Senior Quality Engineer

ASCENDA LOYALTY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global fintech company is seeking a highly motivated Senior Quality Engineer to lead automation testing efforts. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in QA, strong expertise in front-end technologies, and a focus on API testing. Join this innovative team to shape the future of rewards programs in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer with a focus on front-end applications, API, and webhook testing.
• Strong expertise in front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as JavaScript, Python, or similar for test automation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development and product teams to understand requirements and design comprehensive test plans.
• Conduct extensive testing of front-end interfaces to ensure UI responsiveness and functionality.
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts utilizing industry-standard tools.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Automation Testing

Front-end Technologies

RESTful APIs

Scripting Languages

Tools

Postman

RestAssured

Jenkins

Docker

Job description

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda is a global fintech company that powers the growth of financial institutions and merchants with one-stop effortless rewards infrastructure. Our clients range from classic top-tier brands such as HSBR, American Express, Capital One and Barclays, to fast-growing challengers like Robinhood, Brex and Virgin Money.

Our SaaS rewards platform is the world's most powerful human incentive engine and enables brands to build deeper connections with billions of customers worldwide. It combines a global marketplace of valuable merchant content with a data-driven loyalty core that enables financial services companies to power up world-class premium rewards propositions at speed with ease. If you've ever redeemed credit card points for frequent flyer miles, chances are this was powered by Ascenda!

Ascenda's products are rooted in beautiful design, exceptional customer value and delightful ease of use. Our technology-first approach and unique global content network set us apart from other loyalty companies.

Ascenda was founded in 2014 and today employs 200 people across 20 countries - where we aim to be as globally diverse as our clients.

Join us as a Senior Quality Engineer!

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Quality Engineer to help drive the automation testing efforts in our dynamic and innovative team. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products by developing and maintaining robust and scalable automation frameworks. Your expertise in automation testing methodologies, tools, and best practices will be instrumental in identifying opportunities for test automation, continuous improvement, and optimizing our QA processes.

If you are passionate about quality assurance, possess strong leadership skills, and have a proven track record of delivering successful automation solutions, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of our software development lifecycle.

Your Impact:

Test Planning and Execution:

• Collaborate with development and product teams to understand requirements and design comprehensive test plans covering front-end interfaces, APIs, and webhooks.

Testing:

• Front-end testing: Conduct extensive testing of front-end interfaces to ensure user interface (UI) responsiveness, functionality, and compatibility across browsers and devices. Validate user interactions, UI elements, and overall user experience.
• API, Webhooks testing: Conduct thorough testing of RESTful APIs, ensuring data accuracy, request/response validation, and adherence to industry standards.
• Performance and Scalability Testing: Evaluate the performance and scalability of Web applications, APIs, and webhooks under various conditions.
• Regression Testing: Perform regression testing to validate the impact of new features on existing web applications, API, and webhook functionalities.
• Automation Development: Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts for front-end interfaces, API, and webhook testing, utilizing industry-standard tools and frameworks such as Postman, RestAssured, or similar.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with developers, product managers, and QA team members to address issues, provide feedback, and contribute to the overall quality of software releases.
• Identify, document, and prioritise defects, working closely with development teams for timely resolution. Perform root cause analysis and contribute to the improvement of development processes.

Who you Are

• Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer with a focus on front-end applications, API, and webhook testing
• Strong expertise in front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and frameworks (React, Angular, Vue)
• Strong understanding of RESTful API principles, webhooks, and data interchange formats (JSON, XML)
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as JavaScript, Python, or similar for test automation
• Hands-on experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured) and version control systems
• Familiarity with continuous integration tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI) and containerization technologies (Docker)
• Strong alignment with Ascenda's core values of growth mindset, hands-on ownership, supportive collaboration and radical simplicity

Why Join Ascenda?

Ascenda offers the unique opportunity to lead in the fintech innovation space, shaping the future of rewards program. Wa are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together and we innovate!