Senior Automation QA Engineer

Accountabilities: Define and establish the overall test strategy, QA ways of working, and governance framework for the gateway consolidation program. Lead, manage, and scale the QA team throughout the active delivery phase within a large-scale program structure. Define comprehensive end-state technology readiness testing to ensure the target platform is ready for production. Co-own, define, and oversee non-functional requirements, ensuring they are incorporated into the testing approach. Establish and enforce quality gates, acceptance criteria, and consistent testing standards. Lead synthetic stress testing, exploratory test scenario development, and architecture walkthroughs. Establish and oversee data migration integrity testing to validate accurate and secure transfers. Verify the safe migration of payment tokens, subscriptions, and configurations from legacy systems to the target platform. Validate complex API adapters and routing logic, ensuring downstream operations such as refunds, voids, and captures function correctly across legacy and target systems. Ensure testing activities address functional quality, performance, scalability, resilience, security, and compliance requirements. Requirements: Extensive experience as a Test Manager or Test Lead, with a proven track record of defining and managing test strategies for complex projects. Demonstrated experience establishing and operating QA processes in large-scale environments, such as SAFe. Proven expertise in complex system integration and migration projects. Strong knowledge of payment gateways and payment processors, particularly within the US market, including PCI compliance. Deep expertise in non-functional testing, covering capacity, performance, scalability, resilience, and security. Experience with AI-augmented testing approaches and AI-powered software development life cycles. Strong understanding of B2B and B2C payment capabilities. Thorough knowledge of PCI-DSS requirements and data encryption validation. Experience validating integrations across enterprise cloud architectures, including Azure, AWS, and GCP, as well as legacy technologies such as Java, PHP, and SQL. Strong leadership, strategic planning, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Preferred qualifications: Experience with the US payment processor TSYS and US payment methods such as ACH. Experience testing hardware integrations with pre-certified physical payment terminals, including Ingenico, Verifone, and PAX. Familiarity with auditing AI-generated code and AI-assisted deliverables for security and compliance. Benefits: Fully remote work arrangement in India. Opportunity to work on a large-scale technology transformation with global impact. Collaborative and supportive professional environment with access to experienced colleagues. Learning and development opportunities through internal meetups, conferences, and workshops. Access to Udemy, language courses, and company-sponsored certifications. Opportunities for internal mobility and exposure to diverse business domains and technologies. Company-paid medical insurance. Mental health support. Financial and legal consultations.