Quality Assurance Engineer at straitPay

Job Summary

The Quality Assurance Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions. You will also review system requirements and track quality assurance.

The QA engineer role plays an important part in straitPay’s product development process. Our ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting tests before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client needs, while being cost-effective.

Ideally, we need someone with strong experience testing financial applications, particularly in a B2C environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify key KPIs for product quality
• Test current and new products and identify weak points and the need for optimizations
• Maintain and update automation tests
• Suggest solutions to identified product problems
• Investigate product quality in order to make improvements to achieve better customer satisfaction
• Plan, create, and manage the overall quality planning strategy
• Collaborate with the product development team to ensure consistent project execution
• Collect quality data and identify quality assurance process bottleneck and suggest actions for improvement

Key Areas of Experience:

• Functional and regression testing for consumer facing financial or fintech products
• Experience validating user journeys such as onboarding, KYC, payments, transactions and account management
• Strong understanding of security, compliance and data privacy considerations within financial apps
• Familiarity with mobile app testing (iOS and Android), API testing and usability testing for high volume consumer platforms
• Ability to document defects clearly, work closely with engineering teams, and support structured release cycles

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in software testing, preferably in Fintech or SaaS.
• Previous experience with software QA tools and processes, as well as prior experience with a variety of different testing techniques, such as UI testing, automated testing, and test-driven development strategies.
• Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Understanding of web and mobile application testing.
• Ability to write clear bug reports and testing documentation.
• Team collaboration and time management skills.

What you\'ll get 

• A chance to shape a business from the ground up. 
• Mission-driven teammates who care about impact. 
• Direct access to leadership and strategic decisions. 
• Fast feedback loops and lots of autonomy. 

Hours & Location 

• Full-time 
• Remote (Lagos, Nigeria preferred)