Senior QA Automation Engineer

Role Overview We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer with 5+ years of software testing experience to work on a large-scale banking Client Onboarding and KYC platform . The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Playwright automation , preferably using Java , along with a good understanding of banking workflows, particularly Client Onboarding, KYC, AML, and Financial Crime Compliance . The candidate will be responsible for functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, and automation testing across complex workflows involving multiple upstream and downstream systems. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated test suites using Playwright . Develop and enhance automation frameworks, preferably using Java + Playwright . Automate complex end-to-end Client Onboarding and KYC workflows. Perform functional, regression, integration, API, and end-to-end testing. Understand business requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios and test cases. Validate workflows involving multiple interconnected applications and backend systems. Perform API testing and backend/data validation where required. Validate data movement across upstream and downstream systems. Perform database validation using SQL. Investigate automation failures and distinguish application defects from framework/environment issues. Execute automated regression suites through CI/CD pipelines. Analyze pipeline failures, logs, screenshots, traces, and other test artifacts. Work closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and other QA engineers. Participate in defect triage and root-cause analysis. Maintain high-quality automation code using appropriate coding and framework design practices. Contribute to improving test coverage, execution time, stability, and parallel execution of automation suites. Mandatory Technical Skills 5+ years of overall QA/testing experience. Strong hands-on experience with Playwright . Strong programming experience, preferably Java . Hands-on experience building or maintaining UI automation frameworks. Strong understanding of: Page Object Model (POM) Locators and selectors Assertions Wait strategies Browser contexts Parallel execution Test data management Screenshots, tracing, and debugging Experience with TestNG/JUnit or similar test frameworks. Good knowledge of REST API testing . Experience with tools such as Postman and/or REST Assured. Good SQL knowledge and experience performing database validations. Experience with Git and source-control workflows. Experience executing automated tests through CI/CD pipelines , preferably GitLab CI/CD. Ability to troubleshoot flaky tests, synchronization issues, browser/session problems, and parallel execution failures. Mandatory Banking/KYC Domain Knowledge The candidate must have practical experience working on Banking or Financial Services applications , preferably Client Onboarding/KYC platforms. The candidate should understand how KYC information flows between different systems and how approval, validation, exception, and compliance workflows operate within a large financial institution. Candidate Expectations We are specifically looking for someone who is hands-on , rather than someone whose recent experience has primarily been coordination or test management. The candidate should be comfortable: Writing Playwright automation code independently. Debugging an existing automation framework. Understanding complex business workflows. Writing SQL queries for validation. Testing APIs independently. Investigating CI/CD failures. Discussing KYC scenarios with business stakeholders. Identifying edge cases rather than relying solely on documented test cases.