Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

Turaco is a micro-insurtech company changing healthcare financing in emerging markets. We provide simple, affordable health and life insurance to low-income earners, distributing our products through partnerships with leading businesses in Kenya and Uganda. Our mission is to act as a safety net, freeing people from the fear of health-related financial shocks. As a Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer, you will define and execute comprehensive test plans across front-end and backend systems and build automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines.\n\n### Key Roles & Responsibilities\n- Define and execute comprehensive test plans across front-end and backend systems.\n- Build and maintain automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines.\n- Perform manual and automated testing to ensure the functionality and quality of software products.\n- Collaborate with engineers to identify, document, and resolve defects early.\n- Continuously improve QA processes, tools, and quality metrics.\n- Perform risk-based testing, identifying high-impact edge cases before they reach customers.\n- Partner with engineers in code reviews, system design discussions, and release planning.\n- Define and track quality metrics (defect leakage, test coverage, release confidence).\n- Proactively surface systemic issues and drive root-cause analysis and long-term fixes.\n- Champion customer experience by validating real-world usage, scale, and failure scenarios.\n- Conduct security assessments and testing of software applications to identify vulnerabilities and potential security risks.\n- Collaborate with development and Product teams to implement appropriate security measures and best practices throughout the software development life cycle.\n- Develop and maintain software security standards, policies, and procedures.\n- Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to software security.\n- Review IT security and API documentation shared by potential partners prior to implementation.\n- Analyze test results and identify areas for improvement.\n- Stay up-to-date with the latest software development, quality assurance, and security testing trends and technologies.\n\n### Key Qualifications & Your Profile\n- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.\n- 3+ years of experience in QA or Software Engineering in Test, ideally within high-scale product environments.\n- Strong hands-on expertise in test automation (API, backend, and UI) using modern frameworks and scripting languages.\n- Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps workflows.\n- Experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies and practices.\n- Strong analytical mindset with excellent debugging and root-cause analysis skills.\n- High ownership mindset, you treat product quality and customer trust as personal responsibility.\n- Familiarity with security tools such as static and dynamic code analysis tools, vulnerability scanners, and penetration testing tools.\n- Strong knowledge of software testing tools and methodologies.\n- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.\n\n### How to Apply\nInterested and qualified? Go to Turaco on turaco.breezy.hr to apply.