Automation Engineers - Paystack

Paystack builds technology to help Africa’s best businesses grow – from new startups to market leaders launching new business models. We make it easy for businesses to accept secure payments from multiple local and global payment channels, and then we provide tools to help you retain existing customers, and acquire new ones.

Over 60,000 businesses trust Paystack to help accept online and offline payments from anyone, anywhere in the world. Learn more about Paystack at https://paystack.com/

About the Automation Engineering Role:

We are looking for automation engineers that have built testing frameworks, tools, and infrastructure to test large-scale platforms. The ideal candidate should be comfortable building automation testing capabilities for backend and frontend applications across web, mobile, and native applications.

You will form part of the Automation Engineering team working alongside other automation engineers responsible for building automated testing solutions that help engineering teams move faster while maintaining high-quality standards. You will contribute to existing test suites and build tools and frameworks from scratch.

Our team is small but highly accomplished, so your voice will be heard and your ideas will make meaningful contributions to the business. This is a full-time position based in Ghana.

You will be expected to:

• Establish our front-end automation test strategy for web and mobile applications
• Design architecture, tooling, and maintain test data
• Implement automated integration, end-to-end, and performance tests
• Consult with cross-functional teams to enable effective test automation across our front-end products
• Collaborate with other teams – both inside and outside engineering – to better understand merchant and customer pain points
• Participate in code and technical design reviews with other automation engineers
• Ensure that all essential use cases are covered by reliable and repeatable tests across all front-end applications

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

• Sufficient experience in at least one major programming language
• Experience building test automation frameworks for web and mobile
• Experience using a variety of testing techniques, processes, and tools
• Experience performing functional and non-functional automated tests against complex web applications and API’s
• Strong SQL and data validation skills
• The ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Experience leading a team of automation engineers