Santander is looking to establish and mature testing capabilities to ensure the delivery of high-quality applications through automation, functional and non-functional testing, and close collaboration with engineering, product, and architecture teams.
Requirements
- 5+ Years of experience in QA/testing/automation with strong hands-on technical depth
- Strong experience with automation frameworks, CI/CD, system testing, and integration.
- Programming or scripting experience (Java, Python, JavaScript, C-Sharp, or similar).
- Experience with modern automation frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST-Assured, JMeter, etc.
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, Agile, DevSecOps, and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
- SQL proficiency; ability to validate systems with minimal UI.
- Experience using AI-powered testing and analysis tools.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and guide the team in building automated test scripts, frameworks, and tools for UI, API, backend, and mobile.
- Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing (shift-left/right).
- Oversee creation and execution of functional and non-functional test plans, including regression, integration, system, compatibility, performance, and API testing.
- Conduct or supervise SQL-based validation for backend, data flow, and APIs.
- Use AI/LLM-based tools for test generation, impact analysis, optimization, and documentation.
- Review requirements and design documents to ensure test coverage and clarity.
- Oversee creation and approval of testing strategies, test plans, schedules, estimates, test cases, dashboards, and closure reports.
Other
- Proven experience leading QA, SDET, or technical testing teams.
- Ability to define and implement QA standards, processes, and test strategies.
- Experience leading defect triage, test execution cycles, and release readiness activities.
- Strong mentoring, stakeholder management, and project oversight capabilities.
- Ability to analyze complex data, make decisions, and communicate effectively with technical and business leaders.
