QA Engineer (Banking Payments)

Role Overview

The Senior Technical Payments QA Engineer has a strong development background to ensure the quality, resilience, and regulatory compliance of mission-critical payment systems within Commercial & Investment Banking. This role is automation-first and hands-on, focused on complex integrations, payment messaging, and end-to-end flows across wires, ACH, RTP, and cross-border payments. This is not a manual QA role. The ideal candidate is a former software developer who transitioned into quality engineering and can design, build, and maintain robust automation frameworks in a highly regulated payments environment.

Key Responsibilities

Test Automation & Engineering

Design, build, and maintain test automation frameworks using:

Selenium

Cucumber / BDD

Java or similar object-oriented language

Develop reusable automation components for:

UI testing

API testing

Message-based integrations

Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines

Ensure automation coverage supports regression, smoke, and release validation testing Payments Domain Testing

Validate end-to-end payment flows, including:

Initiation validation screening posting settlement reporting

Test high-value and high-volume payment types:

Wires (Fedwire / SWIFT)

ACH (batch and same-day)

RTP / real-time payments

Validate cutoff times, value dates, liquidity constraints, and settlement timing Messaging & Integration Validation

Validate ISO 20022 and SWIFT MT/MX messages at the field level

Test data transformation, enrichment, truncation, and translation logic

Validate:

REST API contracts and payloads

File-based interfaces

Message queues and asynchronous processing

Implement automation for:

Idempotency and duplicate detection

Retry, recovery, and failure scenarios Risk, Controls & Compliance Testing

Automate test scenarios for AML, OFAC, and sanctions screening

Validate exception handling and repair workflows

Ensure audit trails and evidentiary data are captured correctly

Support regulatory change initiatives and audit-driven testing Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis

Identify and isolate defects across multi-system payment flows

Perform code-level and data-level root cause analysis

Partner with developers, BSAs, and architects to resolve issues

Prevent regressions through targeted automation coverage Environment & Release Support

Support UAT, parallel runs, and production cutovers

Validate releases against throughput, latency, and resiliency expectations

Assist with production issue triage and payment escalations as needed Required Qualifications/Skills

10+ years of experience in software development and/or quality engineering

Proven background as a software developer prior to QA or SDET roles

Strong hands-on experience with:

Selenium

Cucumber / BDD

Java (or similar object-oriented language)

Demonstrated experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch

Deep experience testing financial services or banking systems

Strong understanding of payments processing and settlement concepts

Wires, ACH, RTP, and cross-border payments

ISO 20022 (pacs, pain, camt) and SWIFT MT/MX

REST APIs, messaging, and file-based integrations

Batch vs. real-time processing models

Data reconciliation, exception handling, and auditability

CI/CD tools and test automation integration

Locations: Pittsburgh, PA

About Techstra Solutions

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