GSC: Test Automation Engineer

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We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join the Content Publishing and Personalisation – SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) Team as a Performance Tests Engineer. You will be a key contributor embedded with in an Agile cross‑functional team, driving innovation and delivering HSBC products. You will help to drive the continuous improvement of our processes, tooling and engineering practices.

• Work with both your team and other cross‑functional teams to plan and execute performance tests using the latest processes and tools to deliver frequently, safely and efficiently for millions of HSBC customers.
• Design and maintain performance script suites of delivered functionalities. Create new or develop existing test performance suites.
• Test applications embedded on the AEM platform (Adobe Experience Manager). Document test results by raising defect tickets and creating reports.
• Work closely, communicate and plan with BA, PO, APM and DEV.
• Ensure that delivered functionalities are covered by automated tests at a proper level.
• Participate in engineering discipline, best practice and standards compliance within HSBC and global IT.
• Support other testers in the team.
• Contribute to the improvements of the testing process and automation frameworks as part of the wider QA & Test Community.

• Proficient in defining performance test objectives, SLAs/SLOs, and acceptance criteria by analysing functional and non‑functional requirements (e.g., response time, throughput, concurrency, scalability, resilience).
• Broad experience across performance testing types, including load, stress, spike, endurance/soak, volume, scalability/capacity, and baseline/benchmark testing, with the ability to interpret results and recommend improvements.
• Strong knowledge of what constitutes useful performance automation, including designing and maintaining repeatable performance test suites, integrating them into CI/CD, and producing actionable reporting (trend analysis, pass/fail gates).
• Hands‑on experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Lighthouse) and monitoring/observability tooling (e.g., App Dynamics, New Relic) to correlate test results with system behaviour.
• Solid understanding of Git workflows for versioning test scripts, test data, and configuration, including code reviews and branching strategies.
• Working experience with Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban), collaborating closely with developers, SRE/operations, and product teams to shift performance testing left and support continuous improvement.

• Working experience with test automation using Playwright framework and API testing automation.
• Expertise in API testing using tools like Postman, Swagger or similar.
• Experience with AEM (Adobe Experience Manager).
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter.
• Knowledge of monitoring / logging tools such as App Dynamics/Splunk.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
• Basic knowledge of cloud‑based infrastructure platforms.
• Understanding of testing microservices.

The pay range for this role is 17 484 PLN - 26 225 PLN (monthly, gross).

Variable pay is discretionary, but influenced by Group performance, business/function performance and individual performance.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive package of benefits covering healthcare, family‑friendly leaves, pension and life assurance, as well as many other benefits to support your wellbeing.

• Additional bonuses for recognition awards
• Multisport card
• Private medical care
• Life insurance
• One‑time reimbursement of home office set‑up (up to 800 PLN)
• Employee assistance program
• Additional contributions to PPK scheme
• Corporate parties & events
• CSR initiatives
• Nursery discounts
• Financial support with training and education
• Social fund
• Free parking