Lead Automation Engineer

About the role

Rakbank is seeking a highly skilled Lead Test Automation Engineer to drive the bank's enterprise‑wide test automation strategy across digital channels, core banking platforms, APIs, mobile applications, and integration layers. This hands‑on leadership role focuses on building scalable automation frameworks, accelerating CI/CD quality delivery, improving test coverage, and reducing manual testing effort on mission‑critical banking platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and scaling of enterprise‑wide test automation frameworks across web, mobile, API, and core banking platforms.
• Build and maintain robust regression suites that improve test coverage, execution speed, and defect detection while reducing manual effort.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and quality gates to drive automation adoption.
• Lead API, integration, mobile, and performance testing initiatives across critical banking applications and customer journeys.
• Define automation standards, best practices, coding guidelines, and governance for internal and vendor teams.
• Own test data management, environment readiness, and automation reporting for reliable, repeatable execution.
• Partner with Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Quality teams to embed quality and testability into solution delivery.
• Mentor and develop automation engineers through technical leadership, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Support intelligent automation, RPA testing, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance delivery quality and efficiency.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree plus 8‑10 years of software testing experience, including at least 3 years leading automation initiatives in banking or financial services.
• Strong expertise in automation framework design using Playwright, Selenium, WebDriverIO, Appium, and Maestro.
• Hands‑on programming experience with Python/PyTest and working knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, or Java.
• Proven experience in API automation, performance testing, and integration testing across complex enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab, including containerized and parallel test execution.
• Experience with test data management, SQL validation, service virtualization, and automation reporting frameworks.
• Solid understanding of retail and business banking systems, digital channels, and quality engineering best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills with a passion for mentoring high‑performing teams.

Required skills

• Playwright
• Selenium
• WebDriverIO
• Appium
• Maestro
• Python
• PyTest
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Java
• Postman
• Newman
• REST Assured
• Cucumber
• Behave
• K6
• JMeter
• Azure DevOps
• Jenkins
• GitLab
• Docker
• SQL
• Service virtualization
• UiPath Test Suite
• Jira