Cognizant

Lead Quality Engineer

Cognizant
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2 days ago
Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead quality engineering strategy and risk-based test coverage for Asset and Wealth Management platforms.
  • Build scalable automated test frameworks using Python, Playwright, PyTest, and RestAssured for web interfaces, backend services, APIs, and integrations.
  • Configure and optimize Jenkins and GitLab continuous integration and continuous testing pipelines.
  • Design tests for portfolio, trading, advisory, compliance, reporting, and market-stress workflows.
  • Translate business and domain requirements into acceptance criteria, test cases, and reusable automated scripts.
  • Monitor defect trends, test pass ratios, pipeline stability, and environment reliability to recommend improvements.
  • Coordinate root cause analysis for critical incidents and strengthen regression coverage to prevent recurrence.
  • Maintain GitLab test repositories, branching guidelines, merge requests, and shared automation assets.
  • Mentor quality engineers on Python automation, Playwright, PyTest, RestAssured, and CI optimization.
  • Incorporate security, compliance, data protection, and realistic investor-profile test scenarios into quality practices.
  • Document quality strategies and automation standards for distributed hybrid teams.
  • Provide data-driven quality assessments during refinement, release readiness, and other day-shift ceremonies.

Requirements

  • Strong experience programming in Python for modular test automation frameworks, reusable utilities, and maintainable test suites.
  • Deep hands-on expertise with Playwright and PyTest for user journeys, functional rules, and cross-browser testing.
  • Proven ability to design and execute API test suites with RestAssured, including business logic, data consistency, and error handling validation.
  • Practical experience configuring and maintaining Jenkins and GitLab pipelines for continuous integration and testing, including orchestration, artifact management, and report publication.
  • Substantial Asset and Wealth Management domain knowledge, including portfolio construction, order flows, compliance checks, and investor reporting.
  • Experience with source control management and collaborative development workflows.
  • Strong analytical and communication skills for interpreting financial requirements and converting them into precise automated and manual tests.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with distributed cross-functional teams.
  • Day-shift operations and ceremonies.

Tech Stack

JenkinspytestPython

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.

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