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Our global payments solution is available through a simple integration, offering a diverse range of features, including global acquiring, global and local payment methods, advanced fraud management and performance optimisation. We empower businesses to design seamless and engaging payment experiences for their consumers.\nWe are looking for an experienced, full-time Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our IT team.\nThe ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience in software quality assurance, test automation, API testing, and testing of modern cloud-native systems. This role is suitable for someone who can work independently across complex systems, contribute to QA strategy, improve automation coverage, and actively use modern AI tools to increase testing efficiency and quality.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, create, maintain, and continuously improve test cases for different projects and product areas.\nUse AI-assisted tools to generate, review, optimize, and maintain test cases and test scenarios.\nExecute different types of black-box testing, including functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and non-functional testing.\nPerform API testing and contribute to API test automation across internal and external services.\nMonitor, track, analyze, and report defects identified during test execution.\nWork closely with developers, product owners, business analysts, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and define appropriate test coverage.\nKeep track of development changes and carry out relevant testing when needed.\nAutomate test cases using various tools, frameworks, and programming/scripting languages.\nUse AI tools, coding agents, and MCP-enabled workflows to improve QA productivity, including test generation, automation support, defect analysis, documentation, and integrations.\nContribute to the testing strategy for cloud-native systems, microservices, integrations, and distributed architectures.\nDocument and assure the quality of software applications across all architectural layers.\nSupport continuous improvement of QA processes, tools, standards, and best practices.\nRequirements\n7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.\n3+ years of experience in automated testing - developer profiles welcome!\nKnowledge of Ruby, Rails, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or other programming languages used for test automation.\nStrong experience with test case design, test execution, defect reporting, regression testing, and release validation.\nStrong hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks, such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.\nExperience with API testing and API automation using tools or frameworks such as Postman, REST Assured, Playwright API testing, or similar.\nGood understanding of the SDLC, Agile delivery practices, CI/CD processes, and modern software engineering workflows.\nComprehensive knowledge of web technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, browser behavior, HTTP/HTTPS, REST APIs, and related protocols.\nStrong knowledge of AWS, including practical experience with cloud-native systems and complex microservices testing.\nPractical experience using AI tools in QA activities, including AI-assisted test case creation, test automation, test data generation, defect investigation, documentation, and coding-agent-assisted workflows.\nExperience using MCP-enabled tools and integrations, such as Playwright MCP, Atlassian MCP, or similar AI-assisted development and QA workflows.\nAbility to understand complex systems, identify risk areas, and define effective testing approaches.\nHighly proficient in spoken and written English.\nEnthusiastic, hard-working, motivated individual with excellent communication skills.\nConsidered an Advantage\nExperience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or other CI/CD systems.\nExperience with Linux environments.\nExperience with mobile testing.\nExperience testing payment systems, fintech platforms, or other high-availability transactional systems.\nISTQB Foundation or higher-level certification.\nExperience contributing to QA strategy, automation frameworks, or test infrastructure design.\nBenefits\nFast-growing payment company;\nExcellent working conditions, casual atmosphere, and state-of-the-art hardware;\nModern, challenging, constantly growing business;\nProfessional development - books, trainings, certifications, etc.;\nTeam buildings and fun activities;\n25 days paid holiday, 1 day for every 2 years with us;\nFully distributed and remote.\nIf you are interested, please apply with your CV in English only. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.\nPersonal data of the applicants will be processed in strict confidentiality by emerchantpay ltd. UIC 175117520 solely for the purposes of selection and recruitment and will not be transferred to other data controllers unless required by law. Applicants provide their personal data on a voluntary basis and will have the right to access and correct their personal data within a reasonable time upon filing a written request.\nemerchantpay is an equal opportunity employer. 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