Automation QA Engineer

About Us

UMO is a stealth-mode FinTech venture aiming to evolve the way people experience money by building a unified, AI-powered, yet deeply human modern money platform across fiat, crypto, and investments—subject to regulatory approvals. The platform is being designed to break down traditional barriers to money across access, assets, and experience, enabling simpler, more adaptive ways for people to interact with financial services.

We are currently developing our MVP and navigating licensing requirements, with a multidisciplinary team of 100+ people representing 20+ nationalities. With our headquarters in the UAE and offices in Portugal and Ukraine, we are united behind a shared ambition and a relentless focus on serving our customers

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automated test suites for backend systems to improve release quality and coverage.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites for mobile native apps to improve release quality and coverage.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teams to ensure smooth and high-quality delivery within Agile development cycles.
• Identify, document, and track defects and issues, ensuring fast turnaround and effective communication across teams.
• Integrate and maintain test execution in CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery.
• Participate in test strategy, code reviews, and test design reviews to ensure optimal testability and quality assurance standards.
  
• Contribute to QA process improvement, test data management, and quality metrics tracking.
• Stay current with emerging QA tools, fintech regulations, and industry best practices to ensure compliance and system robustness.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of QA experience with a strong focus on automation testing
• Deep understanding of testing methodologies, test design techniques, and QA best practices.
• Proven experience testing APIs(REST is a must, GraphQL and gRPC nice to have) — ideally in a fintech or data-sensitive environment.
• Strong automation experience — capable of designing, extending, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks.
• Proficiency in TypeScript for automation development.
• Experience with native mobile testing and mobile test automation using Appium
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Cucumber, Playwright or similar.
• Solid CI/CD exposure (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and focus on data accuracy and system reliability.
• Fluent in English with excellent documentation and cross-team coordination skills

Nice to have:

• Understanding of fintech products, payment systems, banking APIs, or data security/compliance standards.
• Familiarity with performance, security, or load testing tools and concepts.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

Start-up Benefits:

• Compensation: A highly competitive salary package that recognizes your expertise and contribution.
• Modern Work Culture: Embrace a remote-first environment with flexible working hours, designed to support your work-life harmony.
• Generous Time Off: Annual Leave- 24 days, dedicated paid sick leave, and Public Holidays.
• Professional Evolution: Grow your skills with a dedicated learning budget and clear pathways for accelerated career development.

     • Meaningful Impact: Join a world-class team building a prestigious, next-generation modern money platform that is redefining the future of finance.