UK Neo-Banking Financial institution, providing Banking as a Service (BaaS).

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced, analytical, and results-driven Lead Quality Assurance & Project Coordinator to join our growing cross-border FinTech team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the Company's Quality Assurance (QA) function while coordinating the successful planning, execution, testing, release, and delivery of software products across our international payment ecosystem.

The successful candidate will oversee the quality assurance lifecycle for the Company's cross-border payment platform, mobile applications, web applications, digital wallets, virtual accounts, remittance services, merchant platforms, foreign exchange solutions, APIs, and other financial technology products.

This leadership role combines Quality Assurance Leadership, Software Testing, Release Management, Project Coordination, and Cross-Functional Delivery Management. The successful candidate will establish QA standards, manage testing activities, coordinate software releases, monitor project execution, improve software quality processes, mentor QA team members, and ensure products meet business, customer, security, regulatory, and technical requirements before deployment.

The Lead Quality Assurance & Project Coordinator will work closely with Product Managers, Backend Engineers, Mobile Developers, Frontend Developers, DevOps Engineers, UI/UX Designers, Compliance, Operations, Customer Support, Banking Partners, Executive Management, and external technology vendors to ensure the successful planning, testing, coordination, and delivery of secure, reliable, and scalable FinTech solutions.

This position plays a critical role in reducing production defects, improving customer experience, ensuring software quality, maintaining regulatory compliance, driving project execution, supporting Agile delivery, and continuously improving software development processes across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Assurance Leadership

• Lead the Company's Software Quality Assurance function.
• Develop and implement QA strategies, policies, standards, and testing frameworks.
• Establish quality objectives and testing methodologies across projects.
• Define quality metrics and monitor software quality performance.
• Review business and functional requirements to ensure testability.
• Lead test planning activities across multiple projects.
• Mentor and guide QA Engineers and testers.
• Ensure consistent QA processes throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Promote a quality-first engineering culture across development teams.

Software Quality Assurance & Testing

• Develop comprehensive test plans, test strategies, and test cases.
• Perform: Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Exploratory Testing, and End-to-End Testing.
• Validate all software releases before production deployment.
• Verify application functionality across supported platforms and environments.
• Ensure software complies with business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Perform post-release validation.
• Recommend automation opportunities where applicable.

Payment Systems & Transaction Testing

• Test end-to-end cross-border payment workflows.
• Validate international payment processing.
• Test: Digital Wallets, Virtual Accounts, International Remittances, Local Transfers, Merchant Payments, Card Payments, FX Transactions, and Settlement Processes.
• Validate payment routing.
• Test payment notifications.
• Verify reconciliation accuracy.
• Validate failed transaction recovery.
• Ensure payment lifecycle integrity.

API & Backend Validation

• Test RESTful APIs using Postman or equivalent tools.
• Validate authentication and authorization.
• Verify request and response payloads.
• Test webhook services.

Job Type: Full Time, Remote

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Experience: Not specified

Location: Lagos

Job Field: ICT / Computer

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