Senior QA Automation Engineer - API & UI (FinTech)

SPD Technology; Portugal; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

SPD Technology is building a next-generation Payment Orchestration Platform designed to streamline transaction processing, boost operational efficiency, and deliver a seamless payment experience for businesses and their customers.

Our solution integrates with multiple payment gateways, incorporates advanced fraud prevention mechanisms, and ensures full compliance with PCI DSS and other financial industry regulations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development or QA engineering.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in test automation, strongly focusing on API-level testing.
• Strong skills in Java/Kotlin, with practical experience using JUnit/TestNG, RestAssured, MockServer, JMeter.
• Solid experience in performance, load, and stress testing.
• Experience with Playwright or similar tools for UI automation.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines — experience with GitHub Actions.
• Good knowledge of SQL.
• Solid grasp of QA best practices, test pyramid principles, and the SDLC.
• Solid understanding of payment systems, transaction flows, and related compliance requirements.
• Language requirements: English - Upper Intermediate (B2+), Ukrainian - fluent.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for back-end APIs and front-end where applicable
• Build test automation solutions from scratch or extend existing ones for API and UI testing
• Define and implement a robust performance testing strategy using JMeter (Java DSL)
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage through functional, regression, integration, and performance testing
• Actively participate in requirements analysis and contribute to solution design from a QA perspective
• Collaborate closely with developers, DevOps, and product teams to ensure testability and automation at all stages of development
• Keep test documentation up to date and contribute to sprint planning and estimation
• Identify, report, and track bugs, driving continuous quality improvement across the product
• Ensure all QA deliverables align with regulatory and industry standards, especially in the FinTech domain
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline optimization for automated testing (GitHub Actions)
• Mentor and guide a middle-level automation engineer, supporting growth and knowledge sharing

Skills

QA engineering

Test automation

Software development

Problem solving

English proficiency

Tools

Java

Kotlin

JUnit/TestNG

RestAssured

MockServer

JMeter

Playwright

GitHub Actions

SQL

AWS

Job description

SPD Technology is building a next-generation Payment Orchestration Platform designed to streamline transaction processing, boost operational efficiency, and deliver a seamless payment experience for businesses and their customers.

Our solution integrates with multiple payment gateways, incorporates advanced fraud prevention mechanisms, and ensures full compliance with PCI DSS and other financial industry regulations.