Project Role : Custom Software Engineer
Project Role Description : Develop custom software solutions to design, code, and enhance components across systems or applications. Use modern frameworks and agile practices to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions tailored to specific business needs.
Must have skills : Test Management
Good to have skills : Payments Fundamentals, Project Program & Portfolio Governance
Minimum 12 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary:
As a Custom Software Engineer, you will engage in the development of custom software solutions that involve designing, coding, and enhancing various components across systems or applications. Your typical day will include collaborating with cross-functional teams, utilizing modern frameworks, and applying agile practices to ensure the delivery of scalable and high-performing solutions that meet specific business requirements. You will also be involved in problem-solving and decision-making processes that contribute to the overall success of the projects you work on.

Roles & Responsibilities:
- Expected to be an SME.
- Interact with Delivery Manager to understand requirements and expected goals.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration within the team and with stakeholders.
- Is accountable for ensuring the team's deliveries meet the required standards and deadlines.
- Monitor team performance provide feedback to improve productivity and efficiency.
- Identify skill gaps and suggest personalized development plans for team members.
- Foster a learning environment that encourages knowledge sharing and professional growth.
- Be responsible for managing the software quality assurance functions across the internal project engineering team as well as manage QA team, while ensuring the delivery of high-quality products
- Collaborate with team of software quality assurance and automation engineers through an Agile software development lifecycle across various software teams, platforms and products
- Review test strategies, encourage the development of new test strategies, and maintain a continuous improvement environment to improve quality and efficiency
- Maintain strong communication across departments and divisions to develop needs analysis, requirements, and operational planning
- Work with multiple teams (external parties) to align test schedules, test environments, test data and govern across all the phases of testing
- Review test plans, test results, risk analysis and release documentation
- Identify & resolve constraints, dependencies and issues and manage project risks, supporting different teams, chairing & documenting meetings.
- Preparing various documents like SIT Test scenarios and Test Cases. Experience in Agile world is a plus.
- Handle the core banking system s and payment system s various test phases: regression tests, integration tests, functional tests, E2E tests and test automation
- Support User acceptance testing for all the streams.
- Maintain up to date test libraries (test scenarios, test cases)
- Working with SIT & UAT Testing Team, reviewing, testing scenarios, test cases and helping developers and testers in clearing their doubts about the requirements etc.
- Recording defects, utilizing defect tracking tool with priority and severity and alert the management
- Prepare regular reports on test results
- Lead Defect Management related actives


Professional & Technical Skills:
- Good knowledge in Payment area like interaction with Clearing, payment file format ISO20022, SEPA and SWIFT. Hands-on experience with such data mapping and testing.
- Hands on experience on payment systems and exposure to Payments Hub, Clearing and Settlement, Automated clearing house programs and channels.
- Extensive knowledge on various kinds of payment products such as TT, RTGS, LVP, Payroll, Cheque, DD, Cashier Order, Mass & Bulk payments.
- Proficient in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional & System Integration testing of banking and financial applications
- Experience in following areas is a plus: Retail Banking, Wholesale & Corporate Banking, Corporate commercial Payments, International & Domestic Payments, Payment Hub/Factory, Correspondent Banking, ACH, Real Time Payments, Cash & Liquidity Management, Compliance/AML, FX, Messaging (Swift and ISO)
- Functional testing experience in GPP-SP (Global PayPlus – Service Platform) is an advantage.
- Relevant experience in leading and coordination of testing activities such as System Testing, System Integration, End to End, Regression and User Acceptance Testing
- Good Knowledge and working experience of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Defect Life Cycle.
- Knowledge on testing tools like Quality Centre (QC)/Application Life cycle management (ALM) and JIRA
- Strong leadership: guide and motivate the team to achieve goals.
- Mentorship: Providing guidance, support, and opportunities for professional growth to team members.
- Project management: Ability to define and manage project scope, timelines, and deliverables to ensure successful project outcomes. Proven project management skills with experience leading and delivering small to medium projects on time, within budget using delivery methodologies such as Agile (Scrum) or Waterfall.
- Risk & Change Management: Experience in risk management and change management, with the ability to manage project risks and changes effectively.
- Agile methodologies: understanding of agile frameworks like Scrum or Kanban and related project management tools (JIRA).
- PMP, Prince 2 or equivalent will provide an advantage.

Additional Information:
- The candidate should have minimum 12 years of experience in Test Management.
- This position is based at our Mumbai office. Work from Office 5 days from Client office Airoli.
- A 15 years full time education is required.

15 years full time education

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