Software Engineer II (Quality) - Core Commerce Platfor

Sits within the Core Commerce Platform organisation, which delivers the omnichannel commerce capabilities that power the purchase journey, inventory availability, delivery promise, order processing and fulfilment, and post-purchase experiences across channels. As a Quality Engineer, the postholder builds and validates test execution for payment and transaction processing capabilities across omni-channel commerce platforms, creating functional and automation test scripts and executing them. The role works closely with the Lead Engineer, Product Owner and Engineering Manager to ensure that delivered omni-channel commerce capabilities meet requirements and provide a superior consumer experience.

• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks and quality engineering solutions for Payments, Checkout and Transaction Processing platforms across omni-channel commerce ecosystems.
• Develop robust automated tests for payment workflows, including authorisation, capture, settlement, refunds, voids, chargebacks, tokenisation and payment reconciliation.
• Validate seamless payment experiences across channels and customer touchpoints, including credit/debit cards, digital wallets, gift cards, BNPL and alternative payment methods.
• Validate payment processing, fraud prevention controls, transaction routing, tax calculations, promotions and checkout integrations to ensure secure, accurate and reliable customer experiences.
• Build and maintain API, integration and contract testing suites for integrations with payment gateways, fraud management platforms, tax providers, financial systems, OMS and third-party payment service providers.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Lead Engineers to define the testing approach, quality strategy, test automation roadmap, acceptance criteria and risk-based validation for payment capabilities.
• Ensure payment solutions meet PCI-DSS, security, compliance, performance, reliability and scalability requirements through comprehensive functional, integration, regression and non-functional testing.
• Partner with engineering teams to support continuous testing, observability, production validation and quality monitoring across the payment lifecycle.

• 4+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation or Software Quality Assurance, with a strong focus on enterprise-scale payment platforms, checkout systems, transaction processing, fraud prevention or digital commerce solutions.
• Understanding of payment lifecycle concepts, including authorisation, capture, settlement, refunds, voids, chargebacks, tokenisation and reconciliation, and how these contribute to accurate and reliable transaction processing.
• Experience validating payment orchestration and transaction routing logic, including payment gateway selection, alternative payment methods, fraud screening, tax calculations, currency handling and payment failure recovery workflows.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and test automation frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, REST Assured, Selenium, Playwright or equivalent technologies.
• Understanding of transaction integrity, concurrency, idempotency and data consistency patterns, with the ability to design test strategies that validate duplicate payment prevention, transaction accuracy and financial data consistency under high-volume loads.
• Proven experience in API testing, contract testing, integration testing and end-to-end validation across payment gateways, fraud management platforms, OMS, tax providers, financial systems and third-party payment service providers.
• Knowledge of omnichannel payment and checkout journeys, including support for credit/debit cards, digital wallets, gift cards, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), alternative payment methods and multi-channel transaction flows.
• Experience in Test Data Management, including the creation and maintenance of payment-specific test data, tokenised payment methods and financial transaction scenarios.
• Experience in cross-browser testing and tooling (BrowserStack or equivalent).
• Experience in device compatibility testing across mobile OS versions and device types, with a focus on mobile checkout and payment experiences.
• Experience using coding agents, LLMs or AI-assisted engineering tools to improve software delivery, test automation efficiency and developer productivity.

PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, operates in more than 120 countries and has around 22,000 employees worldwide. PUMA looks for SPEED & SPIRIT in its candidates, defined by values of being driven in performance, vibrant in sporting legacy and together in team spirit, and states that equality for all is one of its core principles.