Automation Lead

Bank Julius Bär & Co. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Julius Baer is seeking a Director-level Test Automation leader to drive design, development and innovation for core banking and satellite applications. The role requires managing SDETs and performance engineers across UI, API, and load testing, with emphasis on cloud and on‑prem platforms.

The candidate should have extensive experience in automation frameworks, Java, and modern CI/CD pipelines, plus strong stakeholder engagement and risk-aware delivery.

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of experience driving Test Automation strategies and technical solutions.
• Private Banking experience including Temenos T24 Core banking preferred.
• Expertise in Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/SAFE).
• Automation leadership across UI, API, and performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead test automation design, development and innovation for Core Banking and Satellite apps.
• Manage a team of test automation engineers, SDETs, and load/performance engineers.
• Define test strategy, automation approach, environment and test data management.

Skills

Test Automation strategy

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Cloud technologies

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cucumber

API Automation

Java

Azure

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux

Kafka/IBM MQ

JMeter

K6

Grafana

Dynatrace

Splunk

Temenos T24

Job description

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

The candidate will lead Test Automation design, development and innovation initiatives for Core Banking and Satellite applications, managing a team of test automation, SDETs and Load and performance engineers. The candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing Test Automation frameworks and solutions using open source and conventional tools on on-prem and cloud platforms. Candidate should have very good understanding on Software Engineering, CICD, cloud and development tool stack.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Functional / Technical Design test automation framework and solutions for cloud and on-prem platforms, covering UI, api automation, service virtualization, CICD and test tool (JIRA, XRAY) integration
• Lead and manage test automation teams to ensure automation initiatives and delivery are aligned with business and technical goals
• Work with project stakeholders in the core banking and satellite applications domains to gather automation and nonfunctional testing requirements and define goals and solutions for the automation teams
• Drive the automation teams to pursue the latest tech stacks and industry standard practices
• Maintain automation and performance test repositories, ensuring seamless test execution and reporting integrated with the deployment pipelines
• Promote a culture and desire for innovation and consistent improvements in the test automation and performance testing areas
• Review and track artefacts produced by automation teams
• Define test strategy, automation approach, environment and test data management plans across applications, for big and small projects
• Work collaboratively with various project, business and operations teams to achieve goals
• Status reporting and ability to proactively raise issues, risks and recommend optimal solutions
• Client / Stakeholder Management (internal & external)
• Stake holder management – working closely with senior stakeholders within IT and Business to drive test automation deliveries, best practices, innovation and automation
• Work with IT risk to actively drive the risk culture within and across teams
• Ensure awareness, involvement and support from the key stakeholders and participants by building strong project teams and maintaining robust communication on the project status throughout its life cycle
• Regulatory Responsibilities &/OR Risk Management
• Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Take responsibility for ensuring that risks and issues are identified and managed closely and drive all stakeholders to deliver on time and to the required quality standards

RANK APPLICABLE TO THE POSITION

Director

YOUR PROFILE

• Minimum 12-15+ years of experience in driving Test Automation strategies and technical solutions
• Private Banking experience including in Temenos T24 Core banking preferred
• Experience and Ability to provide technical solutions and adapt to latest tech stacks and innovations
• Expertise in working on Agile methodologies such as Scrum / Kanban / SAFE
• Experience in Automation and driving Automation strategy (Selenium, Playwright, STEP & other industry standard tools)

Technical Must Have:

• Experience with Test Automation frameworks and tool stack like Cucumber, API Test Automation, Selenium, Playwright
• Expertise in Java
• Good understanding of cloud technologies (Azure preferred)
• Proficient with at least one CI CD tool stack (Gitlab preferred)
• Proficient with Kubernetes and Docker technologies
• Good understanding of Linux
• Good understanding on software engineering best practices, clean code policies, branching strategies, release processes, versioning etc
• Good understanding of streaming platforms like Confluent Kafka/ IBM MQ etc
• Experience in Load and Performance testing with JMeter, K6, Playwright
• Experience in Observability and monitoring tools like Grafana, Dyna trace, Splunk
• Exposure on any Core banking solutions (T24 preferred)

Personal and Social

• Excellent communication & Stakeholder management skills
• Good work ethics
• Good problem-solving abilities
• Good team player
• Good service attitude
• Systematic and meticulous
• Ability to lead teams effectively across locations

Why join Julius Baer?

At Julius Baer our employees enjoy the benefits of a global company with the support and collegiality of a much smaller one. We are growing quickly, but we remain dedicated to maintaining our accessible structure with flat hierarchies, and approachable and supportive leaders. With offices around the world, we offer an international and stimulating work environment and the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly motivated colleagues, bringing the best of the bank to our clients.

Our core values of Care, Passion, and Excellence define the tone of how we interact with each other and our partners. Committed to your success Whether nurturing young talent with our renowned apprentice scheme, enabling ambitious university graduates to put theory into practice with our Graduate Programme, or providing first-class opportunities for experienced professionals, we look after our employees. We believe in continuous learning as a company and as individuals, which is why we put a focus on the health and well-being of our employees and offer flexible working options, a wide array of benefits, and extensive career development programmes.

For more information visit www.juliusbaer.com or contact us via the Contact Form.