QA Engineer

We're hiring a QA Engineer to own the quality, reliability, and test automation of a platform that processes real insurance claims and moves real money between institutions. This is a founding QA hire; you won't be running someone else's test suites. You'll be building Mosadad's entire QA strategy, test frameworks, automation pipelines, and quality gates from the ground up.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end QA strategy and test framework design for a NET Core / Angular / Azure platform.
• Test automation using Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress for UI testing across Angular components.
• API test automation using Postman, RestSharp, or similar tools. NET Core Web API endpoints.
• Integration testing for microservices communicating via Kafka/RabbitMQ message brokers.
• Database validation and testing against MongoDB and SQL Server.
• Performance and load testing using JMeter, k6 or Azure Load Testing.
• CI/CD integration embedding automated tests into Azure DevOps pipelines with quality gates.
• Security testing awareness: OWASP Top 10 vulnerability scanning, penetration testing coordination.
• Test environment management: working with DevOps to maintain dev, staging, UAT, and production parity.
• Regression suite maintenance and optimisation to keep pace with rapid feature development.
• Bug tracking, defect triage, and release readiness reporting
• UAT coordination with business stakeholders and insurance domain experts.

Requirements:

• 3+ years in QA Engineering or Software Testing with strong automation experience.
• Hands-on test automation with at least one major framework: Selenium (C#/Java), Playwright, Cypress, or SpecFlow.
• API testing experience with Postman, RestSharp, or equivalent for RESTful API validation.
• Experience testing. NET Core / ASP. NET applications; understanding of C# is a strong plus.
• Experience testing Angular or modern SPA frontends.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tools for pipeline-integrated testing.
• Database testing: writing SQL queries for MongoDB and/or SQL Server validation.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and message broker testing (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum sprint-level test planning and story-level acceptance criteria.
• Experience with Git version control and branching strategies.
• Clear, structured bug reporting and defect management (Jira or Azure Boards).

Strong Pluses:

• Experience in regulated industries: InsurTech, FinTech, banking, payments, or government platforms.
• ISTQB or equivalent QA certification.