Quality Assurance Engineer
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Job Summary
Position: Quality Assurance Engineer
Department: Technology
Reports to: Lead Quality Assurance Engineer
Location: Westlands Nairobi
Direct Reports: None
Others Reporting Indirectly: None
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
About the Role:
The Quality Assurance Engineer will play a critical role in ensuring the quality security and performance of our fintech and communication solutions.
You will work closely with developers product managers and Infrastructure & DevOps teams to build automated and manual testing frameworks that guarantee reliability and compliance with industry regulations.
Key Measures of Performance:
The performance of this role holder will be assessed on the basis of the achievements made on:
The performance of this role holder will be assessed based on the achievements made on:
Test Coverage: 90% functional test coverage.
Defect Detection Rate: 95% critical defects found before production release.
Defect Closure Rate: 95% defects resolved within SLA.
Time to Test Execution: < 3 days for major releases.
Test Automation Coverage: 70% of test cases automated.
Security Compliance Adherence: 100% compliance with PCI-DSS GDPR ISO 27001.
Deployment Failure Rate: < 2% due to QA defects.
Audit Pass Rate: 100% of regulatory audits passed.
Transaction Accuracy Rate: 99.99%.
Defect Reoccurrence Rate: < 5% for high-priority issues.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop execute and maintain manual and automated test cases for web and mobile fintech applications.
Conduct functional regression performance security and API testing to ensure high system reliability.
Identify document and track software defects using JIRA TestRail or similar tools.
Work with development teams to design test strategies for complex fintech products ensuring regulatory compliance.
Implement and maintain test automation frameworks using Selenium Cypress Playwright or similar tools.
Conduct security testing focusing on data integrity authentication and fraud prevention.
Collaborate with DevOps to integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD.
Ensure compliance with financial industry regulations such as PCI-DSS GDPR and ISO 27001.
Perform end-to-end testing of financial transactions and communication APIs ensuring seamless integration between payment gateways and messaging systems.
Provide root cause analysis and work closely with development teams to resolve critical issues.
Academic and Professional Qualifications:
A Bachelors degree in computer sciences or any other related field
Strong understanding of payment processing APIs and mobile financial applications.
Proficiency in automated testing frameworks (Selenium Cypress Playwright Appium etc.).
Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases for data validation.
Knowledge of security and compliance testing for fintech applications.
Strong analytical debugging and documentation skills.
Qualifications & Experience:
At least 5 years proven work experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git Bitbucket).
Experience with API testing tools (Postman REST Assured SoapUI).
Other Job Requirements:
Key contacts: Internal & External
Commercial Teams
IT Support Team
Relevant Suppliers & Vendors
Business Customers
Financial Responsibilities:
P&L
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience:
At least 5 years proven work experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git Bitbucket).
Experience with API testing tools (Postman REST Assured SoapUI).
Academic and Professional Qualifications:
A Bachelors degree in computer sciences or any other related field
Strong understanding of payment processing APIs and mobile financial applications.
Proficiency in automated testing frameworks (Selenium Cypress Playwright Appium etc.).
Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases for data validation.
Knowledge of security and compliance testing for fintech applications.
Strong analytical debugging and documentation skills.
Required Skills:
Qualifications & Competencies Bachelors degree in Marketing Business or related field. 4 years of experience in marketing preferably B2B or technology sector. Hands-on experience with digital tools (Google Analytics LinkedIn Campaign Manager HubSpot or similar). Strong project management coordination and analytical skills. Excellent written and verbal communication. Energetic proactive and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.
Required Education:
Degree
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- Test Cases
- Performance Testing
- Quality Assurance
- SOC
- Agile
- Debugging
- Jira
- Perl
- Software Testing
- Test Automation
- Scripting
- Selenium
