QUALITY ASSURANCE AUTOMATION ENGINEER AT KORA | QUALITY ASSURANCE JOBS IN LAGOS

About Company:

Kora is a payment infrastructure. We offer plug-and-play payment solutions for businesses to launch a tailored payment experience for their customers.

Our vision, which is at the core of what we do every day, is to create a world void of digital financial barriers across Africa. We are committed to delivering reliable, secure, and easy-to-use digital financial solutions to every single customer with a guarantee that it is improving their lives.

We strongly believe in our ability to find Water in the Desert and pick the Sands in the Ocean.

We value positive energy, and clear communication and are committed to building an inclusive environment for people from every background.

Job Description:

• Create a QA process that will ensure that we consistently ship quality software.
• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements, and design test coverage plan.
• Carry out functional tests and non-functional tests, including security tests, load tests, and stress tests using the necessary software testing tools.
• Develop, document, and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test data, data validation, harness scripts, and automated scripts.
• Give explicit sign off on all products quality before live deployment.
• Hold and facilitate test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members.
• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues immediately to management.
• Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.
• Isolate, replicate, and report defects and verify defect fixes.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Cypress for functional, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Work with the development and QA teams to define test strategies and ensure automated tests are integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Create and maintain test frameworks, test plans, and test data to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Debug and troubleshoot test failures, identify root causes, and work with developers to resolve issues.
• Analyze test results and provide detailed reports on test execution, highlighting issues, performance, and stability.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness in automated tests.
• Continuously improve and refactor the test suite to ensure speed, reliability, and scalability of automated tests.
• Maintain effective documentation for test cases, test results, and automation processes.

Requirements:

• Experience with a variety of different testing techniques such as UI Testing, Automated Testing, Test Driven Development Strategies, and other techniques.
• Understanding of fundamental database concepts – relational (SQL) database, non-relational (NoSQL) database and ORMs/ODMs.
• Proven experience with Cypress for end-to-end testing of web applications.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript or/and Typescript and experience with test frameworks like Mocha, Chai, or Jest.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, GitLab CI, or CircleCI for integrating test automation into the build pipeline.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Solid understanding of API testing (RESTful APIs) and using tools like Postman.
• Knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and the ability to work with developers to resolve issues.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to debug complex issues and optimize automation.
• Ability to work in an Agile development environment.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English.
• Collaborative – drive cooperation and teamwork in achieving solutions.
• Creative, solution-driven and a customer-focused mindset.
• Sound judgment, professionalism, and patience when communicating.
• High attention to detail 

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with other test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Testcafe, Appium).
• Familiarity with cloud-based test execution platforms (e.g., BrowserStack, lambdatest).
• Experience in performance testing and load testing tools like JMeter or K6.

Qualifications and Skills:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer.
• 2 years of experience in automated testing with a focus on Cypress and web application testing.

Salary

Application Closing Date: Not specified

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