Senior Technical Payments QA Engineer (Automation) – Commercial & Investment Banking

Senior Technical Payments QA Engineer (Automation) – Commercial & Investment Banking

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Technical Payments QA Engineer with 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 tests into CI/CD pipelines

• Ensure automation supports regression, smoke, and release validation testing

Payments Domain Testing

• Validate end-to-end payment flows across:

  • Initiation → validation → screening → posting → settlement → reporting

• Test high-value and high-volume payment types, including:

  • Wires (Fedwire / SWIFT)

  • ACH (batch and same-day)

  • RTP / real-time payments

• Validate cutoffs, value dates, liquidity constraints, and settlement timing

Messaging & Integration Validation

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

• Test data transformation, enrichment, truncation, and translation logic

• Validate integrations including:

  • 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 testing for AML, OFAC, and sanctions screening scenarios

• Validate exception handling and repair workflows

• Ensure audit trails and evidentiary data are captured correctly

• Support regulatory change initiatives and audit-related 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 regression 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 when required

Required Qualifications

• 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)

• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch

• Deep experience testing financial services or banking systems

• Strong understanding of payments processing and settlement concepts

Payments & Technical Knowledge

• 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

About Techstra Solutions

Techstra Solutions helps leading organizations unlock the value of Digital and Talent Transformation. We combine business strategy, technology, and talent to guide clients through complex transformation journeys—from strategy through execution.

We deliver our expertise through consulting, innovative staffing solutions, and software development, always focused on measurable outcomes and long-term impact.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Techstra Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. The Company makes its decisions on merit, and its policy of equal opportunity prohibits discrimination in all phases of the employment process, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, promotion, selection, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment. The policy of equal opportunity applies without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender,, sexual orientation, gender identification, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, military status, veteran status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, alienage or citizenship, domestic partnership status, arrest or conviction record, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other protected categories under federal, state, or local law. The Company also prohibits discrimination or harassment based upon the perception that a person has, or is associated with a person who has, any of these characteristics.