Senior QA Engineer (Remote) at Datafin Recruitment

DUTIES:

Engineering Quality & Automation –

• End-to-End Quality Processes: Design and implement robust end-to-end quality processes within the pod, ensuring seamless adherence to quality standards and comprehensive testing.
• Acceptance Criteria & Standards: Collaborate with product and engineering to define clear acceptance criteria and align on test quality standards.
• AI-Powered Automation: Develop AI-powered systems and automation solutions to empower Engineers in generating test scenarios and writing high-quality test code.
• Framework Development: Build reusable automation frameworks and libraries to simplify and enhance test creation.
• Quality Metrics & Insights: Oversee and report on key quality metrics, providing actionable insights to improve pod deliverables and link quality directly to product stability.

Customer Focus & Coaching –

• Merchant-Centric Testing: Embed merchant needs and user scenarios directly into automated test cases and quality processes.
• Customer Advocacy: Act as the voice of the customer within Engineering, advocating for solutions that effectively address merchant pain points.
• Engineer Enablement: Guide and coach Engineers on effective testing standards, test design, and writing high-quality automated tests.
• Risk & Security Integration: Audit and review test coverage and code quality, contributing to risk identification (including Abuse Case Testing) and integrating threat modeling with the Security team.

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.