Software Development Engineer – Test

Jobtailor; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Test Automation Lead to own and evolve an AI-assisted automation platform used across WebUI and API testing. You will architect reusable capabilities across UI, APIs, and microservices, and modernize frameworks to align with DevOps and cloud-native practices.

Responsibilities include defining automation standards for high-transaction financial-like systems, building automated quality gates in CI/CD, and delivering testing evidence and compliant reports for audits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in test automation.
• Hands-on experience building scalable automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ownership and evolution of AI-assisted automation platform for WebUI and API testing across teams.
• Architect reusable capabilities across UI, APIs, and Microservices.
• Develop and modernize automation frameworks to align with DevOps and cloud-native architectures.
• Define and implement test automation standards, best practices, and guidelines for testing complex financial systems.
• Design automated quality gates and checkpoints within the CI/CD pipeline to prevent regressions.

Skills

Test Automation

CI/CD

Scripting

Cloud

API Testing

UI Testing

Team Collaboration

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Appium

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

SoapUI

Rest Assured

Kubernetes

Tekton

Jenkins

Job description

• Lead the ownership and evolution of AI-assisted automation platform — for WebUI and API test consumed across the application teams.
• Architect generic, reusable capabilities covering the full application stack – including UI (Web applications), APIs, and Microservices.
• Develop and expand advanced test automation frameworks, modernizing them to align with DevOps principles and cloud-native architectures.
• Establish, lead, and continuously refine the test automation strategy specifically for Ford Credit’s core banking applications and integrated financial products.
• Define and implement comprehensive test automation standards, best practices, and guidelines tailored for testing complex, high-transaction financial systems.
• Design and implement automated quality gates and checkpoints within the CI/CD pipeline to prevent regressions and ensure the integrity of builds impacting core banking functionalities.
• Create and maintain detailed testing evidence, test reports and documentation for all automated tests, ensuring full compliance with internal policies, external regulations, and audit requirements specific to the financial industry.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive experience in Test Automation, hands on experience building framework and tools with scale.
• Strong Scripting and Programming knowledge in languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, with proven ability to build robust, maintainable automation frameworks and scripts for complex financial applications.
• Strong experience with cloud, demonstrating the ability to leverage cloud services for test environment management, test execution, and scaling automation infrastructure securely.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaaC), Virtualization and Container Orchestration (Kubernetes - K8s) related to setting up test environments
• Hands-on Experience in Developing Automation Scripts for UI using frameworks/tools like Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Hands on experience with API Automation using tools/frameworks like Postman, SoapUI, or Rest Assured, specifically for testing APIs, web services, and microservices.
• Very strong experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (preferred experience with Tekton, Cloud Build, and/or Jenkins) to integrate automated tests and implement quality gates for changes impacting the systems.
• Strong knowledge in data visualization and reporting using tools like Extent Report to effectively communicate test results, quality metrics, and automation coverage.
• Ability to work effectively in diversified global teams and projects, collaborating across different time zones and cultures.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in Test Automation, including the development of robust frameworks and scripts for complex financial applications. Proficient in CI/CD pipeline design and implementation, ensuring quality and compliance within high-transaction financial systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Test Automation Framework Development
• CI/CD Pipeline Design and Implementation
• Scripting in Java, Python, JavaScript
• API Automation with Postman, SoapUI, Rest Assured
• Cloud Services for Test Environment Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Test Automation
• Scripting
• Programming
• API Automation
• CI/CD Pipeline Design
• Infrastructure as Code (IaaC)
• Cloud Services
• Data Visualization
• Automation Frameworks
• Microservices Testing

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Effective Communication
• Teamwork

Industry Keywords

• Financial Systems
• Compliance
• Audit Requirements
• High-Transaction Systems
• Test Automation Standards

Tools & Technologies

• Selenium WebDriver
• Appium
• Playwright
• Cypress
• Postman
• SoapUI
• Rest Assured
• Kubernetes
• Tekton
• Jenkins