Senior QA Automation Engineer

Who are we?

Mama Money is a growth-stage fintech on a mission to improve the financial lives of migrants and underserved communities across Africa and beyond. What started in 2015 as a cross-border payments service has grown into a multi-product financial platform — giving people the tools to send, save, and manage money on their own terms, at a socially fair price. Payments were just the beginning; today Mama Money is building the fuller financial toolkit our customers need, all under one roof.

Mama HQ is in beautiful Cape Town. We're 173 people strong (and counting), representing 19 countries across Africa, Asia, the UK, and Europe. Everything we build is in service of people who deserve better — and our culture reflects that same commitment. We've had good times and tough times, but the focus never shifts: people over profit, always.

We’re seeking a Senior QA Engineer to champion a quality-first approach within our agile development team. In this role, you’ll be deeply involved throughout the entire software development life cycle, helping to ensure our products meet the highest standards.

• Proven experience as a QA tester within an Agile software development environment (5–8+ years).
• Demonstrable experience in developing test strategies & writing test cases.
• Extensive experience with back-end systems testing with a variety of methods of interacting with components (i.e. REST, SQS, database, and through front end interfaces.)
• Strong SQL skills and familiarity with relational database tools such as DBeaver, SQL Server, or MySQL Workbench.
• Experience seeding databases with test data is a plus.
• Proficiency with version control systems like Git.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP); familiarity with AWS services such as EKS, RDS, SQS, and API Gateway is a plus.
• Hands-on experience using API tools such as Swagger, Bruno and Postman.
• Experience with scripting (writing and updating) using JavaScript.
• Knowledge of configuring mocks for isolated service testing would be a big plus.
• Skilled in exploratory testing with a sharp eye for identifying bugs and user experience issues.
• Strong multitasking abilities with the flexibility to manage and reprioritise multiple workstreams in a dynamic environment.
• Solid troubleshooting skills with the ability to trace and report bugs efficiently and clearly.
• As a Senior, you will be expected to positively influence software quality beyond the boundary of your team.

In your first 90 days at Mama Money you will

• Onboard all our tools and processes, and familiarise yourself with the various teams and departments at Mama Money.