Job description
About Us:
Founded in 2018, headquartered in Johannesburg, and backed by leading investors including Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures and Fidelity’s F-Prime Capital, VALR is a global crypto exchange offering a comprehensive suite of products—including Spot Trading, Spot Margin, Perpetual Futures, Staking, Lending, Borrowing, OTC services, VALR Invest, Crypto Bundles, and VALR Pay. Licensed by South Africa’s FSCA, with regulatory approval in Europe, VALR serves over 1.7 million registered users and 2,000 corporate and institutional clients worldwide. The exchange is dedicated to advancing a just financial future that upholds human dignity and the unity of mankind. For more information, visit valr.com.
Our Vision:
To establish VALR as a global institution that advances the economic life of human civilisation through a borderless, inclusive, and empowering financial ecosystem.
Our Mission:
To contribute towards a global financial system that upholds justice, fosters human dignity, and reflects the oneness of humanity, by serving the financial needs of individuals, communities, and institutions through innovative financial technologies.
Team OverviewThis role sits within the Integrations Teams, taking ownership of delivering high-quality, scalable, and secure user interfaces across both our web and mobile platforms.
Job requirements
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in functional and integration software testing, preferably in fintech, crypto, payments, or high-performance trading environments.
- Some experience and a strong leaning towards using AI related tools and technologies to accelerate testing efforts.
- A strong drive to leverage AI tools extensively — from writing and reviewing code to debugging and architecture.
- Experience working in Agile software development teams with CI/CD and continuous deployment.
- Proficient in testing RESTful APIs using Postman, Swagger, or similar tools.
- Hands-on experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or TestCafe.
- Strong scripting or programming skills in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python.
- Experience with performance and load testing tools such as JMeter or Gatling.
- Solid understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, defect lifecycle management, and risk-based testing.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems such as GitHub Actions.
- Experience testing customer-facing web and mobile applications.
- Strong analytical, debugging, documentation, and communication skills.
- Interest in crypto and blockchain technology with a commitment to staying up to date on security and industry developments.
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations supporting 24/7 platform operations.
- Comfortable leveraging AI tools to improve test design, coverage, efficiency, and reporting.
In addition, the following functional competencies are required:
- End-to-End Testing: Test across mobile, web, and backend layers with clear traceability to business requirements.
- Exploratory Testing: Proactively identify edge cases, UX gaps, and failure scenarios through scenario-based and risk-based approaches.
- Automated Regression Testing: Design, maintain, and improve automation frameworks to enable reliable and scalable regression coverage.
- Performance & Load Testing: Simulate high trading volumes, payment spikes, and extreme market volatility conditions.
- Security Awareness: Integrate security-conscious testing practices, including validation of authentication, authorisation, and data integrity controls.
- AI-Augmented Testing: Use AI tools responsibly to accelerate test creation, data generation, and defect analysis while maintaining human oversight.
Job responsibilities
- Test new features, enhancements, and bug fixes across web applications and mobile applications.
- Perform exploratory, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing to ensure product quality and system resilience.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test cases and frameworks aligned with continuous delivery practices.
- Contribute automated tests to CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and repeatable releases.
- Validate customer journeys, UX flows, device compatibility, and real-time trading interactions.
- Conduct performance, stress, and load testing to ensure the platform scales under high market volatility and transaction volumes.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and security teams to clarify requirements and define comprehensive test strategies.
- Produce clear, structured, and reusable test plans, test cases, and defect reports aligned with VALR’s internal QA standards.
- Monitor production releases, support incident triage, and contribute to root cause analysis during on-call rotations.
- Continuously improve QA processes, tooling, and automation coverage to enhance overall engineering velocity and product reliability.
Job benefits