The role
Job description
Quality Engineer
About the role
Axletree builds cross-border payment infrastructure and financial messaging systems for banks. Our Symmetree platform process SWIFT MT and ISO 20022 traffic and connect clients to multiple payment rails.
We are hiring a Quality Engineer with up to 5 years of experience to own test design and automation for these systems. You will test payment message flows end to end, from API and UI down to queues, transformations and the database, and help raise the quality bar for every release.
Experience: 2–5 years in software QA or test automation Reports to: Engineering Manager
What you will do
- Design test plans and cases from requirements and acceptance criteria, and take part in grooming to make stories testable before development starts.
- Build and maintain UI and API automation in Python with Playwright and pytest, using the Page Object Model and parallel runs with pytest-xdist.
- Write API tests (Karate or pytest-based) for Symmetree and SMH services, including authentication flows such as TOTP-based 2FA.
- Validate SWIFT MT (MT101, MT103, MT199) and ISO 20022 messages (pacs.008, camt.053, CBPR+) against schemas, field rules and character limits.
- Test message routing and transformation through Apache Camel routes and IBM MQ queues, including ACK/NAK handling and failure paths.
- Verify data and state in MySQL 8.0 with SQL, and read application logs to isolate the root cause of failures.
- Test integrations with payment rails such as Currencycloud using sandbox environments.
- Run regression and release testing for on-prem deployments on Windows Server, and give a clear go/no-go signal.
- Log defects in Jira with precise reproduction steps and evidence; keep test documentation current in Confluence.
What you need
- 2–5 years in QA or test automation for web applications and APIs.
- Hands-on automation in Python with pytest; working experience with Playwright (or Selenium/Cypress and willingness to move to Playwright).
- Solid API testing: REST, JSON/XML payloads, status codes, auth, and tools such as Postman or Karate.
- Comfort with SQL for test data setup and verification (MySQL preferred).
- Understanding of XML and schema validation (XSD).
- Git workflows: branching, pull requests and code review of test code.
- Experience in Agile teams using Jira and Confluence.
- Clear written communication: bug reports a developer can act on without a follow-up call.
Nice to have
- Payments domain knowledge: SWIFT MT messages, ISO 20022, CBPR+, or cross-border payment flows.
- Experience testing message-driven systems (IBM MQ, Apache Camel, or similar).
- Ability to read Java code to understand what a change touches.
- Performance or load testing experience.
- Running automated suites in a CI pipeline.
- ISTQB or equivalent certification.
What success looks like in the first 6 months
- You own testing for at least one Symmetree or SMH module end to end.
- Your automated tests run in the shared Playwright/pytest suite and catch regressions before release.
- Developers trust your defect reports and loop you in early on design.
Job Type: Full-time
Education:
- Diploma (Preferred)
Experience:
- Automation Testing: 4 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote