Senior QA Engineer 1
Moneybox
Overview
In this Senior QA role, you will own quality across complex fintech projects, acting within the Platform Engineering – QA team. You’ll lead risk-based testing, coordinate with stakeholders and compliance, and drive automation in partnership with the Automation team. The position combines hands-on testing, mentorship, and strategic influence to ensure fast, reliable releases. This is an opportunity to shape testing culture and adopt AI-supported approaches at scale inside a growing platform.
Responsibilities
- Own QA for large, complex projects as the sole QA on a squad; prioritise workstreams to balance speed and quality
- Promote a quality-first culture, focusing on risk-based testing over ticket-driven approaches
- Collaborate with stakeholders and Compliance to design testing and release strategies that balance risk, speed, and quality
- Lead and facilitate cross-functional meetings (amigos, go/no-go, incidents) to drive outcomes
- Advocate for AI-assisted testing tools, integrating them with human validation to improve efficiency
- Assess features for automation suitability and work with Engineers and the Automation team to build end-to-end automation
- Mentor and coach QA teammates and contribute to departmental operations for learning and innovation
- Represent Moneybox in the tech community and bring new ideas back to the team
Key requirements
- 5+ years of broad QA experience, including Senior/Lead QA roles
- Strong backend testing skills across APIs, databases, migrations, and third-party integrations (payments/transactions)
- Extensive testing of mobile apps and web technologies
- Experience with multiple automated testing techniques and test data design
- Proven track record of fast-paced delivery and collaboration with senior leadership
- Experience leveraging AI tools to improve testing efficiency
- Ability to design comprehensive test plans and contribute to automation frameworks
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong collaboration and cross-functional communication
- Mentorship and leadership demeanor
- Backend/API testing
- Databases and migrations
- 3rd party integrations (payments/transactions)
Reference: WJ-799_22124391