Senior Software Development Engineer Test

Boku Inc. (BOKU.L) is the leading global provider of local mobile-first payments solutions. Global brands including Amazon, DAZN, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spotify, and Tencent rely on Boku to reach millions of new paying consumers who do not use credit cards with our purpose-built payment network of more than 300 local payment methods across 70+ countries. Every year, Boku processes over $10 billion in value for our customers. Incorporated in 2008, Boku is headquartered in London and San Francisco and has employees in over 3+ countries around the world, including Brazil, China, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, and the UAE. Boku is a truly global company that takes pride in its diversity and thriving equal opportunity workplace.

Role Purpose

We are looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer in Test III to work in distributed QA team and help with the project deliveries in stipulated timelines while using the optimised and efficient testing methodologies. To be successful in this role, the candidate must have a passion for working in a high performing team using manual and automation test approach. The candidate must have experience designing test cases, test plans and building automation framework and tools used by QA teams. The candidate must have experience improving process and technological changes throughout QA organization.

Key Responsibilities
• Take ownership of QA requirements, finalise the testing scope and communicate effectively with Technical Project Managers.
• Understand complex nature of the application and come up with the test plan.
• Provide testing guidance to the technology Team Lead and coordinate the application enhancement and tech ops testing activities with technology and business teams.
• Should understand the requirement, design and develop the automation test cases.
• Define and establish test strategy and provide QA process improvement suggestions.
• Should work as Individual Contributor Participate in team communication and collaborate in planning activities, including stand-ups, iteration planning meetings (IPM), and retrospectives.
• Communicate regular updates on project status (e.g., work completed, work in progress, next steps, risks, quality, KPIs, and costs) to Peers, Product managers, QA Manager, Engineering team and others.

Key Skills and Competencies
• Strong experience in Manual Testing of Enterprise Class and Financial application, Middleware and Backend systems.
• Expert in API testing using Postman/SOAP UI
• Experience in API Automation using Rest Assured framework with Java
• Experience with UI testing on multiple platforms and devices.
• Experience with Automation test case development and maintenance of test automation
• Experience using SQL in writing and understanding queries and procedures.
• Hands on experience with Unix platform using basic commands on day-to-day basis
• Experience with server log analysis and validations using terminal or cloud-based logging system
• Experience with debugging application issues via server logs in the backend system
• Good experience in understanding the requirements and taking ownership of tasks.
• Knowledge of AWS / Cloud would be a plus.
• Should be self-driven engineer with desire to use practical and professional concepts in QA along with application of QA standards and procedures to resolve routine issues.
• Should be able to write use cases based on product requirements, execute them and report issues in bug tracking system.
• Should be a self-starter. Helps QA community to impart necessary technical knowledge.
• Exposure to test management and bug tracking tool (like ALM, Testrail, X-Ray, JIRA or others), Agile methodologies. Knowledge regarding financial services, and workflows, payment gateways, e-wallets etc.
• Should have excellent written and verbal communication

Qualifications
• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer science or equivalent degree of 4 years
• Overall experience of 8-10 years in Quality Assurance and Testing with relevant 4 years hands on experience in Automation.