Test Automation Engineer

About the role

Barclays is hiring a Test Automation Engineer in Pune, India, within its Global Payment Services business area. The role drives innovation and operational excellence by building and managing robust, scalable and secure infrastructure and deployment pipelines, and by designing, developing and executing testing strategies to validate functionality, performance and user experience.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Create and run automated test scripts using testing frameworks and tools to detect defects early.
• Work with cross-functional teams on requirements, design discussions and acceptance criteria.
• Analyse defects root cause and support developers in resolving them.
• Take part in code reviews and share knowledge with peers.
• Stay informed of technology trends and contribute to the organisation's technology communities.

Required profile

• Permanent contract, based in Pune.
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (BDD/Gherkin, Selenium).
• Ability to design and run end-to-end test plans for distributed systems, blockchain platforms, APIs and wallets.
• Understanding of performance, resilience, failover and security testing for regulated digital asset environments.
• Desirable: knowledge of payment systems and digital assets, and experience managing test environments across payment schemes, blockchain networks and backend services.
• Desirable: experience building API automation frameworks (REST, Kafka-based) in Python/Java with CI/CD integration.