Senior QA Engineer - Fintech Automation Leader

Arvion Services; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary reviews

Birthday leave

Additional leave up to 5 days

Pension contributions

Healthcare coverage

Stock purchase program

Volunteer day

Office refreshments

Mental health support

Global fintech collaboration

Job summary

Arvion Services is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead end-to-end quality across a global fintech platform. The role emphasizes hands-on automation, framework design, and mentoring engineering teams.

You will shape quality standards and drive modern testing practices in a hybrid work environment. The candidate should bring 6–10+ years of production-grade automation experience, strong programming skills, and a solid grasp of SQL, API testing, and UI automation.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10+ years of experience designing and building production-grade test automation solutions.
• Strong programming skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C#, or similar languages.
• Proven experience in test framework design, system design, and quality architecture.
• Solid understanding of SQL and relational databases for testing, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Hands‑on experience with API testing tools such as Postman, Bruno, or equivalent.
• Strong experience with UI automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of functional and non-functional testing methodologies, including performance, load, resilience, reliability, and security testing.
• Experience balancing manual and automated testing approaches to achieve optimal quality outcomes.
• Hands‑on experience using AI-assisted development and testing tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience with AWS cloud environments and CI/CD pipeline ownership, including release gate implementation.
• Prior experience within payments, foreign exchange, fintech, or other regulated industries.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience in quality engineering, including test architecture decisions and code reviews.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and own integration test frameworks and contract testing solutions for critical financial transaction flows and partner integrations.
• Lead the development of test automation frameworks that support production release processes across onboarding, compliance, payments, foreign exchange, settlement, and related domains.
• Define and maintain the appropriate balance between manual and automated testing strategies.
• Develop and execute automated tests using modern frameworks such as Playwright or equivalent technologies.
• Own CI/CD quality strategy, including release gating, test reliability, infrastructure health, and defect management processes.
• Investigate production incidents and translate findings into automated tests, process improvements, and quality enhancements.
• Lead test architecture reviews, establish quality standards, and provide technical mentorship to QA engineers.
• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted testing tools and modern quality engineering practices.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Compliance teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Skills

QA leadership

Test framework design

System design

Quality architecture

SQL testing

API testing

UI automation

Performance testing

Load testing

AI-assisted testing

GitHub Copilot

AWS

CI/CD ownership

Payments domain

Code reviews

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

GitHub Copilot

AWS

CI/CD tools

Job description

Arvion Services is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead end-to-end quality across a global fintech platform. The role emphasizes hands-on automation, framework design, and mentoring engineering teams.

You will shape quality standards and drive modern testing practices in a hybrid work environment. The candidate should bring 6–10+ years of production-grade automation experience, strong programming skills, and a solid grasp of SQL, API testing, and UI automation.