Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Kora is a pan-African fintech company providing a payments marketplace that enables businesses to collect, disburse, and convert payments across Africa through secure APIs. The Quality Assurance Automation Engineer role focuses on building and maintaining robust QA processes and automated testing frameworks to ensure Kora consistently delivers secure, reliable, and high-quality payment products at scale.

As a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at Kora, you will be responsible for ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software across our payment infrastructure. You will work closely with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams to define QA strategies, build automation frameworks, and validate that all deliverables meet functional, performance, and security standards before release.

Responsibilities:
- Design and implement QA processes to ensure consistent software quality.
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Cypress for end-to-end testing.
- Perform functional and non-functional testing including security, load, and stress tests.
- Review requirements and specifications to define test plans and coverage.
- Identify, reproduce, and track defects while verifying fixes.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and improve test reliability.

Requirements:
- At least 3 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in automated testing with Cypress.
- Strong knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript and testing frameworks.
- Experience with API testing, CI/CD tools, and version control systems.
- Solid understanding of web technologies and database fundamentals.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in Agile teams.

Benefits:
- Health insurance and group life insurance.
- Paid time off, parental leave, and flexible work style.
- Sponsored training and annual performance bonuses.
- Wellness support including therapy sessions and employee groups.

This role reports to the Lead QA Engineer and supports Kora’s mission to remove digital financial barriers.