Automation QA Engineer

About PayPay Securities

PayPay is a FinTech company that has surpassed 75 million users (as of August 2026) since its launch in 2018, is rapidly expanding its business scale as a payment platform used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.

PayPay Securities Corporation provides a unique and familiar asset management service that anyone can easily use in their daily lives as a specialized smartphone brokerage firm that can be used through PayPay.

As a member of the PayPay Group, we are refining our products at an overwhelming speed that no other company can imitate, and we will promote the spread of cashless payments in Japan and the financial life platform that uses them at a dash. We are looking for people who are passionate about these things as professionals, who can identify issues on their own, and who can work together with others to create new value.

※ Please note that you cannot apply or be selected in parallel with PayPay Corporation, PayPay Card Corporation and PayPay Securities Corporation.

Job Description

PayPay Securities, as an important part of PayPay’s financial ecosystem, has launched “Point Management” with over 20 million users and “PayPay Asset Management, the first initiative in Japan that enables asset management on a payment application. Now that the business foundation of the financial ecosystem is finally in place, we intend to expand our business to change the structure of asset management in Japan, with the main target being those who have not yet started asset management or were not interested in it before.

To achieve our goal, PayPay Securities is preparing to bring in technical talents not only from Japan but also globally, just as we have done with PayPay’s product division. As an Automation QA Engineer, you will be collaborating with engineers, designers and QAs, and working in an environment where you can be one of the founding members to build up a new organization within PayPay Securities.

※ Please note that this job is for Japan Residents Only

Highlights of the opportunity:

Be part of the team to build up a new organization and environment

Develop skills in making business plans from a high perspective, through the high-level coordination with departments and affiliated companies within PayPay Group to support the top management’s decision

Gain experience in a company that aiming to be the pioneer in the market to provide a brand new Mobile Securities services, which never had before during the era of Financial reformation

Able to utilize PayPay’s services and user base

Responsibilities:

Utilizing the Testing Methodology, analyzes testing requirements as the basis for developing testing scenarios for a test level to be executed on a project

Designs testing scenarios and test cases that will demonstrate conformance to all functional and non-functional requirements, relative to the test level, as defined in business or technical specifications

Executes tasks related to the production of the test cases, test scripts, and test data, including manual test execution, running automated test run, issue analysis and reporting, or test data creation

Analyzes the results of the testing process and recommends solutions

Supports knowledge management and collaboration through participation in testing discussions, communities and improving testing collateral through lessons learned

Performs test related work assigned by others

Continuously improve automation frameworks and testing processes

Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Cursor, or similar) to improve test design, script generation, debugging, documentation, and productivity

Qualifications :

3-5 years of experience in designing, executing and maintaining automated test cases for mobile apps, web apps, or APIs

Proven professional experience with either Appium (for mobile) or Rest Assured (for APIs)

Our main coding language for backend/server side is Java. During the QA selection process, you will have a coding challenge

Experience with TestNG or JUnit

Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions

Have excellent verbal communication skills and documentation skills

Business level in English and Japanese (JLPT N2 equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications:

Professional experience in using one of following frameworks/tools - Appium for mobile apps , Selenium for web-based apps, or unirest/Rest Assured for API's

Experience in using Cucumber for all test cases

Experience in stock trading or financial services as QA

Well versed in using Continuous Integration and Continuous Development tools, like Jenkins/Bitrise or any other.

Experience in working on QA Automation in securities, finance or similar industries

Experience in in-house service operation

The candidate should be comfortable using AI-powered engineering tools to enhance software testing and development efficiency, including

Generating and optimizing automation scripts

Creating BDD scenarios and test cases

Debugging automation failures

Test data generation

Code review and documentation

Improving overall QA productivity while ensuring the quality and correctness of AI-generated outputs

ISTQB or equivalent certificate

The ideal candidates at PayPay Securities

PayPay 5 senses

Working Conditions

Employment Status

Full Time

Office Location

Hybrid Workstyle (flexible working style including Remote and office) ※There are no fixed rules regarding office attendance in Product group; it depends on each individual's discretion.

Work Hours

Super Flex Time (No Core Time)

In principle, 9:00am-5:45pm + 1h break (actual working hours: 7h45m + 1h break)

Holidays

Every Sat/Sun/National holidays (In Japan)

Summer break (2 days / generally taken between July 1st and September 30th / subject to change depending on month of employment)

Year-end and New Year holidays (12/31-1/3)

Paid leave

Annual paid leave (1 to 10 days depending on the month of joining will be granted upon employment date)

Salary

Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)

Based on skills, experience and abilities

Review once a year

Overtime allowance, Late overtime allowance, Commuting and transportation expenses, Work style support allowance

Benefits

Social Insurances (Health insurance, Employee pension, Employment insurance and Industrial accident compensation insurance)

401K