Founding QA Engineer (Lead Track)

• Location: Remote (Africa)​

Work Model: Fully Remote​

Employment Type: Full-time

​Reports to: CTO ​

Company Stage: Scaling

The Role

FroggyTalk is a fast-growing startup helping Africans abroad stay connected to their roots. We are scaling rapidly and entering a phase where product quality, reliability, and performance are critical to growth. We are looking for an Engineer who will take on QA Automation/SDET role, not a traditional manual QA tester. You will take full ownership of quality across our products. This is a hands-on builder role, not a traditional tester position. You will define how quality is built, tested, and maintained as we scale.You will also lay the foundation for the future QA team.

Responsibilities

Quality Ownership

• Take full responsibility for the quality of all live products​
• Ensure stable, reliable, and high-performing releases​
• Act as the final gatekeeper before features go live

Testing Strategy & Execution

• Design and implement a comprehensive QA strategy (manual + automated)​
• Build and maintain evolving test scenarios as the product grows​
• Perform exploratory, regression, and edge-case testing

Automation & Tooling

• Develop and scale automated test suites (API, integration, end-to-end)​
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines​
• Select and manage testing tools and frameworks

Performance & Stress Testing

• Design and execute stress tests under load​
• Identify performance bottlenecks and system weaknesses​
• Ensure systems can scale reliably with user growth

Collaboration with Engineering

• Work closely with developers to catch issues early​
• Improve release confidence and deployment speed​
• Advocate for quality-first engineering practices

Building for Scale

• Document QA processes and best practices​
• Help define future QA hiring needs​
• Grow into a QA Lead role as the company scales

What Success Looks Like

• High product stability with minimal production issues​
• Strong automated test coverage across critical flows​
• Systems that perform reliably under load​
• Faster releases with fewer regressions​
• Clear QA processes embedded in engineering workflows​
• A strong foundation for scaling a QA team

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Experience 4–8 years in QA, SDET, or similar roles​
• Experience in startups or fast-paced environments​
• Proven track record of building or improving QA systems​
• Experience with performance or load testing is a strong plus

Skills & Mindset

• Strong automation skills (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar)​
• Ability to write code (JavaScript, Python, or similar)​
• Deep understanding of testing strategies and trade-offs​
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking​
• Ability to design evolving test scenarios as products grow​
• Comfortable stress testing systems and identifying failure points

Personal Attributes

• Self-starter who takes initiative without needing direction​
• Strong team player who collaborates effectively with engineers​
• High ownership mindset.
• Takes responsibility for outcomes​
• Pragmatic and execution-focused​
• Comfortable working in fast-changing environments

What We Offer

• A high-impact, ownership-heavy role in a fast-growing company​
• Full responsibility for product quality from day one​
• Opportunity to build and lead the QA function​
• Competitive compensation aligned with top-tier regional talent​
• Clear growth path into QA leadership

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: E£35,000.00 - E£45,000.00 per month

Work Location: Remote