Tala

Senior SDET

Job Description

The Role
We are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (Sr. SDET) who is passionate about using cutting-edge test automation tools and technologies to create robust test frameworks and test suites in order to speed up the product delivery process without compromising quality and performance. This hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves role will ensure quality control across Tala’s backend services and mobile applications in multiple markets.


What You'll Do
  • Develop test automation suites to expand test coverage to all our microservices and integrate it into regression and release process
  • Support the team for all releases and communicate issues to product in a timely manner
  • Deliver tools to help test integration with third-party services (Payment Rails, SMS/Email, KYC (know your customer), Analytics, etc.)
  • Integrate automated tests execution into the software development process
  • Collaborate with Squad Lead and other key stakeholders to strategize rollout
  • Support and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) in identifying automation areas to further increase the quality of our product
  • Maintain, review, propose and implement improvements to existing frameworks, tools and processes
  • Continuous Learning of new tools and helping the team in optimizing the test framework consistently.

  • What You'll Need
  • Minimum 7+ years of experience in building test tools and frameworks using  Groovy/Kotlin/ Java/ Scala, Jenkins or similar CI-CD tools, Linux/ Mac OSX for either backend or frontend services
  • Experience with BDD testing paradigm and one of the Behavior Driven Testing frameworks such as Spock or JBehave or cucumber
  • Knowledge in microservices and automation
  • Experience working in an Agile development process (Scrum/ Kanban)
  • Experience with one or more version control systems such as Github, Gitlab