Automation Engineer only USC and GC

Ampstek; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampstek is seeking a senior test automation engineer targeting banking/payments platforms in the US. The ideal candidate has 7–10+ years in test automation and at least 5 years in financial systems, with hands-on Java, Playwright, and API testing using RestAssured or Postman.

You will validate messages in JSON and XML (ISO 20022), handle file-based and real-time processing, and work with asynchronous systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years in test automation with 5+ years in banking/payments platforms.
• Strong in Java, hands on with Playwright and API testing (RestAssured/Postman).
• Experience with message validation (JSON, XML, ISO 20022 schemas), file-based and real-time processing, asynchronous and event-driven systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Solid grasp of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Git, Docker/K8s, environment variables/secrets, and test parallelization.
• Basic knowledge on data base validation on both SQL and Mongo.
• Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.

Skills

Test automation

Java

API testing

JSON

XML

ISO 20022

Kafka

RabbitMQ

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Environment variables/secrets

Test parallelization

SQL

Mongo

SWIFT

FedNow

fraud and risk controls

secure coding/testing practices

Tools

Playwright

RestAssured

Postman

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

• 7–10+ years in test automation with 5+ years in banking/payments platforms.
• Strong in : Java,; hands on with Playwright and API testing (RestAssured/Postman).
• Experience with message validation (JSON, XML, ISO 20022 schemas), file-based and real-time processing, asynchronous and event-driven systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Solid grasp of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Git, Docker/K8s, environment variables/secrets, and test parallelization.
• Basic knowledge on data base validation on both SQL and Mongo.
• Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.