Quality Assurance Engineer (4 month maternity cover)
$2,831,160–$4,246,740 year
RemotePortugal or South Africa
Job Summary
Design, build, and maintain manual exploratory tests and automated test suites to safeguard core platform features for sexual and reproductive health services across six African markets. Cultivate a quality mindset by owning QA standards, mentoring engineers, and auditing sprint workflows to optimize testing delivery pipelines. Refine automated testing frameworks using JavaScript, Playwright, and Postman to accelerate regression testing and continuous integration. Analyze test results to communicate complex technical findings and upskill developers on code quality. Report to the engineering lead in an agile environment, ensuring seamless ecosystem integrations and real-time data accuracy. Available immediately for a 4-month maternity cover contract in Portugal, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, or Nigeria.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional experience operating as a QA Software Engineer within fast-paced, agile product environments
- Proven experience implementing automated testing tools and expanding robust testing frameworks from scratch
- Fluent in English with the ability to bridge communication gaps between technical engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- Available immediately for a 4 month maternity cover contract
- Currently based in Portugal, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Nigeria
- Reference and background screening checks
- Information from previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when left employment
- Acknowledgement that you have read and understood the recruitment procedures
- Acknowledgement that you have read and understood the privacy notice
Desired Qualifications
- Hand-on experience with JavaScript, Playwright, and Postman
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