EN/JP QA Engineer - Android Mobile Application - Fintech

Calling IT professionals with experience in the payments industry!

A public-listed American Fintech company is looking to hire several key founding staff to be based in Tokyo, as a part of their exciting market entry into Japan. 

The QA Engineer is accountable for the overall quality of mobile companion apps on the Android and iOS platforms. This role requires collaboration with Android, iOS, and server developers, product and design teams to create test plans and execute them to ensure quality delivery. You will invent creative ways to reproduce "hard to reproduce" customer issues in-house to help improve the user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop QA strategies for the Android and iOS mobile apps.
• Ensure the overall quality of the mobile companion apps on the Android and iOS platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers, product, and design to create and execute test plans.
• Develop innovative solutions to enhance testing coverage and effectiveness, including non-standard automation tools.
• Contribute actively to the development and maintenance of automation frameworks and scripts.
• Assist in debugging and resolving customer issues by reproducing complex scenarios in-house

What you will need to have:

• Experience in: Mobile App QA for apps on Apple and Google stores.
• Strong experience in test planning, strategy, and risk analysis.
• Experience in: UI automation tools (UI Automator, Selenium, Cypress, Appium).
• Experience in: CI tools/processes (GitHub, Jira, Jenkins).
• Proficient in Japanese language, both spoken and written. N3 is minimum, but N2 and above preferred.

What would be great to have:

• Testing mobile POS/payment apps.
• Advanced scripting (Python, shell).
• 3+ years using robots with automation tools.
• Proven track record in promoting quality practices (6+ years).
• 4+ years testing power/performance