RAKBANK

Lead Test Engineer

RAKBANK
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10 days ago
United Arab Emirates (city not specified)Staff+

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement risk-based domain testing strategies aligned with the organization’s quality engineering framework.
  • Lead end-to-end testing across Wholesale Banking, Transaction Banking, payments, cash management, trade finance, Treasury, FX, digital channels, integrations, and core banking platforms.
  • Validate transaction initiation, processing, settlement, reconciliation, exception, reversal, and failure scenarios.
  • Build and maintain comprehensive domain-level regression coverage for critical business journeys.
  • Drive test automation, BDD, TDD, and AI-assisted quality engineering practices with reliable and auditable outcomes.
  • Manage and mentor approximately 5–10 Test Engineers and coordinate testing across internal teams, vendors, delivery partners, and offshore resources.
  • Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, issue resolution, quality reporting, and release-readiness governance.
  • Define environment and test-data requirements and coordinate resolution of environment and connectivity issues.
  • Oversee non-functional testing for performance, resilience, security, and operational readiness.
  • Review vendor testing approaches and coordinate quality assurance for package implementations, upgrades, configurations, and integrations.

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in software testing and quality engineering within banking or financial services.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Strong functional knowledge of Wholesale Banking, Transaction Banking, Payments, Cash Management, Trade Finance, Treasury, and FX products.
  • Experience defining and executing enterprise-scale testing strategies across complex, multi-system environments.
  • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining domain-level regression frameworks.
  • Strong test automation and AI-enabled testing experience.
  • Experience leading quality engineering teams across onshore, offshore, partner, and vendor-led environments.
  • Understanding of APIs, middleware, digital channels, core banking platforms, and integration architectures.
  • Experience with iGTB or Aurionpro transaction banking platforms and FIS Front Arena or LSEG Refinitiv Treasury platforms is advantageous.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership capabilities.

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About RAKBANK

5,001-10,000 employees
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