QA Automation Engineer

QA Automation Engineer


Job ID: mrp-878861

Charlotte, NC, US

Information Technology

Contract, Contract

$55.5 - $65

On-site

Other/Non Classified

Charlotte, NC, US

$55.5 - $65

Contract, Contract

Other/Non Classified

On-site

Information Technology

Job details

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Quality Engineer in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today’s digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers’ financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 6+ months 

Seeking a seasoned Quality Engineer with strong domain expertise in banking and payments, capable of driving quality engineering across high-throughput payment flows (e.g., Wires/SWIFT, FedNow, CHIPS, ISO 20022, ACH/NACHA, RTP). The ideal candidate will bring automation expertise and innovative approaches to efficiently validate and test for SWIFT Industry Standards compliance.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 7–10+ years in test automation with 5+ years in banking/payments platforms.
  • Strong in one or more: Java, C#, Python, or TypeScript; hands?on with Selenium/Playwright/Cypress 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.
  • Proven capability with SQL and at least one NoSQL (e.g., Mongo); experience setting up synthetic test data and masking strategies.
  • Experience with Jira , Octane
  • Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.

 

What You Will Be Doing:

Build & Evolve Automation Frameworks

  • Design and maintain scalable, modular UI/API/service-level/Database automation frameworks (preferably in Java/C#/TypeScript/Python) using tools like Selenium/WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, RestAssured, Postman.
  • Implement robust test data management, environment selectors, and parallel execution at scale; champion test stability (flaky test reduction).

Quality in CI/CD

  • Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins/GitLab CI) with gating policies, test dashboards, and quality thresholds (code coverage, pass rates, performance baselines).
  • Shift-left: PR-level unit/contract tests; shift-right: synthetic monitoring and observability validations post-deploy.

Payments Domain Validation

  • Author automation for end-to-end payment journeys: initiation – validation – routing – posting – notifications – reconciliation.
  • Validate file and real-time rails: Wires/SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022), RTP, FedNow, Chips.
  • Verify message schemas (e.g., ISO 20022 pain.001/pacs.008/camt), and SWIFT MX mapping; ensure idempotency, FX/fees/tax, cut-offs, holidays, and retries.

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