Role & responsibilities

The chance

Senior Associate in the Certification Team (Non-Cards) at NPCI will be responsible for ensuring the compliance, app-testing, and certification of UPI, IMPS, AePS, IMPS, NeTC products as per NPCI standards. Expected to work closely with Payers, Payee, TPAP and third-party vendors to troubleshoot and resolve reported issues. Knowledge on API based tools.

Job Details:

Role Name: Senior Associate Onboarding
Year of experience: 2 to 6 years

Location: Chennai
Education: BE/BTech

Job details
Collaboration with banks and payment partners, and internal stakeholders ensuring seamless product validation before market deployment.
Execute end-to-end certification testing for NPCI Products and payment applications in-line with NPCI guidelines.
Execute test cases, log defects, and ensure timely resolution.
Maintain certification documentation and provide reports for audits.
Execute test cases, log defects, and ensure timely resolution.
Implement automation as required in the certification process
Manage end to end certification activities across all products
Co-ordination with internal departments for ensuring smooth business operations.




Follow and bring in industry best practices for certifications.

Key skills
Good legal technical skills in drafting, reviewing documentation and carrying out research
Excellent communication, co-ordination and project management skills
Strong knowledge of PCI standards, APIs, and payment terminologies.
Hands-on experience with testing tools (e.g., Postman) and defect life cycle
Ability to work in a structured, process-driven workplace.
Ability to handle multiple certifications simultaneously.
Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
Knowledge (or) maintenance expertise of open stack servers

Good to Have:
Positive understating of Java, Python, .net and DBs
Exposure to NPCI’s certification processes or payment scheme testing
Ability to create SOP’s and Technical documentations

AI skills
Ability to design the high-level architecture of an AI system including data ingestion, feature stores.
Effectively handling the large datasets.
Secure AI infrastructure – Federated Learning & Differential Privacy to protect PII(Personally Identifiable Information).
Fraud & Anti-Money Laundering using AI.

📌 Senior Associate Onboarding Tamil Nadu
🏢 National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)
📍 Tamil Nadu