Senior Manual QA Engineer

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 Manual QA Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and security of our digital banking platforms through thorough manual testing. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced fintech environment, help define QA processes from the ground up, and collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and business teams to deliver world-class banking experiences.

What You'll Do

• Own end-to-end manual testing of online banking and fintech platforms

• Design and maintain detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios based on business and technical requirements

• Perform functional, regression, smoke, and exploratory testing across web and mobile banking applications

• Validate core banking workflows such as:

  • User onboarding and KYC flows

  • Payments, transfers, and transaction processing

  • Account management, cards, and lending features

• Conduct API testing using tools such as Postman or similar

• Verify data integrity across frontend, backend

• Test integrations with third-party services including payment gateways, identity providers, and fraud detection systems

• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and standards ( AML, KYC, GDPR)

• Perform security-aware testing with focus on authorization, authentication, and role-based access

• Actively participate in requirements analysis, grooming, and sprint planning

• Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and business stakeholders

• Identify, document, and track defects with clear reproduction steps and impact analysis

• Mentor junior QA engineers and promote best testing practices

Requirements

• Experience in manual QA, preferably in fintech, banking, or financial services

• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and Agile/Scrum methodologies

• Hands-on experience testing financial systems and transaction-based applications

• Solid knowledge of:

  • Banking and payment concepts

  • REST APIs and HTTP protocols

• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, Confluence, TestRail or similar)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent documentation and communication skills

• High attention to detail and risk-based testing mindset

Nice to Have

• Experience in digital or neobank platforms

• Exposure to mobile app testing (iOS and Android)

• Basic understanding of automation testing concepts

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines from a QA perspective

• Familiarity with cloud environments and microservices architectures

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.

• Career growth toward QA Lead or Automation roles