QA Automation Engineer

About the role

Watu Credit is hiring a QA Automation Engineer based in Mombasa. The role covers end-to-end automated testing of application modules, from UI and API tests to backend SQL operations, and includes collaboration with development teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright.
• Run functional and regression tests on application modules.
• Validate user interface elements and identify design and usability inconsistencies.
• Analyze and test SQL-based backend operations to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
• Set up and manage testing environments with Docker Compose.
• Test REST/GraphQL APIs for reliability and performance.
• Review code with developers, refine test scenarios and suggest optimizations.
• Create and maintain test documentation, including test cases and defect reports.
• Carry out exploratory testing to find unanticipated issues.

Required profile

• 2+ years of experience with TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL.
• Intermediate English.
• Strong attention to detail, initiative in spotting edge cases, good communication and teamwork, and willingness to learn new tools.

Required skills

• Playwright and Git version control.
• OOP principles; basic CI/CD (e.g. Jenkins) and REST/GraphQL API testing.
• Docker Compose, SQL and ORM tools such as Prisma.
• Nice to have: UI/UX basics, reading TypeScript front-end code, Java, Selenium, advanced log analysis and debugging, application security (token validation), and experience testing financial applications.