Senior QA Engineer (Risk Management & Automation Testing)
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About the Role
Astra Tech is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to design and execute test strategies with a focus on risk-based testing and automation for fintech systems. The role involves developing automation frameworks, performing performance testing, and collaborating with engineering and risk teams.
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Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and execute comprehensive test strategies with a focus on risk based testing and automation across backend microservices and frontend applications
- Identify, assess, and prioritize quality risks in complex fintech systems, ensuring critical business flows are thoroughly validated
- Develop and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and ensure high regression coverage
- Perform performance, load, and stress testing to proactively detect system bottlenecks and scalability risks
- Debug and trace long call chains across distributed microservices, identifying root causes and potential risk points
- Leverage logs, metrics, and distributed tracing tools to monitor system health and mitigate quality and performance risks
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and risk teams to ensure quality standards align with business and regulatory requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in QA for large scale backend systems with distributed architectures and microservices
- Proven experience in automation testing including API automation, data validation automation, and integration testing
- Strong hands on experience with risk based testing methodologies
- Solid experience in API testing, database validation, and performance testing
- Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (e.g., Python, Java)
- Strong understanding of asynchronous processing and message queue systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Excellent debugging and analytical skills
- Fluency in English (spoken and written)
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Location and Key Responsibilities
- Location: On site Abu Dhabi
- Design, implement, and execute comprehensive test strategies with a strong focus on risk based testing and automation across backend microservices and frontend applications.
- Identify, assess, and prioritize quality risks in complex fintech systems, ensuring critical business flows (e.g., payments, lending, risk controls) are thoroughly validated.
- Develop and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks to support CI/CD pipelines and ensure high regression coverage.
- Perform performance, load, and stress testing to proactively detect system bottlenecks and scalability risks.
- Debug and trace long call chains across distributed microservices, identifying root causes and potential risk points in complex service interactions.
- Leverage logs, metrics, and distributed tracing tools to monitor system health and mitigate quality and performance risks.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and risk teams to ensure quality standards align with business and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in QA for large scale backend systems, with strong exposure to distributed architectures and microservices.
- Proven experience in automation testing, including API automation, data validation automation, and integration testing.
- Strong hands on experience with risk based testing methodologies and quality assurance in high availability systems.
- Solid experience in API testing, database validation, and performance testing.
- Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (e.g., Python, Java).
- Strong understanding of asynchronous processing and message queue systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Excellent debugging and analytical skills for identifying system risks and performance bottlenecks.
- Fluency in English (spoken and written).
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