Platform Automation Engineer

Bread; Karnataka; Hybrid; INR 15,00,000 - 20,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company is looking for a Platform Automation Engineer to enhance test automation processes and develop robust frameworks. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, and proficiency in programming languages. The role involves collaboration across teams, guidance for junior engineers, and alignment with innovative testing technologies. This position offers a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the design and implementation of quality engineering practices.
• Define and advocate for testing standards and automation strategies.
• Integrate testing tools and frameworks into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Support development and maintenance of automated test environments.
• Provide guidance to junior engineers on automation practices.
• Participate in adoption of emerging testing technologies.

Skills

Agile Methodology

JavaScript

Cypress

Scripting Languages

Test Automation

Test Data Management

CI/CD

Cloud Platform

Version Control (Git)

Monitoring Tools

Debug Tools

Multitasking

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or related field

Job description

Job Summary

Platform Automation Engineer is a role that focuses on supporting efforts to enhance test automation, develop robust testing frameworks, and ensure the quality and performance of platform systems. Engineers in this role engage in coding, testing, and code reviews, contributing to the improvement of applications and processes for scalability and efficiency. This position involves collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality solutions and providing guidance to junior engineers in adopting automation practices.

Essential Job Functions

• Collaborate on the design and implementation of quality engineering practices for financial technology solutions. Assist in maintaining test frameworks to ensure efficient testing across the enterprise. Work on improving automation frameworks for scalable test automation.
• Help define and advocate for testing standards, automation strategies, and best practices in the SDLC. Support efforts to address performance bottlenecks and quality gaps. Contribute to the development of tools for managing test data across environments to support testing.
• Assist in integrating testing tools and frameworks into the CI/CD pipeline, focusing on automating testing within the build and deployment process.
• Support the development and maintenance of automated test environments and data solutions to ensure system reliability, providing engineering teams with necessary tools.
• Collaborate with quality engineering, product, and business teams on best practices in test-driven development (TDD) and automation. Provide guidance to junior engineers on adopting automation practices.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of tools for performance, load, and stress testing, ensuring alignment with real-world use cases. Work with infrastructure teams to configure scalable testing environments.
• Demonstrate proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python) and contribute to automated testing frameworks. Support platform quality engineering in financial technology and cloud environments.
• Participate in the adoption of emerging testing technologies, ensuring alignment with the company's innovation and quality strategy.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience
• 5+ years of work experience in related field

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience in related field

Skills

• Agile Methodology
• JavaScript
• Cypress
• Scripting Languages
• Test Automation
• Test Data Management
• CI/CD
• Cloud Platform
• Version Control (Git)
• Monitoring Tools
• Debug Tools
• Multitasking
• Problem Solving
• Communication

Work Environment

Normal office environment, hybrid.

Ability to travel up to 5% quarterly

Bread Financial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.