Job Description

Our client is a high-growth fintech company building the next generation of payment infrastructure across
Africa. Their mission is to make money movement seamless, inclusive, and scalable across borders. They operate at the intersection of financial innovation and real-world impact, empowering businesses and consumers with tools to thrive in a rapidly digitizing economy.
Role Overview
Our client is seeking a detail oriented and proactive QA Analyst to support the delivery of high quality, production ready financial systems. This role will play a key part in ensuring platform stability, functional accuracy, and an excellent user experience across our payment products.
The QA Analyst will be responsible for both manual and automated testing, with strong ownership of regression testing, test case creation, and edge case management, working closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
Job Type: Full Time/Permanent
Workplace: Hybrid
Location: Cape Town
Requirements

• 3-5 years' experience as a QA Analyst, Software Tester, or similar role
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Proven experience as a QA Analyst or Software Tester within a technology driven environment
• Strong hands on experience with manual testing and test case design
• Experience with test automation, including maintaining or contributing to automated test suites
• Solid understanding of regression testing strategies and test coverage management
• Ability to design and manage edge cases, boundary conditions, and negative testing scenarios
• Experience testing APIs, backend services, and data driven systems
• Familiarity with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g. Jira, TestRail, similar)
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams
• Experience testing fintech, payments, or financial services platforms
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing within deployment workflows
• Practical experience implementing and maintaining End to End testing (E2E)
• Experience writing and maintaining unit tests using Cypress
• Understanding of security, performance, or compliance related testing in regulated environments

Responsibilities

• Execute and maintain manual and automated test cases across web, API, and backend systems
• Own regression testing cycles, ensuring existing functionality remains stable across releases
• Create, manage, and continuously improve test cases, test plans, and test scenarios, including edge cases and negative testing
• Perform functional, integration, system, and exploratory testing throughout the SDLC
• Identify, log, and track defects clearly, working collaboratively with developers through to resolution
• Validate fixes and conduct regression testing prior to releases
• Contribute to and maintain test automation suites and QA best practices
• Review product requirements and user stories to ensure clarity, coverage, and testability
• Provide quality sign off and risk assessments ahead of production releases
• Support ongoing improvements to QA processes, tools, and documentation

Benefits

• Mission-Driven Work: The opportunity to work on solving cross-boarder payments in Africa. Connecting us to the world, and the world to us.
• A startup environment with massive growth: High pace, high growth where your work directly shapes and impacts the company.
• Competitive Compensation: A salary package that matches your expertise and the market rate.

Skills Required