QA/ Test Engineer - Digital Payments

Job Title: QA/ Test Engineer - Digital Payments

Employment type: Contract (On-site)

Contract length: 12 months

Location: Johannesburg - South Africa

PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT

We are looking for a QA/ Test Engineer to play a critical role in ensuring high-quality delivery across implementation workstreams. The role will support testing across API, backend, frontend, data, tokenization, acquiring, and production-readiness activities.

Embedded within a cross-functional team, this role works closely with the Technical Program Manager, Scrum Master, API Integration Engineer, Backend Engineer and Frontend Engineer to validate functionality, identify defects early, and support movement from sandbox through certification and production readiness.

The Test Engineer will also contribute to test documentation, defect reporting, release evidence, regression coverage, and knowledge transfer to internal client teams.

Core Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Define and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts for initiatives, including Tokenization, Acquiring / CYBS integration, and data-driven acquisition, activation, and usage initiatives.
• Support quality assurance across pre-production, production-readiness, and post-release validation activities.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, smoke, exploratory, and UAT-support testing across API, backend, frontend, mobile app, provisioning, data, and operational process flows.
• Support Tokenization testing activities, including token service enrolment, host changes, push provisioning app enhancements, integration testing, sandbox testing, functional testing, and operational readiness validation.
• Support Acquiring enablement testing, including CYBS services integration, execution of agreed test scripts, validation of payment acceptance flows, defect reporting, and fix verification.
• Manage defect lifecycle activities, including defect logging, severity classification, evidence capture, triage support, retesting, closure validation, and defect trend reporting.
• Prepare and maintain testing evidence required for certification readiness, release-readiness reviews, UAT support, and production go/no-go decision-making.
• Support test data identification, test data preparation, environment readiness checks, and validation of test prerequisites across agreed environments.
• Support knowledge transfer by producing test documentation, regression packs, release validation checklists and defect management guidance.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong QA / Testing experience across complex technology delivery environments and cross functional teams.
• 5 - 8 years of experience in testing payment, fintech, mobile money, banking, acquiring, digital wallet, card, transaction-processing, or API-led platforms.
• Experience testing RESTful APIs, backend services, frontend / mobile app flows, system integrations, and operational workflows.
• Experience managing defects from identification through triage, retest, validation, and closure.
• Experience working in agile sprint-based delivery teams, including refinement of acceptance criteria and sprint-level quality reporting.
• Strong understanding of test data requirements, environment readiness, traceability, and release risk management.

Mandatory Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (Master's preferred).
• Previous experience within Banking, Digital Payment & Card solutions or the FinTech industry.
• Regional experience, including working in a faced-paced matrix organisation.
• Excellent communication skills in English (written, verbal, and presentation).

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Tokenization, push provisioning, card-on-file, digital wallet, or credential provisioning journeys.
• Experience testing CYBS / CyberSource or equivalent payment gateway integrations.
• Experience testing mobile applications across Android and iOS devices.
• Good understanding of payment systems, digital platforms, system workflows, security basics, and industry technologies.
• An understanding of regional regulations across financial services or payment networks.