Publicis Sapient is hiring a Senior Quality Engineer L1 in Gurgaon, Haryana, under Job ID 2026-145019. This full-time opportunity targets professionals with 4+ years of functional/manual testing experience, particularly those who have worked on Capital Markets, Fixed Income, trading platforms, SQL and API testing. The role involves validating complex trading applications across the lifecycle, from order creation and execution through settlement and related events.
🏢 About Publicis Sapient
Publicis Sapient is a technology company and part of Publicis Groupe. The company says it has more than 30 years of experience helping organizations modernize technology, transform customer experiences and use technology and data to create business value. Its current portfolio includes enterprise AI platforms such as Sapient Slingshot, Sapient Bodhi and Sapient Sustain. Publicis Sapient Knowledge+1
Publicis Sapient has a substantial India presence, with locations including Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Noida and others. Its Gurgaon office is listed at Candor Techspace, Sector 21, matching the location specified in this vacancy. Publicis Sapient+1
💼 Why This Role Is Valuable for Experienced QA Professionals
This position goes beyond conventional manual testing because the JD combines Capital Markets domain knowledge, functional QA, APIs, databases and trading workflows. That combination can help an experienced tester deepen both technical and financial-domain expertise.
The role specifically covers:
- 📈 Testing trading workflows including order creation, execution and settlement.
- 💵 Testing Equities and Fixed Income products such as Bonds, Bond Forwards, Futures and Swaps.
- 🔌 Validating REST and SOAP APIs using Postman, curl or similar tools.
- 🗄️ Writing SQL queries to independently verify application and test data.
- 🐞 Managing defects from identification through triage and investigation.
- 🔍 Analysing application logs and supporting root-cause investigations.
- 🤝 Working directly with developers, traders and business stakeholders in Agile teams.
- 🤖 Potentially extending into Selenium/Java, Robot Framework/Python and Python-based testing utilities.
🧑💻 Expected Interview Rounds at Publicis Sapient
- 📞 Recruiter/HR screening: Experience, notice period, location, compensation and role alignment.
- 🧪 QA technical round: Test planning, test-case design, regression, defect lifecycle, test metrics and scenario-based testing.
- 📊 Capital Markets/domain round: Trading lifecycle, Equities, Bonds, Futures, Swaps, order processing and settlement.
- 🔌 API + SQL discussion: REST/SOAP, request/response validation, HTTP concepts and SQL joins/grouping.
- 👥 Manager/client discussion: Stakeholder management, Agile delivery, ownership and problem-solving.
💰 Salary Range
Public salary data for Senior Quality Engineer at Publicis Sapient in Gurgaon currently shows a reported base-pay range of approximately ₹12.5 lakh–₹18.3 lakh per year, with average additional pay reported around ₹42,000–₹1 lakh. Glassdoor
Recent individual submissions also include ₹18 lakh for 4–6 years and ₹19 lakh total pay for a 4–6-year Senior Quality Engineer in Gurgaon. Glassdoor
These figures are crowdsourced salary data, not the confirmed compensation for Job ID 2026-145019. Actual pay can vary based on experience, project, skills, level and negotiation.
🛠️ Skills Required
For this JD, prepare across four connected areas:
- Capital Markets: Trading lifecycle, order management, execution, settlement and lifecycle events.
- Financial products: Equities, Bonds, Bond Forwards, Futures and Swaps.
- Testing: Functional, manual, regression, progression, integration and risk-based testing.
- API: REST, SOAP, Postman, curl, JSON/XML and request/response validation.
- Database: SQL SELECT, WHERE, JOIN, GROUP BY and data reconciliation.
- Defect management: Severity/priority, triage, logs and root-cause analysis.
- Agile: Scrum ceremonies, estimation, sprint planning and release testing.
- Automation: Selenium with Java, Robot Framework/Python and Python scripting.
- Modern QA: AI-assisted test-case generation and defect-analysis workflows.
🎯 Preparation Tips
Your preparation should revolve around a complete trading transaction, not isolated testing concepts. Take a hypothetical bond order and explain how you would test it from creation through execution and settlement. Identify positive, negative, boundary and data-validation scenarios at every stage.
Then connect the workflow to the backend: explain which API calls you would validate, which fields you would compare, what SQL queries you would write and how you would investigate a mismatch using application logs.
📄 Resume Tips
Your resume should make Capital Markets QA visible within the first section. Don’t simply write “Manual Testing.” Use precise, truthful keywords such as Trading Application Testing, Fixed Income, Equities, Order Lifecycle, Settlement, REST API, SOAP, SQL, Postman and Defect Triage where applicable.
Convert responsibilities into evidence-based bullets: “Validated order lifecycle from creation to settlement,” “Designed SQL-based reconciliation checks,” or “Tested REST APIs for trade-processing workflows.” Mention the exact financial products you have tested. If you have automation experience, place Selenium/Java, Robot Framework or Python after your core domain expertise rather than letting it obscure the Capital Markets requirement.
📩 How to Apply
Search for Job ID 2026-145019 – Senior Quality Engineer L1 through the official Publicis Sapient careers portal and submit your application there. The company’s careers site currently provides a searchable job database with India vacancies. Publicis Sapient Careers
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📍 Location: Gurgaon, Haryana
💼 Experience: 4+ years
🏦 Domain: Capital Markets / Trading
🧪 Core: Functional QA | Manual Testing | SQL | API Testing
📌 Job ID: 2026-145019
🚀 Tip: Before applying, tailor your resume around the exact intersection this JD emphasizes—Capital Markets + Fixed Income + Trading Lifecycle + SQL + REST/SOAP API Testing.
