Software Test Engineer

Job description

Zepz powers two leading global remittance brands, WorldRemit and Sendwave, to build the next generation of cross-border payments.

Serving over 9 million customers across 4,000 corridors, Zepz is transforming how money moves across borders by making it faster, safer and more convenient.

Its innovative digital solutions are designed to break down financial barriers and expand access to better financial tools.

Zepz operates across a broad global footprint, connecting the global north and south and enabling migrants to support loved ones, fuel local economies and build better futures.

This role is responsible for ensuring quality through working on an in‑house Python test framework, creating automated tests using Appium, and developing REST, GRPC, and GraphQL automated tests.

The position also involves release management for app and play stores and utilizing the latest technology to maintain quality.

What you will own:

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will:

Write great code that automates our tests and will guarantee sustainable quality on our production environment with minimal manual interactions.

We understand code is read more than it’s written, better off tested and maintainability is a must.

Own and improve QA processes in the team and beyond.

Share ideas, improvements and see how they come to implementation.

Keep eyes open for any automation opportunities.

Prepare test plans and execute them per project or iteration need.

Help shape what we build.

You’ll be working closely with product owners, designers and other engineers to design and refine our work.

We work as a team and your input is key.

Design and influence technology evolution.

We are designing new platform with long term goals in mind and are also happy to improve with new technology capabilities.

Own delivery.

We’re obsessed with shipping value; you’ll own work beyond just a pull request.

You’ll care about bugs, scalability, uptime and other non‑functional requirements.

Growing together.

You’ll review others' work and happily seek feedback on yours to ensure we build a better codebase and sharpen each other's skills.

What you bring to the table:

Strong experience of testing native mobile apps, APIs and services.

Experience with test automation (Appium, Locust, Pytest).

Hands on experience with Git and understanding of modern CI/CD processes (Github Actions, Bitrise).

Bias for action.

You see a problem, you fix a problem.

You get buy in for your solutions and keep tickets moving.

We’re always looking for ways to ship at pace.

Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.

We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa.

specifically:

• Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work‑life balance!
• Private Medical Cover: You can opt‑in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme.
  
  This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well‑being.
  
  
• Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
  
  
• Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
  
  
• Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.
  
  

We are also remote‑first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive.

In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle‑to‑work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz!

Why choose Zepz?

• Our team of over 800 employees is fully distributed across the world.
  
  We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co‑working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth‑stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.
  
  
• We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.
  
  
• We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
  
  
• At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together.
  
  We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose - to continue to provide the best service to our users.
  
  

Ready to Apply?

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role.

Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.

Required Skill Profession

Quality Management