Automation Engineer with Payment domain expertise

KAnand Corporation; New Jersey; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KAnand Corporation is looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer in New Jersey. The ideal candidate will have 7–10+ years in test automation with extensive banking/payments platform experience. Strong skills in Java, Playwright, and API testing are essential.

You'll be working on message validation, CI/CD implementations, and performance testing in a collaborative environment. Knowledge of fraud controls and secure coding/testing practices is a plus. Join us to contribute to impactful projects in the financial sector.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience in test automation, especially in banking/payments.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright and API testing methodologies.
• Solid grasp of CI/CD pipelines and containerization tools.

Skills

Java

Test Automation

API Testing

CI/CD

Docker/Kubernetes

Database Validation

Splunk Logs Validation

Tools

Playwright

RestAssured

Postman

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

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.

Experience in Splunk logs validation

Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.

Nice-to-Have

Contract testing with schema-first approaches (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI).

Domain exposure to reconciliations, liquidity, sanctions screening (OFAC), AML, and fraudsignals/decisioning.

Build automation for performance, soak, and resilience (throughput/latency/error budgets, circuit breakers, back-pressure).