Who are we?:
At Finastra, we’re a global leader in financial services software, dedicated to expanding access to financial services and shaping what’s next for the industry. Our technology powers mission‑critical solutions across Lending, Payments and Universal Banking, supporting over 7,000 customers, including 80% of the world’s top 50 banks, in more than 110 countries.
What will you contribute?
Reporting to the VP, Head of Payments Quality Engineering, the Director, QA Engineeringwill lead a global, cross-functional Quality Engineering organization responsible for quality strategy, intelligent test automation, and end-to-end validationof the Payment To Go (P2G), Financial Messaging (FM) & US Payments.
This role partners closely with the Director, R&D; Developmentto jointly ensure high-quality, scalable, secure, and resilient software deliverythrough a shift-left, AI-first, and automation-driven engineering approach.
The role is accountable for embedding quality across the SDLC, modernizing QA into Quality Engineering, and driving predictable,
metrics-driven releases with superior customer outcomes.
Quality Engineering Leadership & Transformation
- Define and drive the enterprise-wide Quality Engineering strategyaligned with engineering, AI, and cloud modernization goals
- Lead the transformation from reactive QA to proactive Quality Engineering, embedding quality early in design and development cycles.
- Champion AI-augmented Quality Engineering practices, including:
- AI-driven test generation & optimization
- Intelligent defect prediction & root cause analysis
- Autonomous test execution & self-healing frameworks
- Establish a quality-first engineering cultureacross Development, QA, DevOps, and Product teams.
- Ensure adoption of shift-left and shift-right testing strategies, covering functional, non-functional, and production validation.
Strategy, Governance & Metrics
- Define and institutionalize quality frameworks, standards, and governance modelsacross
📌 Director, QA Engineering (Pune)
🏢 Finastra
📍 Pune