Automation Test Engineer (Python), JR202

ELEKS Quality Assurance Office is looking for a Strong Middle / Senior Automation Test Engineer (Python) in Kyiv, and Western Ukraine. ABOUT PROJECT Our client is a US-based leading national services and online solutions provider to community and regional banks and credit unions. We’re looking for someone who pushes testing left rather than waits for tickets, who treats AI tools like Claude Code as a core part of how they work, and who sees a regression suite that has grown organically over time as an opportunity rather than a chore. REQUIREMENTS 4+ years of software quality assurance experience Strong coding skills in Python, with the judgment to recognize test code that needs work and the skill to improve it Experience designing automated test frameworks, not just writing tests inside someone else’s framework Proven experience testing RESTful web services and web applications in a cloud environment (Azure preferred) Comfort working across the test pyramid — unit, integration, and end-to-end — and a clear opinion on where each layer earns its keep Comfort reasoning about numerical correctness — tolerances, golden masters, and regression of calculated outputs, not just HTTP 200s Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar) and a point of view on what belongs in pre-merge vs. nightly vs. release gates Awareness of security and compliance considerations in financial software — authorization testing, dependency scanning, and careful handling of sensitive data in test environments A habit of measuring quality — escape rate, flake rate, coverage trends — and using those numbers to drive decisions Familiarity with Selenium WebDriver, Postman, or equivalent tools (BDD/Gherkin/Cucumber is a plus) Genuine curiosity about AI-assisted development tools and a track record (or strong desire) to apply them to QA work Excellent communication — you’ll push back on developers, ask hard questions in grooming, and explain quality tradeoffs to business stakeholders A quality mindset that goes beyond test execution — you care about where a bug should have been caught, not just that it was caught Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business, or related discipline Intermediate high level of English NICE TO HAVE Experience modernizing or evolving an existing automated test framework Experience with Playwright or modern web E2E tooling (we’re open to evolving past Selenium) Experience with contract testing (Pact or similar) for API surfaces shared between clients Experience testing calculation engines, pricing engines, or risk models where numerical accuracy is the product Familiarity with the business model of a community bank or credit union Financial solutions or financial analysis background Experience with Claude Code, Copilot, or similar AI development tools applied to testing RESPONSIBILITIES Strengthen and extend our automated regression framework so the team can trust the results on every nightly run — assess the current state, propose a path forward, and execute Push testing left: when a nightly regression catches a defect, drive a unit or integration test to catch the same class of problem on the next build Build and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests across our stack — Python test framework, C# APIs running in Azure, SQL and MongoDB Own the quality of the numbers, not just the code — build golden-master and tolerance-based tests for the financial calculations at the heart of BASIS and AtlasOne, where a basis point of drift in a projection is a defect that needs to be caught Own the CI/CD quality gates — decide what blocks a merge, what blocks a release, and how flaky tests get quarantined rather than ignored Treat performance as a quality attribute — stand up performance regression coverage for calc-heavy paths so we catch slowdowns the same week they’re introduced, not the quarter a client notices Close the loop with production — work alongside the team to monitor Azure alerts, logs, and traces; investigate escaped defects from production support tickets; and feed what you find back into the right test layer Develop, document, and execute functional and regression tests across both the established BASIS desktop client and the growing web-based experience that is replacing it; help us continually improve how we automate testing across both applications as the platform evolves Use AI tools like Claude Code to expand coverage, generate test scaffolding, and continuously sharpen our QA process Help raise the floor on what “tested” means across the team — partner with developers on testable design, review test code in PRs, and share what you learn so quality becomes a shared discipline Diagnose application issues using browser dev tools (Chrome, Edge) and database tooling (SQL, MongoDB) Manage story and bug tickets from creation through closure Collaborate with business analysts and developers to refine requirements before they become defects Participate in Agile ceremonies — standups, planning, grooming, retros — but expect those to feel more like working conversations than process for its own sake. We’re a tight-knit team that values people who reach out, ask questions, and enjoy collaborating Serve as second-level support for internal user questions and issues WHAT YOU WILL GET WITH ELEKS Close cooperation with a customer Challenging tasks Competence development Team of professionals Dynamic environment with a low level of bureaucracy