon payments team in Ireland is seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and adoption of test automation across the platform.

This hands-on role requires ownership of the automation strategy and a scalable regression suite from the ground up. The candidate will work on a core acquiring platform with modern automation to improve quality, speed, and release confidence.