Senior SDET - Fintech Automation Lead

Netspend; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Netspend is seeking an experienced Associate Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to drive quality engineering, test automation, and reliability across a fintech technology ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have strong programming expertise, hands‑on experience building scalable automation frameworks, and deep understanding of API‑driven, distributed, and cloud‑native systems.

You will collaborate with development, DevOps, and product teams to ensure quality, security, performance, and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software testing, test automation, and quality engineering, including substantial hands-on automation development.
• Must have strong coding experience of Java/Groovy, Selenium and Database(relational) Unit Testing framework and performance testing.
• Hands on experience in building testing framework(s) BDD Cucumber/TestNG.
• Must have hands-on experience in Frontend automation using Selenium/Appium or any other tool.
• Must have hands-on experience in Web Services Automation using Java/Groovy.
• Must have hands-on experience in Database testing with complex SQL.
• Must have knowledge of Gradle/Maven/ANT build tools.
• Must have good knowledge of CI/CD on Jenkins/Gitlab.
• Experience with Agile Methodologies, Tools (JIRA, Confluence).
• Must have hands-on knowledge in AI usage and AI tools.
• Must have exposure to design custom automation framework.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for UI, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop automated test solutions using Java, Python, or other suitable programming languages.
• Build and maintain automated test suites for REST APIs, microservices, GraphQL, databases, and asynchronous workflows.
• Validate financial transaction workflows, payment processing, transaction status updates, data integrity, and error-handling scenarios.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and reliable releases.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, performance, scalability, and reliability testing.
• Design and execute load and stress tests to evaluate system behaviour under peak transaction volumes.
• Investigate and troubleshoot defects across distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, product managers, and DevOps teams to define test strategies and quality standards.
• Develop reusable automation libraries, test utilities, service mocks, and test data management solutions.
• Work with containerised applications and Kubernetes-based environments to validate service reliability and deployment quality.
• Monitor test execution results, analyse failures, and provide actionable insights through test reports and quality metrics.
• Test security-sensitive workflows, access controls, data validation, and negative scenarios.
• Mentor junior SDETs and contribute to automation best practices, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Own quality engineering activities from test planning and design through execution and release validation.

Skills

Java

Python

Selenium

Test automation

API automation

CI/CD

JUnit/TestNG

Git

Kubernetes

Docker

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

Appium

GraphQL

REST APIs

JUnit/TestNG

Gradle/Maven

Jenkins

Git

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Netspend is seeking an experienced Associate Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to drive quality engineering, test automation, and reliability across a fintech technology ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have strong programming expertise, hands‑on experience building scalable automation frameworks, and deep understanding of API‑driven, distributed, and cloud‑native systems.

You will collaborate with development, DevOps, and product teams to ensure quality, security, performance, and