Job Title: Automation Test Engineer – DEC CLearing
Department: GM IT
About Business line/Function: CECO
Position Purpose:
Result oriented test engineer with 10 to 12 years of experience. Extensive Automation experience and AI assisted test development knowledge. We are looking for a highly technical Senior SDET to join our Quality Engineering team. This role is critical in ensuring the stability of our software and the integrity of our data. You will be responsible for building sophisticated automation frameworks, managing nightly regression suites, design and execute comprehensive End‑to‑End (E2E) test flows and performing deep-dive data quality testing. Beyond individual contribution, you will act as a technical lead, overseeing the quality of work produced by the team, reviewing automation code, and mentoring junior engineers to maintain high standards of engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
1. Automation Framework & Development
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, robust automation frameworks from scratch using Java and Selenium.
- Implement and manage API automation suites (REST/SOAP) to ensure seamless service integration.
- Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to support continuous deployment.
2. Scheduled Execution & Reliability
- Own and manage nightly automation suites, ensuring they run reliably and provide actionable reports every morning.
- Perform deep Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on automation failures, distinguishing between environment issues, data issues, and actual software bugs.
3. Data Quality & Backend Testing
- Design and execute automated Data Quality (DQ) testing to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across complex data pipelines.
4. End‑to‑End (E2E) Testing
- Create end‑to‑end test scenarios that span UI, API, database, and external services to validate complete business workflows (e.g., “Create‑Approve‑Settle a payment”).
- Use realistic test data and minimal mocking to mimic production behaviour.
- Integrate E2E suites into the CI/CD pipeline and run them on a scheduled nightly basis or on every release candidate.
- Produce traceable reports (Allure/ReportPortal) that map each E2E scenario back to business requirements.
Contributing Responsibilities
- Ensuring that the project and organization standards are followed during various phases of software delivery life-cycle
- Meeting deadlines deliverables.
- Keeping Team Lead appraised of issues that affect the project and the deliverables of the project
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Core
- Core Programming: Expert-level proficiency in Java (OOPs, Collections, Multi-threading, Exception Handling, Junit, TestNG, maven).
- Web Automation: Advanced experience with Selenium & Cucumber and design patterns (e.g., Page Object Model).
- API Testing: Strong experience in API automation using tools like REST Assured, RestDoc, Swagger, OpenAPI.
Data & Database:
- Advanced SQL skills (Complex joins, subqueries, data profiling, and validation).
- Experience in Data Quality testing or ETL testing.
DevOps & Scheduling:
- Proven experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI) for triggering and monitoring scheduled/nightly runs.
- Containerization (Docker/Podman)
- Experience with Version Control (Git/Bitbucket).
Required Soft Skills:
- Communication: Ability to articulate technical complexities and quality risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Leadership Mindset: Experience in managing the "work output" of a team—reviewing code, setting standards, and ensuring deadlines are met.
- Analytical Problem Solving: A systematic approach to debugging complex, distributed systems, and large datasets.
Specific Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Financial Services or Banking (understanding of transactional data and regulatory requirements).
- Familiarity with Performance/Load testing tools (JMeter).
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Technical Skills:
o Selenium, Playwright – Web Automation
o UFT
o Core Java and Python
o SQL / PL SQL
o Communication skills - oral & written
Behavioral Skills:
o Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
o Attention to detail / rigor
o Adaptability
o Communication skills - oral & written
Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Location: Mumbai / Bangalore
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.
