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Candescent is a forward-thinking technology company transforming how financial institutions deliver intelligent banking experiences. The company unites digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions through an experience-led, intelligence-driven approach that combines human-centered design with data, automation, and cloud-based innovation.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Quality Engineer with deep expertise in cheque processing applications and modern automation frameworks to ensure high-quality delivery across digital banking ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in Agile/Sprint ceremonies and own test deliverables
- Manage assigned tasks, track progress, and proactively report risks to timelines
- Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts
- Perform functional, regression, integration, volume, performance, and reliability testing
- Set up and manage test environments, including hardware labs, virtual systems, and networking configurations
- Use automation to improve testing efficiency and reduce repetitive processes
- Execute and analyze load/performance tests, providing actionable insights
- Apply strong debugging and troubleshooting skills to assist development teams
- Contribute to quality metrics, dashboards, and status reporting (daily/weekly/monthly)
- Continuously improve test strategies, frameworks, and quality processes
The ideal candidate will combine automation testing with manual AI-assisted QA practices (Copilot, Cursor) and have hands-on experience with next-generation frameworks like Playwright.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 6+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, test automation, CI/CD, and tools like Jenkins
- Strong experience in GUI, backend, and database testing
- Enterprise application testing expertise
- Functional, integration, and end-to-end test design experience
- API automation experience
- Expertise in automation frameworks and tools: Selenium, Cucumber, BDD, PractiTest, Jenkins, Maven
- Hands-on experience with Playwright for modern UI automation and cross-browser testing
- Strong understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Strong understanding of performance testing systems
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- High attention to detail and strong customer-centric mindset
