Senior Quality Engineer L1

Company description Publicis Sapient is a leading digital transformation partner, helping established organizations reimagine their future in a digitally enabled world. We empower businesses to evolve—both in how they operate and how they serve their customers—by combining a start-up mindset with modern methods and deep industry expertise. Our approach fuses strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity to unlock real business value. With over 20,000 professionals across 53 global offices, we bring together the best of technology, data science, and human insight to design and build the products and services that people truly value. Driven by our purpose—helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next—we are united by a shared commitment to innovation, collaboration, and continuous transformation. At Publicis Sapient, we don’t just adapt to change—we lead it. Overview At Publicis Sapient, Quality Engineering is at the heart of how we build trusted, high-performing digital platforms for the world’s leading financial institutions. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, accuracy, and performance of asset management and financial services platforms, combining hands-on automation with strong manual testing expertise. This is a hybrid QE role—not tool-driven, but domain-driven. While the automation stack is flexible (Selenium or Playwright using Java, Python, or .NET), deep experience in financial services and asset management systems is essential. Responsibilities Your Impact Quality Strategy & Test Execution Design and execute end-to-end testing strategies for complex financial systems, balancing manual and automated testing approaches. Create comprehensive test plans and reusable test cases derived from business requirements and acceptance criteria. Execute functional, system, regression, integration, and performance testing across APIs, databases, and UI layers. Automation Engineering Develop, maintain, and enhance automation test suites at the API, database, and UI layers. Contribute to and extend enterprise automation frameworks, ensuring scalability and maintainability. Implement end-to-end automated scenarios covering critical financial workflows and regulatory-sensitive processes. Collaborate with QE Architects and Automation Engineers on test design, tooling, and best practices. Financial Domain Validation Validate investment and asset management workflows, including data integrity, calculations, and business rules. Test applications supporting Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivatives asset classes. Work closely with business stakeholders to ensure testing aligns with real-world financial use cases and risk scenarios. Agile Collaboration & Reporting Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives. Partner with developers, product owners, and business analysts to clarify requirements and quality expectations. Provide clear, concise, and data-driven test results, including defect analysis, risk assessment, and recommendations. Qualifications Skills & Experience Required 6+ years of experience in Quality Engineering within an Agile environment. 3+ years of experience in Financial Services, with solid knowledge of: Asset Management platforms Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivatives asset classes Strong manual testing fundamentals, including test case design, execution, and defect lifecycle management. Hands-on experience with test automation, using one or more of the following: Selenium or Playwright Java, Python, or .NET Strong SQL skills with experience validating complex financial and investment data. Experience testing API-based and microservices architectures. Ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into effective testing strategies. Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional Scrum teams. Nice to Have Experience with investment compliance systems or regulatory-driven platforms. Exposure to performance testing tools and techniques. Experience working in large-scale, enterprise financial environments. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and test execution in automated delivery workflows. Set Yourself Apart With Proven experience testing asset management or investment platforms at scale. Strong analytical skills for working with high-volume, high-dimensional financial data. Ability to clearly explain complex testing outcomes to both technical and business stakeholders. A proactive mindset toward improving test coverage, automation maturity, and overall quality practices. Experience collaborating across globally distributed teams. Additional information What you'll get: Full time/ Indefinite term contract Remote work environment Local Holidays Private medical insurance Connectivity bonus E-Learning platforms (Udemy, O'Reilly, Marcel) English lessons and so much more!! Additional Information: This position is only open for candidates based in Mexico

Skills & Experience Required 6+ years of experience in Quality Engineering within an Agile environment. 3+ years of experience in Financial Services, with solid knowledge of: Asset Management platforms Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivatives asset classes Strong manual testing fundamentals, including test case design, execution, and defect lifecycle management. Hands-on experience with test automation, using one or more of the following: Selenium or Playwright Java, Python, or .NET Strong SQL skills with experience validating complex financial and investment data. Experience testing API-based and microservices architectures. Ability to translate business and regulatory requirements into effective testing strategies. Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional Scrum teams. Nice to Have Experience with investment compliance systems or regulatory-driven platforms. Exposure to performance testing tools and techniques. Experience working in large-scale, enterprise financial environments. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and test execution in automated delivery workflows. Set Yourself Apart With Proven experience testing asset management or investment platforms at scale. Strong analytical skills for working with high-volume, high-dimensional financial data. Ability to clearly explain complex testing outcomes to both technical and business stakeholders. A proactive mindset toward improving test coverage, automation maturity, and overall quality practices. Experience collaborating across globally distributed teams.

Your Impact Quality Strategy & Test Execution Design and execute end-to-end testing strategies for complex financial systems, balancing manual and automated testing approaches. Create comprehensive test plans and reusable test cases derived from business requirements and acceptance criteria. Execute functional, system, regression, integration, and performance testing across APIs, databases, and UI layers. Automation Engineering Develop, maintain, and enhance automation test suites at the API, database, and UI layers. Contribute to and extend enterprise automation frameworks, ensuring scalability and maintainability. Implement end-to-end automated scenarios covering critical financial workflows and regulatory-sensitive processes. Collaborate with QE Architects and Automation Engineers on test design, tooling, and best practices. Financial Domain Validation Validate investment and asset management workflows, including data integrity, calculations, and business rules. Test applications supporting Equity, Fixed Income, and Derivatives asset classes. Work closely with business stakeholders to ensure testing aligns with real-world financial use cases and risk scenarios. Agile Collaboration & Reporting Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives. Partner with developers, product owners, and business analysts to clarify requirements and quality expectations. Provide clear, concise, and data-driven test results, including defect analysis, risk assessment, and recommendations.