Lead, Test Automation & Tools

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month. As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, the company powers most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions and processes over $250 billion in digital payment transaction value annually through its subsidiaries.

• 12+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and Tools development or similar role
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related engineering discipline
• Strong programming skills in Java focused on tooling and automation
• Proficiency in extending and customizing open-source tools:
  • Functional/UI Testing: Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium
  • API Testing: Postman, Bruno, REST Assured, Karate
  • Performance Testing: JMeter, K6, Gatling, Locust
  • Security Testing: OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Nmap, Nessus
• Experience integrating testing tools with:
  • Test Management & Issue Tracking: Jira, Qmetry
  • Reporting & Analytics: ReportPortal, Allure, ExtentReports, Grafana
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Jenkins, Harness, ArgoCD, GitLab, SonarQube
  • Device Farms: BrowserStack, LambdaTest
• Experience with test data management, mocking frameworks, and service virtualization tools such as WireMock, Hoverfly, or Mockito
• Strong command of relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases, and publish-subscribe messaging systems like Kafka
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, gRPC, WebSockets, and event-driven or asynchronous architectures
• Hands-on experience with leading cloud platforms - Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and expertise in Kubernetes container orchestration
• Proficient in Linux/Unix-based environments, including shell scripting and system-level debugging
• Well-versed in Agile/Scrum/Kanban methodologies
• Demonstrated problem-solving, root cause analysis, and debugging skills across the stack
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional teams

Tool Development & Framework Design:

• Design & implement custom test automation frameworks for functional, performance, and security testing
• Develop reusable libraries, plugins, and CLI tools for test execution, reporting, and CI/CD integration
• Build scalable test harnesses for distributed systems, microservices, mobile native, and cloud SaaS applications

Automation & Scripting:

• Write robust, maintainable code in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript to automate test workflows
• Integrate tools with version control systems (Git), CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, Harness), and artifact repositories

DevOps & Infrastructure Integration:

• Containerize tools using Docker and orchestrate test environments using Kubernetes
• Implement observability into test tools using New Relic, Grafana, ELK Stack

Collaboration & Enablement:

• Partner with QE, SRE/DevOps, and development teams to understand testing pain points and deliver tooling solutions
• Provide governance model, documentation, training, and support for adoption and extension of testing tools

Innovation & Continuous Improvement:

• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies in the testing ecosystem
• Contribute to internal best practices for test automation, tool development, & quality engineering
• Work with AI/ML-based test generation or test impact analysis
• Leverage background in developer experience (DevEx) or internal platform engineering