QA Automation Engineer / SDET UK Payments

Experience: 3-7 Years

Location: India

Domain: Banking & Payments

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled QA Automation Engineer/SDET with deep expertise in UK Payments schemes and modern test automation practices. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in validating payment processing systems across FPS, BACS, CHAPS, and SEPA, along with strong Playwright automation capabilities to drive quality across enterprise-scale payment platforms.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Playwright.
- Validate end-to-end payment journeys across UK payment schemes including FPS, BACS, CHAPS, and SEPA.
- Create and execute automated test suites covering UI, API, integration, and regression testing.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and Payment SMEs to understand business requirements.
- Perform functional, integration, system, and regression testing for payment applications.
- Validate payment message processing, transaction flows, settlement, reconciliation, and exception handling.
- Analyse defects, perform root cause analysis, and work closely with development teams for resolution.
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to quality engineering best practices.
- Ensure compliance with banking regulatory standards, security requirements, and audit controls.

Mandatory Skills





Payments Domain

- Strong experience in UK Payments.
- Hands-on knowledge of:

- FPS (Faster Payments Service)

- BACS

- CHAPS

- SEPA
- Understanding of payment lifecycle, settlement, clearing, reconciliation, and exception processing.
- Experience testing payment processing systems and payment gateways.

Automation Testing
- Strong hands-on experience with Playwright Automation.
- UI Automation using Playwright with TypeScript or JavaScript.
- Test framework design and maintenance.
- Data-driven and BDD testing approaches.

API Testing
- REST API Testing
- Postman
- API Automation
- JSON/XML validation

Preferred Technical Skills
- TypeScript / JavaScript
- Java
- Selenium (Good to Have)
- Cucumber BDD
- Rest Assured
- SQL
- Jenkins
- Git/GitHub
- Azure DevOps
- Maven
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Docker
- Kubernetes (Good to Have)

Desired Experience
- Experience working in Banking, Financial Services, or FinTech organisations.
- Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps methodologies.
- Experience with payment modernisation programmes.
- Knowledge of ISO 20022 payment standards.
- Exposure to SWIFT messaging is an added advantage.

Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work in a quick-paced Agile environment.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.

📌 Quality Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Lloyds Technology Centre
📍 Hyderabad