QA Automation Engineer

• Who we are
• We’re looking for a QA Automation Engineer to design, build, and scale our automated testing frameworks across multiple microservices.
• You’ll work closely with backend developers, SREs, and DevOps to ensure every release is predictable, traceable, and fast.
• You’ll drive test automation standards, integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, and mentor QA engineers on best practices in automation and performance.
• What you’ll do

• Design and implement robust automated testing frameworks for RESTful APIs, Kafka events, and UI flows.
• Develop and maintain automated regression suites integrated into Jenkins and Bitbucket
• CI pipelines.
• Validate microservice interactions, including DB, messaging (Kafka), and external integrations.
• Review and refactor existing manual test cases for automation readiness.
• Collaborate with SREs to incorporate performance and reliability testing into CI/CD.
• Monitor and visualize test results with the Allure,with the Allure, Prometheus, and Grafana dashboards.
• Perform root cause analysis using logs, metrics, and traces (ELK / Loki / CloudWatch).
• Mentor and guide other QA engineers on automation best practices and coding standards.

Contribute to quality gates before UAT and production deployments.

Requirements

What you bring

• 5+ years of experience in test automation in microservices or fintech environments.
• Java (TestNG / JUnit 5) — confident coding skills and framework design experience.
• Strong in REST Assured, Postman, Swagger, Selenium / Selenide / Playwright.
• Familiarity with Kafka / RabbitMQ, SQL (PostgreSQL), and Test containers.Test containers.
• CI/CD automation experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency in Docker and containerized testing environments.
• Strong debugging and analysis skills with the Allure,with the Allure, Grafana, and Prometheus metrics.
• Understanding of OAuth2 / JWT / security flows for API validation.

Preferred

• Experience with performance tools (JMeter / K6 / Gatling).
• Experience in AWS (EKS / Fargate) or similar cloud environments.
• Familiarity with BDD (Cucumber / Serenity) frameworks.
• Knowledge of observation and SRE principles.
• Experience mentoring or leading automation teams.

Benefits

What’s in it for you

• A front-row seat to build automation for one of Nigeria’s leading digital finance platforms.
• Opportunity to shape CI/CD quality gates, test analytics, and automation standards.
• Works with modern stacks: Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, EKS, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• A collaborative culture where engineering excellence meets real customer impact.
• Competitive salary, hybrid work flexibility, and continuous learning opportunities.
• Room to grow into Tech Lead or QA Chapter Lead roles as we scale.