"Looking to hire globally? Our Employer of Record (EOR) and payroll solution makes it easy to employ and pay teams across Africa and the world compliantly. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be the technical anchor for our quality engineering ecosystem. This is a high-leverage role focused on building scalable test automation architectures, provisioning resilient test infrastructure, and solving bottlenecks that emerge as our test suites and engineering teams expand.
What they're looking for
- Core Programming: Advanced proficiency in at least one modern language (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or TypeScript)
- Test Frameworks: Deep experience building Web and API automation from the ground up using modern frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, RestAssured, or Karate)
- Distributed Systems & Event Validation: Proven experience validating message queues / event-driven pipelines (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) and debugging asynchronous workflows
- Database Proficiency: Strong querying and diagnostic skills across both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases
- Performance Engineering: Hands-on experience designing and executing performance suites using tools like k6, JMeter, or Gatling
- Infrastructure & Orchestration: Practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized execution grids (e.g., Selenoid, Playwright Grid, or cloud farms)
More about this role
Workpay is one of Africa's fastest-growing payroll solutions providers, helping global businesses hire, manage, and pay employees efficiently, legally, and compliantly across the continent. Our payroll, compliance, and workforce financial services platform simplifies payroll, compliance, benefits, and workforce administration, enabling organizations to focus on growth while ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time.
Backed by leading global investors such as Visa, Norrsken22, Y Combinator, Acadian Ventures, Google for Startups, and Verod-Kepple, Workpay supports businesses operating in 30+ African countries. As we continue to expand our footprint across Africa and beyond, building the right team across markets is critical to sustaining our growth.
As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be the technical anchor for our quality engineering ecosystem. This is a high-leverage role focused on building scalable test automation architectures, provisioning resilient test infrastructure, and solving bottlenecks that emerge as our test suites and engineering teams expand.
You will balance a deep “think like an end-user” product mindset with the technical capability to “code like a...
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