Senior Associate

The opportunity

Senior Associate in the Certification Team (Non-Cards) at NPCI will be responsible for ensuring the compliance, app-testing, and certification of UPI, IMPS, AePS, IMPS, NeTC products as per NPCI standards. Expected to work closely with Payers, Payee, TPAP and third-party vendors to troubleshoot and resolve reported issues. Knowledge on API based tools.

Job details

• Collaboration with banks and payment partners, and internal stakeholders ensuring seamless product validation before market deployment.
  
• Execute end-to-end certification testing for NPCI Products and payment applications in-line with NPCI guidelines.
  
• Execute test cases, log defects, and ensure timely resolution.
  
• Maintain certification documentation and provide reports for audits.
  
• Execute test cases, log defects, and ensure timely resolution.
  
• Implement automation as required in the certification process
  
• Manage end to end certification activities across all products
  
• Co-ordination with internal departments for ensuring smooth business operations.
  
• Follow and bring in industry best practices for certifications.
  

Key skills

• Good legal technical skills in drafting, reviewing documentation and carrying out research
  
• Excellent communication, co-ordination and project management skills
  
• Strong knowledge of PCI standards, APIs, and payment terminologies.
  
• Hands-on experience with testing tools (e.g., Postman) and defect life cycle
  
• Ability to work in a structured, process-driven environment.
  
• Ability to handle multiple certifications simultaneously.
  
• Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
  
• Knowledge (or) maintenance expertise of open stack servers
  

Good to Have:

• Good understating of Java, Python, .net and DB’s
  
• Exposure to NPCI’s certification processes or payment scheme testing
  
• Ability to create SOP’s and Technical documentations
  

AI skills

• Ability to design the high-level architecture of an AI system including data ingestion, feature stores.
  
• Effectively handling the large datasets.
  
• Secure AI infrastructure – Federated Learning & Differential Privacy to protect PII(Personally Identifiable Information).
  
• Fraud & Anti-Money Laundering using AI.