Engineering Manager - QA/Test at Zepz

, , South Africa -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

25 Sep, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Leadership, Technical Ownership, Quality Assurance, Automation, Appium, REST, GRPC, GraphQL, Coding, Communication, Team Development, Collaboration, Performance Testing, Microservices, Cloud Technologies, Data Driven

Industry

Financial Services

Description

About Zepz Zepz powers two leading global remittance brands, WorldRemit and Sendwave, to build the next generation of cross-border payments. Serving over 9 million customers across 4,000 corridors, Zepz is transforming how money moves across borders by making it faster, safer and more convenient. Its innovative digital solutions are designed to break down financial barriers and expand access to better financial tools. Zepz operates across a broad global footprint, connecting the global north and south and enabling migrants to support loved ones, fuel local economies and build better futures. Come join us! Zepz.io Our Commitments: Velocity - We are fast Outcomes - We work for our customers Integrity - We do the right thing About the role: The Quality team at Zepz is responsible for ensuring a first class experience for our customers. The Zepz applications, Worldremit and Sendwave are used across the globe at significant scale and the impact of your work is seen by millions. You will lead this team and foster a culture of quality and automation. You will need to be a team player who can communicate well. You will own the quality of our mobile applications and be relentless on the quality we serve our customers. Technologies & Environment: We are building out our microservice architecture in Java/Kotlin using cloud-based technologies in AWS and k8s to manage software deployments. We put a strong emphasis on automation, unit/integration testing and performance testing. We also aim to be data driven in our decision making so building our service from the ground up supporting collection of such data is a must. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you will: Develop talent within the team. Create a positive and high-performing environment. Ensure the team is aligned on company priorities, goals, and OKRs. Engage in hands-on participation in Engineering tasks such as coding, peer reviews, and building automation tests. Act as the initial point of contact for your team and facilitate the inclusion of team members as required. Collaborate closely with Scrum Masters to foster engagement, focus, responsibility, and motivation in the team. Collaborate with stakeholders, translating requirements into test cases and specs for test engineers to automate. Control quality gates to ensure a first class experience for our customers Coordinate mobile releases and feature inclusion What you bring to the table: Leadership Technical ownership of our test frameworks Champion a mindset focused on maintaining a high standard for quality and operational resilience. Lead cross-team efforts, highlighting areas of improvement and driving execution. Motivate team members, drive engagement and steer professional development. Have strong communications and presentation skills, be comfortable with presenting at the executive level. Technical Any software engineering / coding experience Experience with Appium Experience with testing services such as REST, GRPC or GraphQL Bonus points if you: Have experience working in a Financial or FinTech space Have experience working in a distributed team across different geographies and timezones What you’ll get from us Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles. We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically: Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance! Private Medical Cover: You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being. Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future. Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected. Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible. We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz! Why choose Zepz? Our team of over 800 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect. We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs. We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish. At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose - to continue to provide the best service to our users. Ready to Apply? Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization. Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.

Responsibilities

Lead the Quality team to ensure a first-class experience for customers and foster a culture of quality and automation. Engage in hands-on participation in engineering tasks and collaborate closely with stakeholders to translate requirements into test cases.