Sr Test Engineer

At Verto, we’re passionate about helping businesses in Emerging markets reach the world.

What first started life as a FX solution for trading Nigerian Naira has now become a market-leading platform, changing the way thousands of businesses transfer money in and out of Emerging Markets.

We believe that where you do business shouldn’t determine how successful you are, or your ability to scale. Millions of companies a day have to juggle long settlement periods, high transaction fees, and issues accessing liquidity in order to trade with African businesses. We’re on a mission to change this by creating equal access to easy payment and liquidity solutions that are already a given in developed markets.

We’re not alone in realising the opportunity and need to solve for emerging markets. We’re backed by world-class investors including Y-Combinator, Quona, and MEVP, power payments for some of the most disruptive start-ups in the world, and have a list of accolades from leading publications, including being voted ‘Fintech Start Up of the Year’ at Fintech Awards London 2022.

Each year, we process billions of dollars of payments and provide companies with solutions that help them save money, automate processes, and grow, but we’re only just getting started.

We’re seeking a Senior QA Engineer with a mix of Manual and Automation expertise who is excited to tackle challenges in delivering seamless and robust software solutions. In this role, you will be expected to achieve key milestones such as:

• Developing and maintaining automated test frameworks and scripts to ensure high-quality software delivery.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve critical bugs and performance issues, reducing time-to-market..
• Scaling test automation coverage.

As a QA Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing Verto’s platform reliability and user experience, leveraging your expertise in test manual test suite, and Selenium + Python based automation to deliver measurable impact.

In this role, you will:

• Design and Implement Automation Frameworks: Build reusable, efficient, and scalable test automation frameworks tailored for web applications using Selenium and Python.
• Automate End-to-End Testing: Develop and execute automated test scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, define test cases, and resolve defects.
• Continuously Enhance Test Coverage: Expand automation test coverage to improve reliability and reduce manual testing efforts.
• Monitor and Report: Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track test execution, defects, and overall quality metrics.
• Maintain and Optimize CI/CD Pipelines: Integrate test automation suites into CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and consistent deployments.
• Ensure Platform Stability: Identify and address bottlenecks, flaky tests, or automation failures to maintain test suite reliability.
• Stay Ahead of Trends: Evaluate and implement the latest tools, technologies, and best practices to keep Verto’s testing processes cutting-edge.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Building and maintaining high-quality automation frameworks tailored for scaling.
• Conducting thorough testing of critical features and APIs to identify issues proactively.
• Ensuring automated scripts are maintained and consistently executed in CI pipelines.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify testing bottlenecks and recommending solutions.
• Delivering well-documented, maintainable code and test artifacts for seamless knowledge sharing.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Education: A university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required.
• Experience: Proven experience as a QA Automation Engineer with a strong focus on Selenium and Python.
• Technical Expertise:
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Pytest, Robot Framework, or similar.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Strong understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience testing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to debug and troubleshoot complex issues in test automation environments.
• Collaboration: Strong communication and team collaboration skills to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

What you need to have:

• Review and analyze system specifications
• Collaborate with QA Engineers to develop effective strategies and test plans
• Execute test cases (manual) and analyze results
• Evaluate product code according to specifications
• Create logs to document testing phases and defects
• Report bugs and errors to development teams
• Help troubleshoot issues
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle

• Proven 3+ years of experience as a Quality Assurance Tester or similar role
• Experience in project management and QA methodology
• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude
• Strong organizational skills.

• Managing the solving of problems concerning the test automation infrastructure
• Understand and maintain Test Automation Frameworks.
• Follow the coding standards and code walk through.
• Maintain Automation Standards and Processes documentation.
• Write automated test scripts under the direction of the Test Automation Lead.
• Ability to work independently on tasks / modules assigned related to automation
• Monitoring of and reporting on the progress of the test automation process
• Reporting on the quality of the test object
• Raise risks on time and provide alternate solutions to mitigate the risk
• Advice and support for the implementation of all types of tools

• Ensure processes used for system testing are adequate and appropriate 
• Develop manual test procedures 
• Work closely with the development team to ensure that Leica Microsystems products meet (and exceed) end-user expectations 
• Develop and maintain the system and user acceptance tests and scripts based on product requirements  
• Procure, create and manage test data required 
• Executing system and user acceptance tests and producing test logs and issue reports 
• Management of test coverage to ensure all requirements are adequately tested 
• Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues to generate root cause identification and resolution 

Our Expectations:  

• Bachelor of Engineering or Masters in software engineering / Informatics or equivalent. 
• Experience in device/embedded software testing 
• Experience of working in an Agile environment, testing user stories, and participating in SCRUM, sprint planning, and backlog review activities. 
• Excellent communication skills, fluent in verbal and written English. 
• Experience working with CI tools (ideally TeamCity). 

Nice to have / Ideally:  

• ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certified tester. 
• Experience in medical device quality standards such as IEC 62304, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971. 
• 3-6 years of experience in testing medical device applications. 
• Experience working with teams across the globe. 
• Experience testing end-to-end applications that interact with hardware devices. 
• Experience in the Cybersecurity domain 

• Experience in testing web-based applications.
• Experience in developing test cases and scenarios based on PRD/BRD/Use cases.
• Experience in testing Web Services
• Logging defects/bugs in the defect management tool
• Tracking the defects and retire them with appropriate test execution
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Tools and Technologies:

• Should have strong knowledge and hands-on with SQL, Java, and Selenium
• Good/Fair knowledge of angular framework and Protractor with JavaScript/TypeScript
• Hands-on with any of the defect management tools like Jira/Bugzilla
• Knowledge of J-meter, Soap UI is a plus