Automation Tester

Kaleidoscope Innovation, Inc.; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaleidoscope Innovation, Inc. in Charlotte, NC is seeking an Automation Tester to join our banking and payments testing team. You will focus on high-volume data automation, API testing, and real-time validation across distributed systems.

Ideal candidates have 7–10+ years in test automation, strong Java skills, hands-on Playwright, and experience with CI/CD, Git, Docker/Kubernetes, and SWIFT/ISO 20022 knowledge.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in test automation
• 5+ years in banking/payments platforms
• Strong in Java, Playwright, API testing (RestAssured/Postman)
• Experience with message validation (JSON, XML, ISO 20022 schemas)
• Knowledge of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Git, Docker/K8s, environment vars/secrets, test parallelization
• Basic SQL and Mongo validation
• Experience with Splunk logs validation
• Experience handling high volumes of data in automation
• Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow, fraud/risk controls and secure testing

Responsibilities

• Note: responsibilities not explicitly listed in the posting.

Skills

Java

Playwright

API testing

CI/CD

Git

Docker/K8s

SQL

MongoDB

Splunk

ISO 20022

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Postman

RestAssured

Job description

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Automation Tester

Charlotte, NC, US

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 1193

Automation Tester:

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Required 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.
• Experience in Splunk logs validation
• Experience in executing automation with high volumes of data.
• 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 fraud signals/decisioning.
• Build automation forperformance, soak, and resilience (throughput/latency/error budgets, circuit breakers, back-pressure).
• Experience with Grafana dashboards

Kaleidoscope, an Infosys Company, is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.