AVP, Software Engineer in Test, Core Banking Technology, Group Technology

DBS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DBS seeks an AVP, Software Engineer in Test in Singapore East to lead testing for Core Banking solutions and enterprise integrations. You will translate testing strategies into robust plans, design scenarios, and develop advanced automation capabilities, including AI-assisted test data generation and prompt engineering frameworks.

You will oversee end-to-end testing across APIs, UI, messaging, and batch processes, ensuring quality in both modern and legacy architectures, while coordinating with

Qualifications

• Experience leading software testing efforts in banking/FS industry.
• Strong understanding of Core Banking deposits and lending modules.
• Hands-on automation with Playwright/Selenium or similar tools.
• Proven ability to create structured test plans, test cases, and traceability matrices.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted testing and data generation.
• Experience with API, UI, and mainframe-like environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate testing strategies into actionable plans and test data patterns.
• Coordinate functional and non-functional testing across Core Banking apps and integrations.
• Develop and maintain AI-powered test case generation and data tooling.
• Identify automation candidates and expand automation coverage.
• Lead end-to-end testing for APIs, UI, file interfaces, queues, and service meshes.
• Track progress and contribute to quality dashboards and metrics.

Skills

Test leadership

Automation testing

Java programming

Selenium Playwright

AI-assisted testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Postman

Jira

Prompt engineering

Job description

## AVP, Software Engineer in Test, Core Banking Technology, Group TechnologyApply: DevOps, SRE & Test Automation: Singapore - East: Full time: Posted Today: WD89707**Business Function** Group Technology and Operations enables and empowers the Bank with an efficient, nimble, and resilient infrastructure through a focus on productivity, quality and control, technology, people capability, and innovation. ## Job PurposeAs an **AVP, Software Engineer in Test**, you will act as a Test Lead responsible for planning, preparing, coordinating, and executing testing activities for Core Banking solutions and their enterprise-level integrations. The successful candidate will understand the testing strategy defined for the programme and translate it into robust test plans, scenarios, and test cases. This role heavily emphasizes building advanced testing capabilities—including AI-powered test case generation, synthetic test data generation, and enterprise testing accelerators—to support continuous quality across our modern and legacy architecture. ## Responsibilities* Translate program-level testing strategies into actionable test plans, test scenarios, detailed test cases, and precise test data patterns.* Coordinate and execute comprehensive functional and non-functional testing across Core Banking applications and integrated downstream/upstream systems.* Prepare and maintain advanced testing toolsets, including AI-powered test case generation, test data generation, and prompt engineering frameworks to maximize test coverage and assertion accuracy.* Identify suitable test cases for automation, continuously improve automation coverage, and design/maintain robust automated testing capabilities covering test execution, validation, and assertion.* Execute end-to-end testing across APIs, User Interfaces (UI), file-based interfaces, messaging queues, and service mesh-based flows across the DBS application ecosystem.* Track preparation work and execution progress rigorously. Contribute actively to test-cycle completion reports, quality dashboards, and automation metrics.* Coordinate testing activities smoothly with Business Analysts, Developers, Platform Teams, application squads, and business users.* Take full ownership and accountability for the quality, accuracy, and timely completion of assigned testing cycles. ## Requirements* Experience in software testing within the banking and financial services industry, with proven background in test leadership and hands-on test automation.* Strong, foundational understanding of Core Banking systems, business processes, architecture, functionality, and data structures (specifically Deposits and Lending modules).* Prior experience testing mainframe-based banking systems is a strong advantage.* Proven experience in preparing structured test plans, test scenarios, detailed test cases, automated scripts, and traceability matrices.* Hands-on experience with modern automation tools and frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Karate, Postman, or equivalent.* Good working knowledge of AI-assisted software testing, automated test case/data generation, and prompt engineering to ensure comprehensive test coverage and precise validation.* Experience working with service mesh architectures, microservices, distributed systems, and mainframe environments.* Extensive experience testing enterprise application integrations, including APIs, relational databases, batch processing, and messaging queues.* Strong programming or scripting capabilities in Java or a comparable modern language.* Good working knowledge of SQL and test data validation techniques.* Proficiency in using Jira or equivalent enterprise test-management and defect-tracking platforms.* Solid grasp of Agile delivery principles, traditional SDLC methodologies, software quality standards, and defect-management processes.**Location:**DBS Asia Hub**Job:**Technology**Schedule:**Regular**Employee Status:**Full time