Senior QA Automation Engineer

Job description

## **About Pave Bank** Pave Bank is the world’s first programmable business bank. Built by the founders behind Monzo and BigPay, we’re redefining global business banking by combining programmable financial infrastructure with world-class client experiences. ## **About the Role** We’re looking for an experienced Software QA Automation Engineer to join our growing engineering team in Tbilisi. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our digital banking platforms through automated testing frameworks. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, contribute to a modern automation infrastructure, and collaborate closely with developers, and product teams. ## **What You'll Do** - Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites using Playwright and TypeScript. - Collaborate with development teams to identify, document, and resolve issues throughout the software lifecycle. - Implement and optimize test automation as part of the CI/CD pipeline for faster and more reliable releases. - Perform regression, integration, and end-to-end testing across web and API layers. - Monitor and maintain test environments and results to ensure continuous test coverage. - Contribute to improving QA standards, documentation, and best practices within the team. - Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives as part of an agile workflow. ## **Requirements** - Proven professional experience in **both manual and automated QA**—you know how to break things and prevent bugs before they reach users. - Hands-on experience building **automation frameworks from scratch**, ideally using Playwright and TypeScript (or similar tools). - Strong experience **integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines** (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). - Solid understanding of software development, testing principles, and **Agile/DevOps workflows**. - Experience testing **web applications, APIs, and mobile apps** (React Native experience a plus). - Experience in **fast-paced startup environments** and the ability to **define QA strategy, processes, and standards** from the ground up. - Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills in English. - Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable taking ownership in a **rapidly scaling environment**. ## **Nice to Have** - Experience with performance or security testing tools. - Background in fintech or digital banking helpful but not essential. ## **Why Us?** - We recently raised $39 million in our Series A (led by Accel), positioning the company for major growth and giving you a rare chance to join while things are still moving fast - Work alongside a **founding team from Monzo and BigPay**, bringing top-tier fintech expertise to the company. - Take ownership of QA automation from the ground up: design the strategy, choose the tools, and build frameworks that will shape how we ship products. - Influence the way we build, test, and release software, while collaborating with experienced engineers and growing your career in QA and automation.