Mobile QA Engineer

About Fido

Fido empowers millions across Africa to take control of their finances with ease. As a leader in cutting-edge financial technology, Fido clears the way for building credit, securing instant loans, making smart investments, and obtaining tailored insurance. No banker’s hours, no hidden fees—just endless opportunities.From city centres to rural communities, Fido is breaking barriers and creating financial freedom, providing access to innovative tools and services that foster growth and empowerment. By leveraging advanced technology, Fido is shaping a future of opportunity and financial inclusion across the continent.Join the team and be a part of leading this transformative change, driving impact where it matters most.

Who you Are

We are looking for a Mobile QA Engineer. An ideal candidate should be curious, critical in thinking, and provide honest feedback. You will be responsible for exploring, experimenting and experiencing the App and processes, finding and reporting bugs and glitches that threaten the value of the App. In this role, you should be detail oriented and have excellent communication skills. If you are also competent in test documentation  and execution, we’d like to meet you. Ultimately, you will provide feedback about the status of our products, applications, and systems continually.

Qualification and Skills

• Proven 4 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Tester. 
• Experience providing QA for mobile, web, and back-end services.
• Solid experience conducting backend testing, functional and performance tests, and an ability to empathize with users’ unique perspectives.
• Experience in the financial sector is a plus.
• Experience in project management and QA methodology
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks and regression testing.
• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
• Working knowledge of test management software (e.g Testrail)
• Ability to use Postman, Swagger and Charles Proxy
• One who has worked with analytical tools is a plus
• Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude
• A practiced eye for pixel misalignments, attention to detail margin errors, and other visual details
• One who assumes responsibility for their work, accepts direction and feedback from co-workers and managers and happily helps make anyone’s good idea a reality.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

What you'll do

• Review and analyze the product and the necessary flows involved.
• Develop effective strategies and test plans
• Execute test cases and analyze results
• Create logs to document testing phases and defects
• Report bugs and errors to development teams
• Help troubleshoot issues
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Work with cross-functional teams to enhance feedback of products throughout the software development lifecycle
• Provide qualitative and quantitative feedback to the Engineering, Creative, and other teams throughout feature development
• Suggest new processes and policies that Engineering and QA can implement to ensure we’re only shipping the best possible product