Principal Engineer/Lead – Python Automation Testing | Hyderabad/Bangalore/Pune– Hybrid

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and intelligent end-to-end test automation frameworks for a mission-critical payments ecosystem.
• Integrate AI-based testing tools and approaches to improve test coverage, reduce redundancy, and automate test creation and failure triage.
• Automate testing across APIs, payment gateways, backend services, and web/mobile UIs with a strong focus on performance, concurrency, and data accuracy.
• Implement AI-driven features like self-healing scripts, smart test prioritization, predictive defect analysis, and synthetic data generation.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Security, and DevOps teams to ensure continuous testing is tightly integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Ensure test automation frameworks handle real-time transaction flows, fraud detection logic, and compliance requirements (e.g., PCI DSS).
• Leverage tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, Postman, Rest Assured, and modern AI testing platforms (e.g., Testim, Mabl, Applitools, Functionize).
• Participate in architectural reviews, sprint planning, and release cycles to deliver high-quality releases on time.
• Collaborate closely with developers, DevOps, product managers, and security teams to ensure test coverage and system quality

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years in software testing and automation, with at least 3+ years in the payments or fintech domain.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or JavaScript for writing reusable test scripts and frameworks.
• Deep understanding of payment flows, transaction lifecycle, chargebacks, reconciliation, fraud detection, and PCI compliance.
• Experience with AI-powered testing solutions: test case generation, anomaly detection, visual testing, or chatbot test automation.
• Hands-on experience in API automation and validations for REST and GraphQL endpoints.
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD, containers, and orchestration tools like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with real-time systems, message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), and microservices testing.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and database validation in financial systems.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Familiarity with performance/load testing tools like JMeter, k6, or Gatling is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with real-time payment systems
• Familiarity with Australian payments systems (e.g., NPP, BECS, BPAY, DE), but not mandatory
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Certifications in ISTQB Advanced, AI/ML in Testing.
• Exposure to using LLMs or NLP for generating or analysing test cases and logs.
• Experience with fraud detection systems and real-time transaction monitoring.
• Certifications in AI/ML or advanced QA methodologies.
• Knowledge of performance and load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling).
• Familiarity with BDD/TDD practices and tools like Cucumber or SpecFlow.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge QA tech in a highly secure and scalable payments platform.
• Exposure to the latest in AI-driven test automation and industry best practices.
• Collaborative, inclusive, and innovation-driven environment.
• Flexible work arrangements with a focus on work-life balance.

Experience level: 9-15 Years

If you’re interested in this opportunity, we’d be happy to receive your updated CV. Simply click the email link below, or copy and paste the email address: careers@innominds.com