Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

About Persistent

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We have delivered 23 sequential quarters of growth with $422.5M in Q3 FY26 revenue, up 4.0% Q-o-Q and 17.3% Y-o-Y growth. Our 26,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We won the 2025 ISG Star of Excellence™ Award for AI and Data Excellence and were named a Leader in the Everest Group Talent Readiness for Next-generation Data, Analytics and AI Services PE… ® Assessment 2025.

About Position:

We’re looking for a seasoned Test Automation Engineer with deep experience in banking and payments to drive quality engineering across high throughput payment flows (e.g., Wires/SWIFT, FedNow, Chips, ISO 20022, ACH/NACHA, RTP). You’ll design robust automation frameworks, expand test coverage across APIs/services/UI, and embed quality into CI/CD for mission critical systems that demand security, resiliency, and regulatory compliance.

• Role: QA Automation Engineer
• Location: Charlotte, NC
• Experience: Minimum 10 years
• Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• Build & Evolve Automation Frameworks

Design and maintain scalable, modular UI/API/service-level/Database automation frameworks (preferably in Java/C#/TypeScript/Python) using tools like Selenium/WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, Rest Assured, Postman.

Implement robust test data management, environment selectors, and parallel execution at scale; champion test stability (flaky test reduction).

• Quality in CI/CD

Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins/GitLab CI) with gating policies, test dashboards, and quality thresholds (code coverage, pass rates, performance baselines).

Shift-left: PR-level unit/contract tests; shift-right: synthetic monitoring and observability validations post-deploy.

• Payments Domain Validation

Author automation for end-to-end payment journeys: initiation → validation → routing → posting → notifications → reconciliation.

Validate file and real-time rails: Wires/SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022), RTP, FedNow, Chips.

Verify message schemas (e.g., ISO 20022 pain.001/pacs.008/camt), and SWIFT MX mapping; ensure idempotency, FX/fees/tax, cut-offs, holidays, and retries.

• Non-Functional & Resilience Testing

Build automation for performance, soak, and resilience (throughput/latency/error budgets, circuit breakers, back-pressure).

Execute chaos/failover/dr testing: timeouts, downstream unavailability, duplicate submissions, replay protection.

Expertise You'll Bring:

• Minimum 10 years in test automation with 5+ years in banking/payments platforms.
• Strong in one or more: Java, C#, Python, or TypeScript; hands‑on with Selenium/Playwright/Cypress and API testing (Rest Assured/Postman).
• Experience with message validation (JSON, XML, ISO 20022 schemas), file-based and real-time processing, asynchronous and event-driven systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Solid grasp of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Git, Docker/K8s, environment variables/secrets, and test parallelization.
• Proven capability with SQL and at least one NoSQL (e.g., Mongo); experience setting up synthetic test data and masking strategies.
• Familiarity with observability (Grafana, Splunk) to correlate test runs with system telemetry.
• Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Contract testing with schema-first approaches (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI).
• Domain exposure to reconciliations, liquidity, sanctions screening (OFAC), AML, and fraud signals/decisioning.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company-sponsored higher education and certifications.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies.
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards.

Inclusive Environment:

Persistent Ltd. is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We offer hybrid work options and flexible working hours to accommodate various needs and preferences.
• Our office is equipped with accessible facilities, including adjustable workstations, ergonomic chairs, and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all employees can thrive.

Our company fosters a values-driven and people-centric work environment that enables our employees to:

• Accelerate growth, both professionally and personally
• Impact the world in powerful, positive ways, using the latest technologies
• Enjoy collaborative innovation, with diversity and work-life wellbeing at the core
• Unlock global opportunities to work and learn with the industry’s best

Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent

For more detail, please contact – Ishan Giradkar (ishan_giradkar@persistent.com)

“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”