Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

We are Qualco Group, a leading fintech organisation with over 25 years of experience delivering innovative technology solutions to banks and financial institutions. Serving clients in over 30 countries, we leverage advanced technologies, such as AI and analytics, to develop proprietary software and platforms that accelerate digital transformation and generate lasting value for businesses, society, and the broader economy. We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join the Credit Institution (CI) team at QUALCO Group. Our team is building the technology platform of a new, fully digital regulated credit institution. The platform orchestrates the full credit lifecycle: digital onboarding, credit decisioning, electronic signing, disbursement, and payments, across a distributed microservices architecture with multiple third-party integrations. In a regulated fintech environment, quality is not a phase at the end of a sprint. A missed edge case can affect a real disbursement, a customer's repayment, or a financial reconciliation. You will own quality across the platform, from test strategy and automation frameworks to release readiness, working side by side with engineering, product, risk, and compliance. What You Will Do Own release quality across frequent deployments, combining technical analysis and business understanding with regression, integration, smoke, and exploratory testing; Define and drive end-to-end testing strategies for frontend, backend, APIs, and cross-service integrations across critical domains such as loan origination, payments, and reconciliation; Build and maintain automation frameworks (e.g. Cypress) for UI and API regression testing, expanding coverage and reducing manual regression effort; Design and execute performance and load testing (e.g. K6) to validate scalability and system stability under production-level traffic; Validate distributed workflows across orchestrated multi-step flows, including failure scenarios, retries, idempotency, and data consistency between systems; Collaborate with engineering and product teams throughout feature development, providing guidance on quality risks, edge cases, acceptance criteria, and release readiness; Mentor QA engineers, drive automation best practices, and foster a quality-first engineering culture across the team; Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements and supporting the continued implementation of the Group Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy. Our Environment Backend services in PHP 8.2+ with REST APIs, Redis; React; Microsoft Azure (AKS), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines; Service-oriented architecture with orchestration-based distributed workflows; Agile/Scrum delivery with Program Increments, Jira and Xray for test management. 4+ years of professional QA experience, ideally on large-scale, high-traffic platforms; Proven experience defining testing strategies for distributed microservices architectures; Strong hands-on experience with test automation frameworks for UI and API testing (Cypress or equivalent); Experience with performance and load testing tools (K6 or equivalent); Solid understanding of REST APIs, API validation, and contract testing; Working knowledge of SQL for data validation and technical analysis; Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and test management tools (Jira, Xray); Risk-based testing mindset, with sound judgment on what to test, at which level, and when; Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work with engineers, product managers, and non-technical stakeholders; Ownership mindset: you treat quality as an engineering responsibility, not a checkpoint. Nice-to-Haves Background in fintech, payments, lending, or other regulated environments; Experience testing business-critical domains such as payments, billing, or order management; Familiarity with message-based or event-driven systems (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka); Scripting skills (e.g. Python) for test tooling and data preparation; Experience mentoring QA engineers or leading quality initiatives across teams; Familiarity with observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing) for defect analysis. Your Life @ Qualco Group As a #Qmember, you'll embody our values every day, fostering a culture of teamwork & integrity, passion for results, quality & excellence, client focus, and agility & innovation. Within a truly human-centred environment built on mutual respect and trust, your dedication to our shared vision will not only be recognized but also celebrated, offering boundless opportunities for your personal and professional growth. Find out more about #LifeatQualcoGroup 👉🏼 qualco.group/life_at_qualco_group Join the #Qteam and enjoy: 💸 Competitive compensation, Meal vouchers, and annual bonus programs. 💻 Cutting-edge IT equipment, mobile phone, and data plan. 🏢 Modern facilities, free coffee, beverages, indoor parking, and in-house restaurant. 👨‍ Private health insurance, occupational doctor, workplace counselor and nutritionist. 🤸‍ Onsite gym, wellness facilities, and ping pong room. 💡 Career and talent development tools. 🎓 Mentoring, coaching, personalized annual learning, and development plan. 🌱 Employee referral bonus, regular wellbeing, ESG, and volunteering activities. At QUALCO Group, we value diversity and inclusivity. Your race, gender identity and expression, age ethnicity or disability make no difference in Qualco. We want to attract, develop, promote, and retain the best people based only on their ability and behavior. Application Note: All CVs and application materials should be submitted in English. 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