Senior QA Automation Engineer (backend)

Overview

Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money. The company's flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Tabby is active in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Kuwait and backed by leading investors. We are seeking a skilled QA Automation Engineer to join our Checkout Platform team, focusing on building and scaling test automation for a critical system at the core of our business. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex backend environments and wants to grow into a position where they can set the technical direction for automation across multiple teams.

Department

BNPL, Engineering

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Remote

Workplace type

Fully remote

Reporting To

Sergey Yanykin

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the design, development, and maintenance of automated testing frameworks for a backend platform transitioning from a monolith to microservices;
• Build and evolve automation for APIs, integration points, and complex service interactions, ensuring reliability and scalability;
• Collaborate closely with backend engineers, QA, and product teams to define testing strategies and quality standards;
• Take ownership of integration testing where services interact with external systems, identifying and resolving issues early;
• Create and maintain documentation and best practices for automation, raising the overall maturity of QA processes across the platform;
• Act as a technical driver for automation within the team, with potential to expand into functional leadership across multiple teams in the future.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 5+ years of QA experience, with at least 2 years focused on automation in backend systems;
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, or similar languages (Go is a plus, but not required - learning on the job is supported);
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with testing in a microservices architecture;
• Proficiency in designing and implementing API and integration tests at scale;
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test automation infrastructure;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for debugging complex backend integrations;
• Detail-oriented mindset with a commitment to quality and reliability.

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, e-commerce, or large-scale transactional systems;
• Exposure to distributed systems and high-load environments;
• Prior involvement in mentoring or setting testing standards within a team.

Job Benefits

Relocation: We offer remote work from anywhere in the world and are happy to work out an individual relocation plan for you.

Our employees have the opportunity to choose a country for registration: Armenia/Georgia/Serbia/Portugal/Spain.

We will help you open a legal entity and a bank account. In Armenia and Georgia the taxes are compensated by Tabby. In other countries we provide partial compensation of taxes.

We employ according to B2B contracts (service agreements).

For our employees we cover the following:

• Flight to one of the mentioned countries.
• Accommodation during the paperwork completion period.
• Opening a bank account and getting a residence permit in one of the mentioned countries.
• Family relocation (dependants).
• New employees can also choose an alternative method of relocation to another country of their choice. Tabby will reimburse up to $5,000 of verified costs upon opening a legal entity and a bank account.

What you can expect

• We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.
• A working environment that gives you autonomy and responsibility from day one.
• You should be comfortable with the idea that the quality of your work will influence the shape of your career.
• Participation in the company's employee stock options program.
• Health Insurance

About Tabby

Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money. The company's flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Tabby is trusted by thousands of brands and has generated significant transaction volume for its partner brands.

Our Hiring Process

1. Applied
2. Review
3. Intro Call
4. Technical Interview
5. Advanced Stage
6. Final Interview
7. Hired