QA Automation Engineer

QA Automation Engineer

Charlotte, North Carolina

Hybrid

Contract

$55.5/hr - $65/hr

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Quality Engineer in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 6+ months

Seeking a seasoned Quality Engineer with strong domain expertise in banking and payments, capable of driving quality engineering across high-throughput payment flows (e.g., Wires/SWIFT, FedNow, CHIPS, ISO 20022, ACH/NACHA, RTP). The ideal candidate will bring automation expertise and innovative approaches to efficiently validate and test for SWIFT Industry Standards compliance.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7–10+ years in test automation with 5+ years in banking/payments platforms.
• Strong in one or more: Java, C#, Python, or TypeScript; hands-on with Selenium/Playwright/Cypress and API testing (RestAssured/Postman).
• Experience with message validation (JSON, XML, ISO 20022 schemas), file-based and real-time processing, asynchronous and event-driven systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Solid grasp of CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Git, Docker/K8s, environment variables/secrets, and test parallelization.
• Proven capability with SQL and at least one NoSQL (e.g., Mongo); experience setting up synthetic test data and masking strategies.
• Experience with Jira, Octane
• Understanding of SWIFT/ISO 20022, FedNow principles, fraud and risk controls, and secure coding/testing practices.

What You Will Be Doing

• Build & Evolve Automation Frameworks
• Design and maintain scalable, modular UI/API/service-level/Database automation frameworks (preferably in Java/C#/TypeScript/Python) using tools like Selenium/WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, RestAssured, Postman.
• Implement robust test data management, environment selectors, and parallel execution at scale; champion test stability (flaky test reduction).
• Quality in CI/CD
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins/GitLab CI) with gating policies, test dashboards, and quality thresholds (code coverage, pass rates, performance baselines).
• Shift-left: PR-level unit/contract tests; shift-right: synthetic monitoring and observability validations post-deploy.
• Payments Domain Validation
• Author automation for end-to-end payment journeys: initiation - validation - routing - posting - notifications - reconciliation.
• Validate file and real-time rails: Wires/SWIFT (MT/MX, ISO 20022), RTP, FedNow, Chips.
• Verify message schemas (e.g., ISO 20022 pain.001/pacs.008/camt), and SWIFT MX mapping; ensure idempotency, FX/fees/tax, cut-offs, holidays, and retries.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Specialization: Banking / Mortgage Professional