Senior QA Automation Engineer – Banking (UI & API)

BC Forward; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward is seeking a QA Automation Engineer III to join a banking-focused testing team in Cincinnati, OH. The role emphasizes designing and implementing scalable test automation across UI and API layers within an Agile delivery model.

The candidate should have 5+ years in quality engineering or SDET roles, with strong experience in WebdriverIO or Katalon, and expertise in banking domain test scenarios such as onboarding, origination, funding, payments, and servicing.

Qualifications

• Strong banking domain expertise in commercial loan systems across the full lifecycle.
• Proficiency with test automation for UI and API using tools such as WebdriverIO, Katalon, or similar frameworks.
• Knowledge of testing methodologies including functional, API, regression, and integration testing.
• Experience authoring test cases, managing test data, and executing tests within Agile processes.
• Defect management skills, including identification, logging, tracking, and verification.
• Clear verbal and written communication with developers, QA, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality engineering efforts within an Agile squad, chapter, and tribe.
• Own test strategy, planning, framework implementation, and execution.
• Design and develop new automation frameworks and maintain existing automation with clean, reusable components.
• Create structured UI and API automated tests and organize them into repeatable suites for web and mobile applications as applicable.
• Author comprehensive test cases in test management tools and ensure coverage across features and changes.
• Efficiently reproduce issues, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate to resolve defects and maintain timelines.

Skills

Banking domain testing

UI & API automation

WebdriverIO

Katalon

Agile methodologies

Root cause analysis

Defect management

Communication with stakeholders

Tools

WebdriverIO

Katalon

Job description

BCforward is seeking a QA Automation Engineer III to join a banking-focused testing team in Cincinnati, OH. The role emphasizes designing and implementing scalable test automation across UI and API layers within an Agile delivery model.

The candidate should have 5+ years in quality engineering or SDET roles, with strong experience in WebdriverIO or Katalon, and expertise in banking domain test scenarios such as onboarding, origination, funding, payments, and servicing.