Senior QA Engineer

About the role:

• As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Ezra, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining the quality of our software products. This hands-on role requires a dedicated individual with a strong interest in quality assurance and testing methodologies. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, partners, and other stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable solutions that drive business success and meet our customer needs. Reporting to the Senior Manager Quality Assurance, you will significantly impact our projects and organizational growth

Key responsibilities:

• Architect and evolve automation frameworks to broaden the scope of validation across the Ezra financial ecosystem.
• Seamlessly embed automated test cycles into the full software delivery lifecycle and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Spearhead the coordination and execution of technical integration and user-centric validation workflows.
• Partner with Engineering Leadership and cross-functional teams to manage the strategic deployment of robust software versions.
• Ensure high-fidelity software delivery through strict alignment with complex technical specifications and user needs.
• Engineer custom utilities and infrastructure to facilitate testing and external platform integration, specifically for:
• Telecommunications interfaces (including USSD, SMSC, and IVR protocols)
• Digital and mobile wallet infrastructures
• Core financial and banking systems
• Identity management and KYC verification services
• Collaborate extensively with Architects, Technical units, and Product Managers to accelerate the development of advanced product capabilities.
• Champion engineering excellence by continuously optimizing automation architectures and quality assurance methodologies.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional background.
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience focused on Quality Assurance automation.
• A proven track record in a Senior Quality Assurance Automation role or a comparable technical position.
• Expertise in managing and querying SQL Server, Azure SQL, and NoSQL database environments.
• Deep familiarity with DevOps methodologies, encompassing CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment, and release lifecycle management.
• Extensive experience operating within Agile frameworks for software development.
• Practical knowledge of TDD and BDD (Test-Driven and Behavior-Driven Development) practices.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architecture
• Thorough grasp of API Gateways and common service discovery protocols.
• Professional proficiency in English, both in verbal communication and written documentation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven ability to architect and implement test automation infrastructures utilizing Java, Groovy, or Scala.
• Extensive experience leveraging Jenkins or equivalent CI/CD orchestration technologies.
• Exceptional proficiency in Unix-based environments, specifically regarding Linux and Mac OSX command-line interfaces.
• Expertise in Shell Scripting for automation and system administration.
• Substantial background in web application validation through Gherkin, Cucumber, or SpecFlow frameworks.
• Advanced technical knowledge of Selenium WebDriver for browser-based automation.
• Strong programming fluency in at least one core language, including Java, Python, or JavaScript.
• Competency in utilizing JMeter for complex performance and load assessment scenarios.
• Familiarity with AWS, Jira, Bitbucket, and Docker is highly regarded as a distinct advantage.
• ledge
• Automation

The ideal candidate is someone who has:

Quality Engineering Leadership

• Driven by a commitment to innovation and delivering customer-focused solutions that surpass quality benchmarks.
• Exhibits strong ownership of quality deliverables while actively refining engineering workflows and standards.
• Comprehensive mastery of testing methodologies, validation strategies, and software quality fundamentals.