Fixa is hiring a Quality Assurance Lead

Vula is looking for a Quality Assurance Lead to own the quality assurance function end-to-end, with a strong emphasis on automation testing. You’ll design, implement, and execute test strategies across web, mobile, and USSD applications. This is a high-impact role where you will shape QA processes, champion quality culture, and ensure every release is stable, secure, and user-ready.

What You'll Do

• Build, maintain, and scale automated test suites for web, mobile, and API.
• Write end-to-end tests (using Playwright + TypeScript or equivalent) covering functional, regression, and integration scenarios.
• Conduct exploratory testing and provide concise, actionable bug reports.
• Define QA standards, test plans, and acceptance criteria for feature releases.
• Drive test coverage across all Fixa products: Fixa Admin Web App (React), Tenant Web App (React), Tenant Mobile App (Flutter), and USSD App.
• Champion best practices for CI/CD test automation and advise on tooling improvements.
• Partner with developers to debug, verify fixes, and prevent regressions.
• Collaborate with product managers to align testing scope with business priorities.
• Clearly communicate risks, tradeoffs, and quality metrics to leadership.
• Own and evolve QA processes, documentation, and release sign-offs.
• Introduce observability and monitoring tools to catch issues proactively.
• Ensure test environments are reliable, repeatable, and integrated into the SDLC.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in QA for web and mobile platforms.
• Proven hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, or WebdriverIO).
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies (unit, integration, regression, exploratory, acceptance).
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar).
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with African payment systems (e.g., MTN MoMo, bank transfers, bulk disbursements).
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, Rest Assured).
• Knowledge of observability tools (Datadog, Grafana, Kibana).
• Background in scaling QA functions as the sole or first QA in a team.

Technical Stack

• Playwright, TypeScript, React, Flutter
• Postman, Datadog, Grafana, Kibana

Team & Environment

You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and the leadership team.

Benefits & Compensation

• Be the first full-time QA Engineer, shaping how quality is done at Fixa.
• Work on impactful products that directly improve the lives of Africa’s workforce.
• Collaborate with a dynamic, mission-driven team across engineering and product.
• Opportunity to grow into QA leadership as the company scales.

Vula is an equal opportunity employer.