Senior Test Engineer Automation (Java) (Fintech)

Location: Remote, Europe

Company

hirify.global is a US-based outsourced software development company providing software engineering expertise to technology companies through a global remote-first team.

What you will do

• Drive stories to completion, including automated testing and documentation, for a critical financial transaction platform.
• Create, enhance, and maintain test automation frameworks using Java and Cucumber.
• Define and execute automated tests for microservices and backend components, including performance and reliability validation.
• Validate REST APIs, web services, XML/JSON data, and SQL interactions.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, continuous delivery, secure development practices, and compliance standards in testing.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor team members, and support QA strategy and tool evaluation.

Requirements

• 4+ years of QA Automation experience, including building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Strong experience with Cucumber and Java.
• Experience testing microservices and backend components.
• Knowledge of REST, web services, XML, JSON, SQL, Tomcat, and Linux.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, such as Jenkins or similar tools.
• Understanding of secure development practices, functional testing, integration testing, and regression testing.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and continuous delivery.
• Ability to mentor team members and promote QA best practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, motivation, performance, goal-orientation, and results-delivery skills.
• Upper-Intermediate+ English level.

Nice to have

• BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Background in Payments, FinTech, or Financial Services.
• Knowledge of transaction processing systems.
• Experience with performance, resilience, or other non-functional testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work with contractors hired in Europe.
• Work with a global team of IT professionals distributed across more than 55 countries.
• Contribute to a strategic initiative for a major fintech client and a mission-critical payment orchestration platform.
• Opportunity to develop toward a Principal QA Engineer role.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV in English.
• Complete an introductory recruiter call and an internal interview.
• Receive an offer after successful completion of the process.