About the role
Job Title: Senior Automation Tester – Wealth Management
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 6+ years
Domain: Wealth Management / Private Banking
Employment Type: Full-time
About the RoleWe are seeking a seasoned Automation Tester with substantial experience in the wealth management domain who will ensure the quality and reliability of our digital platforms and backend systems. The ideal candidate will collaborate with product, development, operations and business teams to design and implement test automation that supports our growth in private banking, investments, advisory and client-wealth journeys.
- Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks (UI, API, batch/ETL) aligned with wealth management workflows.
- Work with the business and functional teams to translate requirements (e.g., investment products, portfolios, client onboarding, transactions, compliance) into test scenarios and automation.
- Execute functional, regression, integration, data-migration, performance/regression suites—automated first, with manual as fallback.
- Validate data flows and transformations in the wealth domain (portfolio valuations, trade processing, fees, reporting) including backend/DB verification using SQL.
- Automate and execute API / service layer tests (REST/SOAP) and integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, retrospectives) and shift-left testing practices.
- Log, track and manage defects, work with teams to ensure timely resolution and contribute to test closure activities.
- Coach/mentor junior automation testers; contribute to standards, best practices and automation strategy across the wealth management unit.
- Continuously improve testing processes: identifying automation opportunities, improving coverage, reducing manual efforts, enhancing framework maturity.
- Total experience: 6+ years in software testing, with at least 3-4 years in automation.
- Domain experience: Strong knowledge of Wealth Management (private banking, investment products e.g., equities, bonds, mutual funds, structured products, portfolios, client lifecycle) is mandatory.
- Automation tools & languages: Hands-on experience with tools such as Selenium, Robot Framework, Cucumber/BDD, TestNG/JUnit, and languages like Java, Python, or C#.
- For example, one JD listed: “Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Robot Framework, Selenium, and Python.” Adzuna++2
- API/Web service testing: Experience with REST/SOAP, Postman, or RESTAssured for service layer automation. +1
- Database skills: Ability to write SQL queries and validate backend data (for example, ETL/data-migration testing) in complex data flows.
- Framework & CI/CD: Experience with version control (Git/SVN), CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and integrating automation into pipeline. Adzuna+1
- Test strategy/plan design: Experience in test strategy, risk-based test planning, automation roadmap and identifying manual vs automation coverage. +1
- Agile working: Comfortable working in Agile teams, with rapid cycles, iterative testing and continuous delivery.
- Strong communication, documentation, problem-solving skills and ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.
- Experience in Global wealth platforms, digital advisory, portfolio management systems or trading/wealth-tech.
- Knowledge of BDD frameworks (Cucumber/Gherkin) and behaviour-driven test automation.
- Experience in performance / load / stress testing of wealth platforms.
- Certifications like ISTQB, Certified Agile Tester, etc.
- Exposure to cloud-native architectures or microservices in wealth management.
- Experience mentoring/leading small teams or automation guilds.