Test Analyst

Mukuru is one of Africa's leading Fin Tech companies, providing safe, affordable and reliable financial services to underserved communities. With over 40 million cross-border transactions processed in the past decade, we are building financial solutions that matter — from remittances and the Mukuru Money Card to funeral cover and payment services for emerging markets.

Our engineering environment is product-led, agile and delivery-focused. We deploy to production daily and operate within cross-functional scrum teams that include Product Owners, Business Analysts, Engineers and Test Analysts. Quality is not a phase for us — it is built into everything we do.

We are looking for a Test Analyst who sees quality as a strategic advantage, not just a checklist.

In this role, you will help safeguard the reliability of products used by millions. You will collaborate closely with developers and product teams to ensure that every release meets the highest standards of functionality, performance and stability.

If you are analytical, detail-oriented and passionate about continuous improvement, this role offers the opportunity to influence quality at scale.

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans aligned to business requirements

• Define and validate acceptance criteria with Product Owners and Business Analysts

• Identify, document and track defects through to resolution

• Ensure software meets functional and non-functional requirements

• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts

• Identify opportunities to improve automation coverage and reduce manual effort

• Continuously refine testing methodologies and processes

• Contribute to improving overall engineering quality practices

• Work within Agile scrum teams to support daily releases

• Partner with engineers to troubleshoot and debug issues

• Provide clear, structured feedback on testing outcomes

• Support release readiness and risk assessment

• Test RESTful APIs and validate integrations

• Work with MySQL databases to validate data integrity

• Use tools such as JIRA, Xray, Git and Postman effectively

• Participate in release and regression testing cycles

• 3+ years of experience in software testing, with exposure to test automation

• Strong understanding of testing methodologies and Agile practices

• Experience working with RESTful APIs and basic database validation

• Working knowledge of MySQL and an Object-Oriented Programming language

• Familiarity with JIRA, Git, Postman and test management tools

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

• Experience with automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Codeception or Selenium

• Exposure to performance and security testing

• Familiarity with AWS or Google Cloud environments