QA Engineer (Dev in Test) - Automation at Carbon Nigeria

Carbon started in 2012 as a brick and mortar consumer lender focused on the Nigerian market. Having raised a Series A round in 2015, we pivoted in 2016 to become a digital lender via the Paylater App (www.paylater.ng) and recently re-branded in April 2019 to Carbon  App (https://getcarbon.co). We are focused on providing access to financial services to the “Next Billion’ starting in Africa. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: QA Engineer (Dev in Test) - Automation

Location: Lagos
Department: Engineering-Software Development
Employment Type: Full-Time
Minimum Experience: Experienced

What are we looking for?

• You will be expected to work with the rest of QA team to own the overall quality of the container-based microservices we produce and working with the wider team to ensure a seamless experience for the users of our customer-facing products. You will need to drive the automation using sound testing principles to ensure all functional and non-functional requirements are all consistently met.

As part of the role you will:

• Communicate with developer and PO to enhance Acceptance Criteria.
• Create test cases.
• Perform API testing using Postman (JSON and XML).
• Use Kibana to track errors.
• Create supporting QA documentation for new features.
• Mentor Junior QA engineers.
• Produce test plan for any feature under test.
• Develop & Automate end to end tests using the test framework.

You should apply if:

• The work we’re doing sounds exciting!
• You’re passionate about Financial Services.
• You’re familiar with some of our Platform or Frontend technologies or specialize in just one part.
• You want to help build, scale and operate a platform to support a product that you (and everyone you know) use or will use every day.
• You’re keen to learn more about new technologies and the arcane inner workings of the financial industry.
• You’re comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity.
• You’re passionate about writing high-quality code and automating everything that can be automated in distributed systems and frontend products.

Requirements
We are looking for candidates who can meet the following criteria - We want to emphasis that we don’t expect you to meet all of the below but would love you to have experience in at least one area:

• Design, develop and execute test plans and test cases.
• Build and improve the Automation Framework.
• Provide leadership and mentorship for automation testing in the company.
• Define, compose, and evaluate test plans for our platform and frontend products.
• Translate business requirements into functional tests.
• Implement and maintain automation scripts.
• Contribute to functional, integration, performance, and regression testing.
• Define and adhere to quality initiatives.
• Provide metrics and results from all testing efforts that will support business decisions.
• Work closely with engineering and product management to ensure quality in any release.
• Update testing strategies appropriately.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in QA automation.
• Knowledge of the Selenium and Appium test tools.
• Experience with test automation framework such as TestNG, Cucumber, etc.
• Knowledge of mobile emulators and mobile operating systems.
• Knowledge of virtual and emulated mobile test environments.
• Experience with QA-related tools for requirements management, test management, and defect tracking.
• Experience in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery test environment.
• Proficient in Agile development methodologies (e.g., Kanban, Scrum) and processes.
• API testing experience, either JSON and XML (both is a bonus).
• Manual and Automation testing knowledge.
• Confidence in writing acceptance criteria.
• An understanding of the development lifecycle, software release process and defect management.
• Exceptional analysis, reporting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience of estimating work.

Benefits and Diversity

• At Carbon we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including health, family, finance, community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation.
• We believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be.
• That means we have no judgement when it comes to any of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coffee. All you need is a passion for technology and a desire to be part of one of the fastest-growing start-ups in the African continent. We’re keen to ensure we redesigning a bank that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different underrepresented demographics.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Important Information

• Our interview process is normally a phone interview, a coding task and call to discuss it, and 1-2 hours of final interviews. We promise not to ask you any brain teasers or trick questions.
• We might design a QA automation test together on a whiteboard, the same way we often work together, but we won’t make you write code on one.