Senior Software Engineer (QA)

PLP Group; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dependents Coverage

Competitive Salary

Growth Opportunities

Job summary

CellPoint Digital in Pune invites a Senior Software Engineer (QA) to lead quality across product development, ensuring robust test coverage and reliable releases in a fast-growing payments platform.

You will work with Product Owners, Software Engineers, Architects, and DevOps in an Agile setup to design test strategies, build automation, and validate complex microservices and external integrations while maintaining security and performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering and test automation.
• Experience validating payment and microservices-based systems.
• ISTQB certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality engineering from design to production.
• Design and execute test strategies for functional, integration, regression, API, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop scalable automation frameworks to improve test efficiency and release confidence.
• Perform hands-on manual testing where automation is not appropriate.
• Validate microservices, APIs, and third-party integrations.
• Mentor QA engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Contribute to QA process improvements and quality metrics.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Test Automation

API & Integration

CI/CD

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

REST Assured

Postman

Job description

Join CellPoint Digital: Shape the Future of Payments with Us! At CellPoint Digital, we’re revolutionizing the way businesses in the air, travel, and hospitality sectors manage their payments. Our leading payment orchestration platform helps some of the world’s leading brands make payments simpler, smarter and profitable- from improving payment experiences and maximizing approval rates, to reducing costs and unlocking new opportunities. But technology is only part of the story. It’s our people who make the difference. We’re a global team of innovators, problem‑solvers and ambitious professionals who care about the work we do and the impact we have. We work across borders, functions and cultures, bringing different perspectives together to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful results for our customers. Join us as a Senior Software Engineer (QA) on our mission to turn payments into possibilities! Senior Software Engineer (QA)

Senior Software Engineer (QA) We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (QA) with 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering, test automation, and end-to-end system validation. The ideal candidate will own the quality lifecycle across product development, ensuring robust test coverage, production-grade reliability, and continuous quality improvements through modern engineering practices. You will work closely with Product Owners, Software Engineers, Architects, and DevOps teams in an Agile environment to design comprehensive test strategies, develop scalable automation frameworks, validate complex payment and microservices-based systems, and ensure high-quality software releases. This role requires a strong balance of automation expertise, analytical problem-solving, and hands‑on manual testing to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performing applications.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Own end-to-end quality engineering for assigned products and features from design through production release.
• Design and execute comprehensive test strategies covering functional, integration, regression, API, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance scalable automation frameworks to improve test efficiency and release confidence.
• Perform hands‑on manual testing where automation is not appropriate, ensuring complete functional and business validation.
• Validate complex microservices, APIs, payment workflows, and third‑party integrations while ensuring data integrity across distributed systems.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and perform root cause analysis for defects, production incidents, and quality issues.
• Drive shift‑left testing practices by collaborating closely with developers during feature design and implementation.
• Ensure production readiness through risk assessment, regression validation, and release quality reviews.
• Mentor QA engineers by promoting engineering best practices, automation standards, and technical excellence.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in QA processes, automation frameworks, test coverage, and engineering quality metrics.
• Leverage AI‑assisted engineering tools to improve test design, automation development, defect analysis, and overall QA productivity while maintaining engineering quality and governance.

Skills you will have fine‑tuned:

• Quality Engineering: E2E quality ownership, shift-left testing, test strategy/planning, functional/integration/system testing, regression, exploratory & risk-based testing
• Test Automation: Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, Postman/Bruno, API/UI automation, BDD, data-driven testing, framework development & maintenance
• API & Integration: REST/JSON, OAuth/authentication, microservices, contract testing, third‑party integrations, payment gateway & E2E transaction testing
• Quality & Release: RCA, defect management, release readiness, quality gates, quality metrics & reporting
• Engineering Practices: Agile/Scrum, CI/CD, continuous testing, secure testing, code reviews & test documentation
• Domain: Payments domain and PCI DSS awareness
• AI‑Enabled QA: AI-assisted testing/development and awareness of emerging AI‑driven QA tools and practices
• Certifications: ISTQB and relevant automation certifications preferred

We offer you the opportunity to be an innovator, challenge the status quo, and redefine the payments category

What's in it for you:

• Competitive salary in a fast-growing start-up
• Medical insurance with coverage for dependents (parents, spouse, children)
• Opportunity for personal and professional growth in a dynamic industry

Please note, we retain applicant data for 12 months for recruitment purposes and future opportunities, after which it is securely deleted. At CellPoint Digital we are committed to be globally compliant with robust data protection.