QA Automation Engineer

Wallet in Telegram is a digital asset solution natively embedded into Telegram’s interface. Backed by The Open Platform, Wallet in Telegram gained 100M+ user accounts in 2024, and aims to make its solution available to all 1BN+ of Telegram’s users. Wallet in Telegram offers a dual-wallet experience with Crypto Wallet (a multi-chain wallet for trading and sending crypto to contacts) and TON Wallet (a self-custodial wallet with access to the TON ecosystem of dApps and tokens).

Now we are looking to expand by hiring a QA Automation Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Review the existing codebase and identify testing scenarios suitable for automation.
• Support new releases and adapt automated tests according to codebase changes.
• Collaborate with other teams to define test scenarios.
• Continuously monitor and analyze automated test failures in a timely manner.
• Monitor the stability of both new and existing automated tests — our goal is an evergreen test run.
• Set up and maintain test environments and test data.
• Control and optimize test execution time when needed.
• Perform and participate in code reviews.
• Design and evolve test automation architecture and frameworks.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve testing efficiency and reliability.
• Establish and maintain best practices for automation (code style, test patterns, reporting).
• Track and continuously improve test coverage.

Requirements:

• Proactive mindset with a strong product-oriented approach.
• 3+ years of experience in test automation or software development in test (SDET) roles.
• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language: Python, Kotlin, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Proven experience in designing test architecture and building scalable automation frameworks.
• Solid understanding of software testing principles, the testing pyramid, and industry best practices for automation.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) and integrating automated tests into build processes.
• Experience in setting up and maintaining test environments, managing test data, and creating mock/stub services.
• Practical experience working with REST APIs, databases, message queues (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka), and microservice architectures.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to align stakeholders and drive cross-team results.
• Experience with continuous production monitoring tools (e.g., Sentry, OpenSearch) for detecting and analyzing live issues.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and code review workflows.

Nice to Have

• Experience testing fintech services and payment workflows.
• Hands-on experience as a blockchain user, with a solid understanding of wallets, transactions, and dApps.
• Experience testing cross-platform applications and mini-apps.

Why it is a fantastic opportunity:

• Our business is growing at an exponential scale.
• Non-bureaucratic management that focuses on results.
• Regular performance reviews to assess your progress.
• Remote setup with access to our hubs in Dubai, Yerevan, London and Belgrade.
• Compensation for medical expenses.
• Provision of necessary equipment.
• 20 working days of paid vacation annually.
• 11 days off per year.
• 14 days of paid sick leave to support your health and recovery when needed.
• Access to internal conferences, English courses and corporate events.