Sr. Software Engineer In Test - Embedded Payments - jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer In Test - Embedded Payments based in India.

This role offers the opportunity to shape quality engineering practices for a high-scale embedded payments platform. You will take ownership of advanced test automation strategies across cloud-native, event-driven systems. Working closely with engineering and product teams, you will influence architecture decisions and define quality standards. The position combines hands-on engineering, automation leadership, and technical mentorship responsibilities. You will design scalable testing solutions for complex payment workflows processing high transaction volumes. This is an environment where innovation, AI-assisted engineering, and continuous improvement are strongly encouraged. You will play a key role in ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performing software experiences for customers worldwide.

Accountabilities:

As a Senior Software Engineer in Test, you will lead the evolution of quality engineering practices by building scalable automation frameworks, improving testing strategies, and ensuring reliability across distributed payment systems. You will work closely with engineering teams to identify risks, strengthen development processes, and deliver high-quality software solutions.

• Collaborate on test framework architecture by enhancing automation standards, improving existing frameworks, and establishing scalable testing practices across engineering teams.
• Define and execute load and performance testing strategies, including scenario design, tooling selection, baseline measurement, and performance analysis.
• Build and maintain test harnesses for asynchronous and event-driven workflows, validating messaging systems, distributed processes, retries, and data consistency.
• Develop strategies for testing complex financial operations, including idempotency, failure handling, retry mechanisms, and distributed service interactions.
• Integrate quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, improving automation reliability, execution efficiency, and defect detection capabilities.
• Own API and contract testing strategies to ensure reliable integrations between backend services.
• Establish quality observability through metrics, reporting dashboards, coverage analysis, and regression tracking.
• Partner with engineering leaders to incorporate quality considerations into system architecture and technical decisions.
• Promote AI-assisted testing practices using modern engineering tools to improve test creation, analysis, and troubleshooting efficiency.
• Mentor QA engineers and contribute to building stronger software engineering and testing capabilities within the team.