QA Automation Engineer (Dubai)

About the role:

• We are beginning to build our core engineering team that will build the payment network for Africa in Dubai. We are looking for dynamic, impactful, thoughtful and *hands-on* contributors to build and deliver the integrated payment network to scale our platform across Africa.
• As a Software Development Engineer in Test / Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer, you will be a critical component of a fast-moving scrum team focused on growing our network and developing new services on top of it, ensuring high quality development of our platform

Requirements:

• At least 3 years experience working in an SDET or QA role
• At least 1 year developing AT tests using Python over Selenium
• Strong experience in payments or a environment where resilience and performance matter
• Good experience testing APIs, and testing REST, Node.js, Java APIs and writing DB SQL queries  
• Experience testing SDKs (native OS, React JS, etc.) 
• Excellent familiarity with front-end UI, API, and back-end testing
• End-to-end integration testing of 3rd party integrations
• Experience with cloud solutions (AWS) 
• Experience analyzing Kibana logs
• Automated test development with Selenium (or similar tools)
• Execution & maintenance of manual tests cases
• Writing DB SQL queries and performing analysis
• Writing STP / STD / STR
• Methodology-driven testing approach, e.g. Product Tree, or component-driven testing
• Demonstrated experience in a high-pressure or startup environment
• Excellent English skills and work-experience in an English environment
• Experience with:
  • Highly scalable Server-side solutions
  • Postman
  • REST APIs
  • JavaScript / Node.js
  • SQL and NoSQL
  • Typescript
  • Kibana logs
  • Jira / Confluence
  • Fully cloud architecture (AWS preferred)
• Bachelor’s Degree required in Computer Science or another relevant Engineering discipline
• Lived, worked or studied in – or simply have a passion for – Africa