Senior Automation Architect: Selenium, API & Banking QA

KPG99 INC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KPG99 INC is seeking a QA Architect with 10+ years in Selenium automation and banking domain experience to design, build, and lead scalable automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber (BDD). You will drive UI/API strategies, guide CI/CD integration, and mentor QA teams across Agile sprints.

Responsibilities include end-to-end API testing, Kafka validation, ETL data checks on Oracle/SQL Server, and collaboration with Salesforce workflows.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional hands on experience in Selenium Automation with Java Development.
• Must have Banking experience and good to have Payments processing experience.
• Hands-on in design and developing automated testing systems and frameworks.
• Proven work experience as a QA Architect or similar role in software development.
• Experience with automated testing tools and methodologies Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes.
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
• Working knowledge of agile frameworks and regression testing
• Architect and implement scalable automation frameworks using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Cucumber (BDD).
• Drive UI, API strategies across web platforms
• Lead test planning, framework enhancement, and integration of automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Conduct end-to-end API testing and backend integration validations using tools like Postman, Rest Assured, and SoapUI.
• Validate Kafka-based event-driven systems with real-time message verification techniques.
• Perform ETL testing and data validation using advanced SQL queries on Oracle and SQL Server.
• Lead test efforts for Salesforce Sales & Service Cloud, including workflows, case management, and data validation.
• Execute mobile automation testing using Appium and real devices/emulators in varying network conditions.
• Mentor and lead QA teams, perform code reviews, and align testing goals with Agile sprint cycles.
• Engage in defect triage, maintain traceability matrices, and report on automation ROI and quality metrics.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable automation frameworks using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Cucumber (BDD).
• Lead test planning, framework enhancements, and CI/CD integration.
• Conduct end-to-end API testing and backend validations using Postman, Rest Assured, and SoapUI.
• Validate Kafka-based event-driven systems with real-time messaging checks.
• Perform ETL testing and data validation with Oracle and SQL Server.
• Mentor QA teams and align testing with Agile sprints.

Skills

Automation leadership

Agile experience

Problem-solving

Documentation

Team mentoring

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

TestNG

Cucumber

Cypress

Postman

REST Assured

SOAP UI

Ready API

JMeter

JIRA

HP ALM

QMetry

Confluence

Allure

Spring Boot

Hibernate

AngularJS

jQuery

Oracle 12c

SQL Server

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Appium

Job description

KPG99 INC is seeking a QA Architect with 10+ years in Selenium automation and banking domain experience to design, build, and lead scalable automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber (BDD). You will drive UI/API strategies, guide CI/CD integration, and mentor QA teams across Agile sprints.

Responsibilities include end-to-end API testing, Kafka validation, ETL data checks on Oracle/SQL Server, and collaboration with Salesforce workflows.