Cape Town: Senior QA Engineer (Remote) posted by Datafin

ENVIRONMENT:

A cutting-edge FinTech company shaping the future of digital payments across Africa seeks a Senior QA Engineer whose core mission will be to design and build AI-driven, scalable solutions to automate quality assurance, empowering Engineers to deliver exceptional payment solutions. This will involve creating an AI-powered quality ecosystem that guides work from product stories to deployed code, all while maintaining clear oversight of quality metrics and aligning with merchant needs. The ideal candidate will possess strong proficiency in designing, developing and maintaining reusable, scalable automation frameworks (Cypress for UI, Postman/Newman for API), coupled with a deep understanding of RESTful APIs and complex system interactions, strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines & be proficient in using test case management tools (e.g. BrowserStack) and Jira for comprehensive quality lifecycle management.

DUTIES:

Engineering Quality & Automation –

Customer Focus & Coaching –

REQUIREMENTS:

Automation Frameworks: Strong proficiency in designing, developing and maintaining reusable, scalable automation frameworks (Cypress for UI, Postman/Newman for API), coupled with a deep understanding of RESTful APIs and complex system interactions.

CI/CD Integration: Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience integrating automated quality gates and tests into continuous delivery workflows.

Quality Lifecycle Management: Proficient in using test case management tools (e.g. BrowserStack) and Jira for comprehensive quality lifecycle management.

Advantageous

ATTRIBUTES:

Strategic Solution Design: Ability to design elegant, scalable solutions for new payment integrations and to tackle systemic quality problems at scale.

Proactive Ownership: Take initiative, own projects end-to-end, thrive in fast-paced, high-scale environments, and proactively identify and propose solutions for quality gaps while abstracting testing complexity.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work effectively in fully remote teams, with strong written and verbal English communication skills, comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with product, operations, and external partners.

Technical Articulation: Ability to clearly articulate complex technical and quality concepts to diverse audiences.

Mentor and empower Engineers in quality practices and tooling through constructive feedback.