Contractor - Regulatory & Financial Markets Test Lead

Details

ING’s Wholesale Banking division in the Americas offers innovative financial products and services to domestic and international corporate and institutional clients. ING Americas follows a hybrid work model, allowing for in-office and work-from-home flexibility; arrangements vary by business area.

The company is seeking a highly skilled Test Lead with a strong background in manual testing, automation, and UAT coordination, along with hands-on experience in the Financial Markets domain. The role is responsible for end-to-end quality assurance across the software development lifecycle and supports regulatory-compliant financial applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing activities across project deliveries, including System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and production validation.
• Develop and maintain test plans, schedules, and testing governance artifacts.
• Coordinate testing activities across multiple teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and dependent applications.
• Define test scope, entry and exit criteria, test scenarios, and test execution approaches.
• Perform functional, manual, and exploratory testing to validate business workflows.
• Execute and maintain regression and sanity test suites.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects.
• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue management throughout the testing lifecycle.
• Ensure business sign-off and production readiness.
• Work with Development, Business Analyst, and business teams to prioritize and resolve issues.
• Ensure appropriate test evidence and audit documentation for compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and Operations teams.
• Support Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and demos.
• Communicate test progress, risks, and dependencies clearly to stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Selenium, Ingenious, or similar frameworks.
• Participate in automation framework design and enhancement.
• Execute automated tests within CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software testing, including manual and automated testing.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with test management tools such as ADO and JIRA.
• Hands-on experience with UI and API automation tools, including Selenium, Playwright, Ingenious, or similar tools.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing practices.
• Proven experience coordinating UAT and engaging stakeholders.
• Strong skills in test case design, defect lifecycle management, and reporting.
• Experience in the Financial Markets or Capital Markets domain.
• Understanding of the trade lifecycle: order, execution, allocation, and settlement.
• Exposure to regulatory and reporting systems, such as CFTC reporting and trade validation.
• Experience with data validation and file-based testing, including trade or regulatory outputs.
• Knowledge of automation for data reconciliation or reporting systems.
• Familiarity with banking messaging systems, including MQ and APIs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work in cross-functional, global teams.
• High attention to quality, traceability, and audit readiness.
• Ability to improve automation coverage and efficiency and drive predictable delivery outcomes across releases.

Compensation

• Hourly rate: $63–$90 per hour.

Equal Opportunity

ING is a committed equal opportunity employer. The company welcomes applicants of diverse backgrounds and hires without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.