Requirements and responsibilities
ELEKS Quality Assurance Office is looking for a Strong Middle / Senior Automation Test Engineer (Python) in Kyiv, and Western Ukraine.ABOUT PROJECTOur client is a US-based leading national services and online solutions provider to community and regional banks and credit unions.We’re looking for someone who pushes testing left rather than waits for tickets, who treats AI tools like Claude Code as a core part of how they work, and who sees a regression suite that has grown organically over time as an opportunity rather than a chore.REQUIREMENTS4+ years of software quality assurance experienceStrong coding skills in Python, with the judgment to recognize test code that needs work and the skill to improve itExperience designing automated test frameworks, not just writing tests inside someone else’s frameworkProven experience testing RESTful web services and web applications in a cloud environment (Azure preferred)Comfort working across the test pyramid — unit, integration, and end-to-end — and a clear opinion on where each layer earns its keepComfort reasoning about numerical correctness — tolerances, golden masters, and regression of calculated outputs, not just HTTP 200sWorking knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar) and a point of view on what belongs in pre-merge vs. nightly vs. release gatesAwareness of security and compliance considerations in financial software — authorization testing, dependency scanning, and careful handling of sensitive data in test environmentsA habit of measuring quality — escape rate, flake rate, coverage trends — and using those numbers to drive decisionsFamiliarity with Selenium WebDriver, Postman, or equivalent tools (BDD/Gherkin/Cucumber is a plus)Genuine curiosity about AI-assisted development tools and a track record (or strong desire) to apply them to QA workExcellent communication — you’ll push back on developers, ask hard questions in grooming, and explain quality tradeoffs to business stakeholdersA quality mindset that goes beyond test execution — you care about where a bug should have been caught, not just that it was caughtBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business, or related disciplineIntermediate high level of EnglishNICE TO HAVEExperience modernizing or evolving an existing automated test frameworkExperience with Playwright or modern web E2E tooling (we’re open to evolving past Selenium)Experience with contract testing (Pact or similar) for API surfaces shared between clientsExperience testing calculation engines, pricing engines, or risk models where numerical accuracy is the productFamiliarity with the business model of a community bank or credit unionFinancial solutions or financial analysis backgroundExperience with Claude Code, Copilot, or similar AI development tools applied to testingRESPONSIBILITIESStrengthen and extend our automated regression framework so the team can trust the results on every nightly run — assess the current state, propose a path forward, and executePush testing left: when a nightly regression catches a defect, drive a unit or integration test to catch the same class of problem on the next buildBuild and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests across our stack — Python test framework, C# APIs running in Azure, SQL and MongoDBOwn the quality of the numbers, not just the code — build golden-master and tolerance-based tests for the financial calculations at the heart of BASIS and AtlasOne, where a basis point of drift in a projection is a defect that needs to be caughtOwn the CI/CD quality gates — decide what blocks a merge, what blocks a release, and how flaky tests get quarantined rather than ignoredTreat performance as a quality attribute — stand up performance regression coverage for calc-heavy paths so we catch slowdowns the same week they’re introduced, not the quarter a client noticesClose the loop with production — work alongside the team to monitor Azure alerts, logs, and traces; investigate escaped defects from production support tickets; and feed what you find back into the right test layerDevelop, document, and execute functional and regression tests across both the established BASIS desktop client and the growing web-based experience that is replacing it; help us continually improve how we automate testing across both applications as the platform evolvesUse AI tools like Claude Code to expand coverage, generate test scaffolding, and continuously sharpen our QA processHelp raise the floor on what “tested” means across the team — partner with developers on testable design, review test code in PRs, and share what you learn so quality becomes a shared disciplineDiagnose application issues using browser dev tools (Chrome, Edge) and database tooling (SQL, MongoDB)Manage story and bug tickets from creation through closureCollaborate with business analysts and developers to refine requirements before they become defectsParticipate in Agile ceremonies — standups, planning, grooming, retros — but expect those to feel more like working conversations than process for its own sake. We’re a tight-knit team that values people who reach out, ask questions, and enjoy collaboratingServe as second-level support for internal user questions and issuesWHAT YOU WILL GET WITH ELEKSClose cooperation with a customerChallenging tasksCompetence developmentTeam of professionalsDynamic environment with a low level of bureaucracyWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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