Quality Assurance Engineer at Nomba (Formerly Kudi)

Nomba, launched in 2017 as "Kudi.ai", is a chatbot that responds to financial requests on social apps. Nomba has since evolved to empower independent businesses to act as neighborhood banks offering basic financial services such as cash withdrawal, transfer and bill payments to all Nigerians, especially those in underserved communities. Today we process more than $500m in payments monthly.

With a vision to enable economic prosperity by supercharging businesses to run efficiently and meet their goals, nomba is making it easier for businesses to accept payments, make payments and manage their operations. With over 250 employees and more than 150,000 businesses on our platform across the country, we are creating a distinct gateway into the digital economy by providing businesses with access to everyday tools that simplify payments and drive their growth. With these easy-to-use tools, businesses of all sizes can now accept, process and manage payments online and offline while optimizing their operations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer

Location: Lekki, Lagos

About the Role

• We’re seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer. As a QA Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring our services are thoroughly tested and ready to serve customers. 
• You will work with the test team to develop a deep understanding of the system architecture, help to conceptualize appropriate acceptance tests and automate them within our integration testing framework.
• You will be responsible for ensuring tests run smoothly and quickly and also ensuring that broken tests are rapidly directed to the responsible engineers for correction.
• The ideal candidate is an exceptionally organized, methodical professional with the experience necessary to take ownership of our integration testing needs. If you’re excited about this, join our team!

Responsibilities

• Ensure our services are thoroughly tested and ready to serve customers on web and mobile.
• Work with the test team to develop a deep understanding of the system architecture.
• Help to conceptualize appropriate acceptance tests working closely with PO’s.
• Translating user stories into test scenarios to deliver high quality software.
• Automate and run tests within our integration testing framework.
• Ensure tests run smoothly and quickly.
• Investigate and manage test failures effectively.
• Develop Test Documentation, Test Scripts, Test Suites (Sanity, Smoke, Regression).
• Create and maintain comprehensive tests within well structured automation test suites.
• Prepare and execute test cases based on established standard software testing techniques.
• Design reusable and maintainable automated tests.
• Able to work in an Agile environment and have working knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Shift Left.
• Critical attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Working knowledge of TDD/BDD experience.

About You

• BSc or higher, especially in Computer Science/Mathematics
• 3+ years experience creating automated tests using Java, Selenium/Appium and Cucumber.
• 3+ years experience with automated API tests (e.g. REST-assured).
• 3+ years experience working with Microservices/Distributed systems.
• 3+ years experience with Linux/GNU environments, e.g. bash, sed, etc
• 3+ years experience with Python
• 3+ years experience with Github.
• 3+ years experience with API testing using Postman, Charles Proxy.
• 3+ years experience with SQL.
• 3+ years experience with CI/CD Deployment Practice, Tools
• Hands on experience generating automation test reports
• Able to clearly and effectively communicate issues throughout the team/organization.

Nice to Have:

• Exposure or hands on testing experience for payment terminals (P.D.Q hardware)
• Prior testing experience as software Developer in test
• Load testing/performance testing is highly desirable

Application Closing Date
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