Bipul Paul

Background

About Bipul Paul

Accomplished Lead Test Engineer and Payments Specialist with 15+ years of experience delivering high-quality, scalable solutions across Cards & Payments Authorisation, Payment Gateways, and Banking Platforms.Currently leading end-to-end testing for a £100m revenue modernisation programme at Visa Europe, driving QA strategy, risk-based testing, automation, and release excellence across complex, distributed systems.Proven expertise in test management, transformation programmes, and stakeholder engagement, including regular collaboration with Steering Committees (SteerCo) and senior leadership to ensure strategic alignment and delivery confidence.Strong at bridging business, product, and technical teams, simplifying complex payment flows, and enabling on-time, high-quality releases. Hands-on experience with Agile, CI/CD, DevOps tooling, automation, and data-driven quality insights.Core strengths:• QA & Test Strategy Leadership• Payments & Cards Authorisation,Clearing,Settlement (ISO messaging, gateways, fraud/risk)• Agile Delivery, Automation & CI/CD• Product Backlog & Roadmap Collaboration• Stakeholder & Executive Reporting• Global Team Leadership & MentoringPassionate about continuous improvement, modern quality engineering, and building scalable, future-ready payment systems. Top Skills :Testing,Test Strategy & Test ManagementPayments & Cards Authorisation, Clearing & SettlementAgile / Scrum / BDD / TDDAutomation & CI/CDStakeholder & SteerCo Management Additional Skills:Jira, GitHub Actions, JenkinsGrafana, Splunk, SonarQubePython, SQL, Cucumber, Maven, GitISO 20022,ISO 8583, PCI -DSS,Payment Gateways, Fraud & RiskProduct Backlog & RoadmapsDevOps Fundamentals Certifications :Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)AI Fundamentals – IBMCCBAPython – University of Michigan