Quality Engineer III

American Express is recruiting for the role of Quality Engineer III. This role is for a Quality Engineer in Buyer Initiated Payments within Global Commercial Services. It focuses on test automation, continuous improvement, and helping embed quality through the software development lifecycle.

Role details

• Location: Burgess Hill
• Working pattern: Hybrid
• Job type: Full time
• Closing date: 01/10/2026

What you’ll do

• Develop, maintain and improve scalable automated testing frameworks.
• Design and implement frontend and backend test automation solutions.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing and faster feedback.
• Use AI-assisted development and testing tools to improve automation efficiency and productivity.
• Run automated tests, review results, and share status updates and defect reports with stakeholders.
• Work with development and product teams to find and resolve defects during the software development lifecycle.
• Keep up with new technologies, automation frameworks, and AI-driven testing practices.

What they’re looking for

• Have 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance with a strong focus on test automation.
• Have hands-on experience designing, developing and maintaining automation frameworks for frontend and backend applications.
• Have hands-on experience using AI-powered developer and testing assistants.
• Be proficient in one or more automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, WebDriverIO, Karate, Cucumber, TestNG or Cypress.
• Have programming skills in Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python or other object-oriented languages, with experience of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Have experience with API testing using REST Assured, Karate, Postman or equivalent tools.
• Understand CI/CD practices and have experience integrating automated tests with GitHub Actions or similar platforms.
• Have good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and the software development lifecycle.

Additional role information

• The team supports B2B and international payments within Global Commercial Services.
• The team aims to provide flexible and digital financing solutions for business customers.
• The work supports a high-visibility, high-priority engineering team.