SDET Lead

Luxoft; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking a senior QA Automation Lead in Singapore to drive automation strategy and execution for a financial markets testing program. You will lead cross-functional teams and own end-to-end test design, data creation, and automation cycles using Selenium, Cucumber, and Java.

The role requires deep experience in API testing, SQL, and DevOps pipelines, with advantage for AI-assisted prompt engineering and modern CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software test design and testing methodologies.
• Leading automation projects and working independently.
• Experience leveraging AI tools (Copilot) for prompt engineering, framework integration and debugging.
• Solid knowledge of core JAVA, API testing, SQL and shell scripting.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools: Selenium, Cucumber, XML, Cypress, GIT/ADO repos, ADO/Confluence, ADO Boards/Test Plan.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of database testing concepts.
• Familiar with DevOps CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Groovy, YAML, ADO Pipeline).
• Strong understanding of Java/JEE stack applications.
• Integration tech expertise - API, FTP, Webservices & Solace Messaging.

Responsibilities

• Interact with product, project and development teams to understand testing objectives.
• Coordinate between onshore and offshore teams.
• Troubleshoot issues to identify root cause and resolve.
• Design test conditions, data and scripts for business and technical use cases.
• Use tools to execute tests and build scripts for validation.
• Lead automation strategy and create scripts for automated testing cycles with Selenium and Cucumber.

Skills

Automation leadership

Selenium

Cucumber

Java

API testing

SQL

Shell scripting

CI/CD

Jenkins

Groovy

YAML

ADO Pipeline

BDD/Cucumber

DevOps

Webservices

APIs

Tools

XML

Cypress

GIT

ADO Repos

ADO Boards

ADO Test Plan

Job description

Project description

Financial Market Team is driven to provide world class technology to support the bank's Financial Markets business, working specifically on the bank's in-house built pricing, execution and trade processing platform.We bring a deep understanding of the domain, a scientific approach, and innovative solutions to bear on the challenges of best servicing our customers in a highly competitive environment. This is a rare opportunity to join an organization working with smart technologists globally in the financial markets domain. The culture in the team is open, intellectual, and fun. Learning opportunities are plentiful and career advancement is always waiting for those high-energized talents willing and able to step up.

Responsibilities

• Interact with product management, project management and development teams to develop a strong understanding of the project and testing objectives
• Should co-ordinate between onshore & offshore teams
• Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution
• Design and create test conditions, test data and test scripts to address business and technical use cases
• Use existing tools and techniques to execute test cases and build/script new tools for performing testing/validation function
• Develop and lead the automation strategy/effort and generate scripts to perform automated testing cycles using Selenium & Cucumber

SKILLS

Must have

• 10+ years of experience in software test design and testing methodologies
• Must have experience of Leading the Automation Project and work independently
• Experience on Leveraging AI Tools (Copilot) for Prompt Engineering, Framework Integration, Debugging
• Solid knowledge of core JAVA, API Testing, SQL, Shell scripting
• Hands‑on experience with following automated build/testing tools:o Seleniumo BDD/Cucumbero XMLo Cypresso GIT/ADO Reposo ADO/Confluenceo ADO Boards/ADO Test Plan
• Agile Methodology exposure
• Good exposure on Database testing concepts
• Familiar with DevOps CI/CD (Jenkins/Groovy/YAML/ADO Pipeline)
• Good understanding of Java/JEE tech stack based applications
• Integration technology expertise - API, FTP, Webservices & Solace Messaging

Nice to have

• Banking domain experience
• Financial markets background and worked on trading systems