Test Engineering Senior Associate

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base pay & annual incentive

Health & life insurance

Pension/Retirement benefits

Paid time off & family care

Hybrid work model

Job summary

DTCC is seeking a Test Engineering professional to ensure enterprise quality across a global post-trade platform. You will develop automated testing strategies, drive coverage across UI, API, and databases, and mentor QA engineers in a hybrid, on-site/remote model.

You will apply AI-enhanced testing to accelerate delivery, review database migrations, and embed quality into the SDLC, partnering with cross-functional teams to safeguard data integrity and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on test automation experience.
• Experience with keyword- and data-driven automation frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or C# for automation.
• Experience automating UI, API, database, and integration tests.
• Solid SQL skills and data validation across Oracle/PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes in distributed service environments.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab).

Responsibilities

• Ensure applications and projects meet enterprise quality standards with QA services.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing solutions.
• Provide testing expertise and direction to ensure specifications are met.
• Protect reliability of a global post-trade platform used by investors.
• Shift testing left to accelerate releases without sacrificing stability.
• Leverage AI-augmented testing to reduce manual effort and cycles.
• Validate Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations for data integrity and parity.
• Mentor QA engineers and promote automation best practices.

Skills

Test automation

Automation frameworks

Programming languages

End-to-end testing

SQL proficiency

Docker/Kubernetes

CI/CD integration

AI testing tools

QA leadership

Financial services domain

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Python

Java

C#

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay And Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have In This Role

The Test Engineering role is responsible for ensuring that all applications, system products, projects, and solutions meet defined enterprise quality standards. Provide centralized, independent quality assurance services across the firm, including functional and non-functional testing for all products, services, and applications across businesses. Design, develop, and maintain automated testing solutions, providing testing expertise, oversight, and direction to ensure the functionality of solutions and that design specifications are met.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Safeguard a global post-trade platform — Your test automation will directly protect the reliability of a system used daily by investment managers, broker/dealers, and custodian banks worldwide, where a single defect can carry real financial and regulatory consequences.
• Raise the quality bar across the SDLC — You will embed quality earlier and deeper into delivery, shifting testing left and enabling faster, more confident releases without compromising stability.
• Accelerate delivery through AI-augmented testing — By leveraging AI for test generation, self-healing UI locators, and reusable automation assets, you'll reduce manual test effort, shorten regression cycles, and free the team to focus on higher-value work.
• De-risk a major platform modernization — Your validation of Oracle-to-PostgreSQL database migrations will ensure data integrity and functional parity as the platform modernizes, protecting the business from migration-related regressions.
• Elevate the engineering team — Through technical leadership and mentorship, you'll uplift the QA engineering team's skills, establish automation best practices, and create a durable culture of quality ownership.
• Enable full-stack confidence — By driving coverage across UI, API, database, and integration layers of a multi-service containerized architecture, you'll give stakeholders end-to-end assurance that the platform behaves correctly at every tier.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7+ years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed For Success

• 7+ years of hands-on test automation engineering, ideally within complex, large-scale enterprise or financial platforms.
• Deep expertise in keyword-driven / data-driven automation frameworks, including designing, extending, and maintaining reusable framework components.
• Strong programming skills in a language such as Python, Java, or C# for building robust, maintainable automation.
• Proven experience automating across multiple layers — UI, REST/SOAP API, database, and end-to-end integration testing.
• Solid database and SQL proficiency, with practical experience validating data across relational systems (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and testing data migrations.
• Working knowledge of containerized, microservices architectures (e.g., Docker/Kubernetes) and testing in distributed, multi-service environments.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab) for continuous testing.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools for test generation, self-healing locators, or intelligent test maintenance is a strong plus.
• Prior experience leading or mentoring QA engineers and setting technical direction for a testing practice.
• Capital markets, post-trade, or broader financial services domain experience is highly desirable.

Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.