Senior Test Automation Lead (Fintech API & Channel Testing)

We are looking for 1-2 experienced Test Automation Engineers to help establish an end-to-end testing capability for a digital banking orchestration platform. Our platform integrates customer onboarding, KYC, payments, account opening, core banking systems, and other third-party services through APIs and web/mobile channels. ** Preferred Tooling Stack We are currently evaluating the following approach: * Karate for API and integration testing * Maestro for web and mobile channel testing * Xray (Jira) for test management * Allure and/or ReportPortal for reporting * CI/CD integration with Git-based pipelines Candidates should have strong experience with some or all of these tools, or be able to demonstrate equivalent alternatives and explain why they would recommend them. ** What we need Someone who has previously built and implemented: * API automation frameworks * Mobile and/or web automation frameworks * Data-driven test execution * End-to-end journey testing * Shared test data approaches * CI/CD integration * Test reporting and visibility Experience testing integrations involving: * Payments * KYC / identity verification * Core banking systems * Third-party services * Event-driven or microservice architectures is highly desirable. ** What you will do * Validate and refine the proposed tool stack * Establish the automation framework * Implement representative business journeys * Integrate test management and reporting * Enable automated execution within CI/CD ** Mandatory Screening Requirement Shortlisted candidates must participate in a 30-minute live demonstration. You must demonstrate a framework that you have personally built or led and show: * API automation * Data-driven execution * Web and/or mobile automation * Reporting/dashboard capability * CI/CD integration * End-to-end testing across multiple integrated systems Candidates who can only discuss frameworks theoretically will not be considered. ** To Apply Please provide: * Relevant experience * Tools/frameworks used * Availability * A brief description of the framework you will demonstrate during the interview