QA Engineer

Trade Nation; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Trade Nation is seeking a QA Engineer in Kuala Lumpur to ensure software quality through a mix of manual and automated testing. You will collaborate with development teams on test planning, execute comprehensive test strategies, and contribute to CI/CD workflows.

The role emphasizes end-to-end testing, regression packs, and strong attention to detail in a fast-paced trading environment. Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in QA, experience with Playwright or Cypress, API testing, and proficiency in

Qualifications

• 3+ years of QA experience in software development.
• Experience in automated and manual testing.
• Experience with front-end, API, and end-to-end testing.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling.
• Proficiency with test documentation and bug reports.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand features and architecture.
• Derive meaningful test scenarios from requirements and workflows.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and maintain a regression pack for ongoing testing.
• Write, execute, and maintain automation test cases.
• Assist in bug reproduction and root-cause analysis with developers.
• Maintain test scripts for CI/CD environments.
• Promote delivery of quality software and communicate progress.

Skills

Quality assurance

Automated testing

Manual testing

Front-end testing

API testing

Playwright

Cypress

K6

Postman

TypeScript

JavaScript

CI/CD

GitLab

TeamCity

Jira

Test documentation

Bug reproduction

Root cause analysis

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

K6

Postman

Job description

As a QA Engineer you will be supporting the development teams by ensuring the quality of their output through a combination of manual and automated testing.

As a QA Engineer you will be supporting the development teams by ensuring the quality of their output through a combination of manual and automated testing.

Who we are

Trade Nation is a global CFD and spread betting broker. We help traders make better decisions through clear market insights, transparent pricing and fairer approach to trading.

Since 2014, we’ve grown into a market-leading, low-cost broker with our headquarters in London and offices across Europe, South Africa, Asia-Pacific, and key offshore regions including the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Our platform is available in 14 languages, making it accessible to traders worldwide.

Built on transparency and trust, and driven by our people, our focus is simple: helping customers trade more effectively. We do that by keeping costs low, cutting unnecessary complexity and using technology to put traders first.

Your team

Our Kuala Lumpur office is a bright, modern space located at the heart of the city. The team here is expanding, making it our second-largest hub, and we’re excited to welcome like-minded individuals to join an exciting, collaborative environment filled with professionals who have a passion for innovation and driving change.

Our commitments to each other

We have each other’s backs

There when we need each other most

We challenge each other

Be more creative, more curious, more bold

We thrive together

Taking our work to the next level

We form strong bonds

Through team building and social events

We don’t judge

Instead, we teach and are open to learning

We step up

Taking ownership and supporting each other to do the same

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with cross functional teams to understand product features and architecture.
• Deriving meaningful test scenarios based on business requirements and system workflows.
• Performing functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing on tasks and epics.
• Developing and maintaining an up-to-date regression pack to ensure ongoing testing of critical functionalities.
• Writing, executing, and maintaining test cases for automation.
• Assisting in bug reproduction, investigation and work with developers on root cause analysis.
• Maintaining test scripts to run in CI/CD environment.
• Promoting delivery of quality software.
• Communicating effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery.

Requirements

• Proven experience in quality assurance across automated and manual testing within software development with at least 3+ years of experience.
• Should have 2+ years’ experience in front-end, API and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and maintain automated scripts using tools like Playwright, Cypress, K6 and Postman.
• Strong preference for experience in scripting language such as TypeScript, JavaScript.
• Skilled in using CI/CD tooling such as GitLab, TeamCity etc
• Experience using Jira or similar project management tool.
• Maintain and enhance test documentation including test scenarios and bug reports.
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive and independent approach.
• Capable of working on multiple tasks simultaneously and managing deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant testing qualifications such as ISTQB, Agile software testing courses.
• Experience with Playwright using Typescript language.
• Experience in API testing using Postman or similar tools.
• Good to have knowledge in C#
• A positive attitude with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an agile environment.