Senior QA Engineer
Mexico City
Technology /
Full-time /
Remote
About Tala
Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief's The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.
By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.
Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!
What You'll Do
- Work in a hands-on, collaborative environment with top product managers and engineers to build breakthrough experiences and products that solve our users’ most critical needs
- Participate in product grooming sessions with product managers and engineers to understand product goals, features, details, etc
- Review product specifications (including requirements, flowcharts, designs, etc.) in order to prepare test plans and test scenarios
- Manually execute test plans, scenarios, and cases to ensure the customer experience matches defined product specsFile clear and concise bug tickets to help engineers fix product defects and issues
- Play a critical role in all releases by conducting regression and smoke tests in Staging and Production environments
What You'll Need
- 4-6 years of QA methodologies, automated testing tools and test strategies
- Strong programming and scripting skills with Java
- Experience as a quality assurance analyst, software tester, or functional tester conducting manual testing of web and mobile products
- Experience in writing comprehensive test cases aligned with product requirements
- Experience with Agile software development methodology using scrum, sprints, and JIRA
- Working knowledge of technical concepts including programming, logic, databases, SQL queries, data distributed across multiple systems, etc.
Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
