About the position
Our vision is to deliver delightful experiences for merchants and users, and be the payments partner of choice on the African continent.
In everything we do, we strive to make it as easy as possible for merchants to focus on their business, while we take care of their payment needs.
We work with the biggest enterprise businesses and the side-hustle next door, across every sector of the economy.
We pride ourselves on delivering a world-class payments service with a seamless and secure checkout,enterprise-grade security and personalised multi-channel support to every business we partner with. Weintegrate easily with leading e-commerce platforms like WooCommerce, Wix, Shopify, Magento andPrestashop, and our modern API allows for custom integrations.
We currently enable both enterprise and SME ecommerce in South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius, withrapid expansion planned to more countries on the continent.
Why we're hiring for this role:
Due to our expanding team and product, we're excited to hire a new quality assurance professional to help us continue to deliver the highest quality product possible. This is an excellent opportunity to join adynamic and growing company, and to make a real impact on our quality and future.
What we'd like you to have:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Previous experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer or similar role with expertise in QA
software methodologies, tools, and processes. - Strong understanding of QA testing processes, including manual and automated testing
techniques. - Knowledge of software development lifecycle and testing frameworks such as Agile.
- Experience with popular QA tools such as Jira, API and Test Managment platforms.
- Good communication and collaboration skills, enabling effective teamwork within
cross-functional groups.
Core function of the role:
- Collaborate effectively: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, productmanagers, and designers, to gain a clear understanding of product requirements and functionalities.
- Plan, develop, and execute tests: Create, develop, and implement comprehensive test plans,test cases, and test scripts to guarantee the quality and performance of our software products.
- Conduct thorough testing: Perform manual and automated testing on web and API integrations,mobile applications, and other software components.
- Defect identification and resolution: Identify and thoroughly document software defects,inconsistencies, and issues, then collaborate with the development team to rectify them.
- Enhance automated testing: Continuously improve and maintain automated test suites toexpand test coverage and optimise efficiency.
- Regression testing: Ensure that new features or changes do not negatively impact existingfunctionality by conducting regression testing.
- Refine requirements and user stories: Participate in the review and refinement of productrequirements and user stories to uncover potential gaps and ambiguities.
- Stay informed: Keep yourself up-to-date with industry best practices and emerging trends inquality assurance and test automation.
Other [ Softer ] skills that will help you succeed:
- Proficiency in testing web applications, API's and mobile apps (iOS and Android).
- Hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks, such as Cypress, Newman, and BDD Cucumber framework.
- Familiarity with programming languages like Java, TypeScript or Python is advantageous.
- Great analytical and problem-solving abilities with meticulous attention to detail.
- Capability to grasp and apply technical concepts and demonstrate strong cognitive skills.
Desired Skills:
- API
- QA
- Software Testing
- Testing Automation
- Performance Testing
- Test automation
- Python
