Job Title: Test Automation Engineer
Department: Testing Factory
About Business line/Function:
Testing Factory provides software testing services, including manual and automated testing, as well as performance testing. The team ensures quality, reliability, and compliance of applications across BNP Paribas Personal Finance, supporting delivery and transformation initiatives.
Position Purpose:
As a Test Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for proposing test automation strategy/plan, design efficient functional test scenarios and cases ensuring there is traceability back to all business requirements.
Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration and continuous deployment. Schedule automated execution. Identify, document, and report software defects and inconsistencies using bug tracking systems
Perform the automated execution results analysis. Ensure clear and concise test documentation. Define required test data needs.
Coordinate and create test data., test reports.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
- Propose a test automation strategy/plan, facilitating automated scripts maintenance and design (framework, modularization etc.)
- Design efficient functional test scenarios and cases ensuring there is traceability back to all business requirements
- Integrate automated tests into the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to ensure early detection of defects and provide rapid feedback to development teams
- Schedule automated execution according to the shared best practices
- Identify, document, and report software defects and inconsistencies using bug tracking systems
- Perform the automated execution results analysis and debug automated test scripts
- Create clear and concise test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test scripts, to facilitate knowledge transfer and maintain consistency in testing processes
- Define required test data needs
- Coordinate test data requests/create test data
- Create test reports / Support test reports / Support risk assessment
Contributing Responsibilities
- Collaborate with business, developers, and product owners
- Participate in Agile ceremonies
- Contribute to knowledge sharing and best practices
- Support improvements in testing tools and methodologies
- Use AI-assisted tools for test design and execution where applicable
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
- 5 Years and above of experience in UI & API Test Automation with the following tech stack: Java, Selenium, Cucumber, RestAssured
- Proven experience with Maven (Build, Dependencies, Lifecycle Management)
- Previous experience with BrowserStack and/or DigitalAI (or any other cloud-based cross-browser testing platforms)
- Exposure to Serenity BDD (Orchestration, Reporting, DSLs) will be desirable
- Previous experience in manual Rest API testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, etc.)
- Proven experience with Git workflows (push, pull, merge, fetch, rebase, etc.)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to communicate efficiently with the team (business, developers, PO)
- Effective communication skills for conveying test strategies & plan for automation
Specific Qualifications:
- Good testing and troubleshooting experience across the software development lifecycle
- Good planning, organization, and time management skills
- Debugging skills & analytical skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of Agile methodology
- Very good/advanced level of English
- Experience in banking projects - nice to have
- ISTQB certification would be a plus - nice to have
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitLab pipelines configurations - nice to have
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Technical Skills:
- Skill 1 – UI & API Test Automation
- Skill 2 – Java, Cucumber
- Skill 3 – Selenium
- Skill 4 – Serenity BDD (Orchestration, Reporting, DSLs) (Expsoure desirable)
- Skill 5 – RestAssured
- Skill 6 – Maven (Build, Dependencies, Lifecycle Management)
- Skill 7 – BrowserStack
- Skill 8 – and/or DigitalAI or any other similar tools (Cross browser platform that is cloud based)
- Skill 9 – or any other cloud-based cross-browser testing platforms)
- Skill 10 - Manual Rest API testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, etc.)
- Skill 11 - Git workflows (push, pull, merge, fetch, rebase, etc.)
Behavioral Skills:
- Skill 1 – Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skill 2 – The ability to communicate efficiently with the team (business, developers, PO)
- Skill 3 – Effective communication skills for conveying test strategies & plan for automation
- Skill 4 – Excellent problem-solving skills
Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in IT, Banking, Finance, or related field
Location: ISPL Chennai
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.
About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
