Lead Quality Engineer

Role & Responsibilities

• We are seeking a QA Engineer to support testing and quality assurance for the internet banking platform modernization — covering backend migration to Jakarta EE/Spring Boot and the new React-based frontend. Design and execute test plans/cases covering functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing. Validate backend API integrations, including CAPI, ensuring data accuracy and correct error handling. Test React-based UI components for functionality, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility. Perform regression testing to ensure legacy library migrations (Jackson, Log4j2, Hibernate Validator, etc.) do not break existing functionality. Validate security-related flows (authentication, session handling, XSS/CSRF protections) relevant to banking systems. Log, track, and retest defects; work closely with developers to ensure timely resolution. Support automated test script development and maintenance. Job Requirements/Experience: Candidates must have a Bachelor of Technology or equivalent degree in Computer Science. Minimum of 6-9 years of QA experience in an enterprise environment. Strong understanding of QA methodologies (manual and automated testing). Experience testing Java/Spring-based backend applications and REST APIs. Experience testing React or other modern JS framework-based frontends. Familiarity with test management tools (e.g. JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr). Experience with API testing tools (e.g. Postman, SoapUI). Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Jest). Understanding of banking/financial systems testing requirements (data integrity, security, compliance) is a plus. Experience testing legacy-to-modern system migrations is a plus. Able to work independently with minimal supervision. Able to work and organize with sense of urgency under multiple deadlines, Self-motivated, responsible and reliable team player. Communicates well & across all levels. Good to have Experience with CI/CD pipeline integration for automated testing. Familiarity with performance/load testing tools (e.g. JMeter). Nomura Leadership Behaviours: Leadership Behaviours Description Element Exploring Insights & Vision Comprehensively analyse the nature of the problems we face and set our focus toward the future vision Gather Intelligence Create a vision Identify an issue Making Strategic Decisions Analyse options and feasibility to resolve issues, in making judgments and recommendations Identify countermeasures Assess feasibility Make a judgment Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People Promotes the vision and goals to others in such a way that inspires commitment and independent contributions Influence Inspire Commit Elevating Organizational Capacity Maximize organizational productivity through leadership development and engagement Have an ownership in own development Support other‘s growth Encourage organizational growth Inclusion Respect diverse perspectives and promote psychological safety and the creation of a risk culture Foster psychological safety Encourage the active participation of all talent Foster a risk culture We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age. Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression "Nomura" refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.