Senior QA Automation Engineer (backend)
Tabby
Quality Assurance, Software Engineering
Posted on Sep 15, 2025
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money. Over 5,000,000 active users choose Tabby to stay in control of their spending and make the most out of their money.
Over 30,000 global brands and small businesses, including H&M, Adidas, IKEA, SHEIN, noon, and Bloomingdale’s, use Tabby’s technology to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering flexible payments online and in stores.
Tabby is active in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Kuwait and backed by leading investors, including Sequoia Capital India, STV, PayPal Ventures, Mubadala Investment Capital, Arbor Ventures and others.
We are seeking a skilled QA Automation Engineer to join our Checkout Platform team, focusing on building and scaling test automation for a critical system at the core of our business. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex backend environments and wants to grow into a position where they can set the technical direction for automation across multiple teams.
Tabby is active in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Kuwait and backed by leading investors, including Sequoia Capital India, STV, PayPal Ventures, Mubadala Investment Capital, Arbor Ventures and others.
We are seeking a skilled QA Automation Engineer to join our Checkout Platform team, focusing on building and scaling test automation for a critical system at the core of our business. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex backend environments and wants to grow into a position where they can set the technical direction for automation across multiple teams.
- Department
- BNPL, Engineering
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Remote
- Workplace type
- Fully remote
- Reporting To
- Sergey Yanykin
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the design, development, and maintenance of automated testing frameworks for a backend platform transitioning from a monolith to microservices;
- Build and evolve automation for APIs, integration points, and complex service interactions, ensuring reliability and scalability;
- Collaborate closely with backend engineers, QA, and product teams to define testing strategies and quality standards;
- Take ownership of integration testing where services interact with external systems, identifying and resolving issues early;
- Create and maintain documentation and best practices for automation, raising the overall maturity of QA processes across the platform;
- Act as a technical driver for automation within the team, with potential to expand into functional leadership across multiple teams in the future.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- 5+ years of QA experience, with at least 2 years focused on automation in backend systems;
- Strong programming skills in Java, Python, or similar languages (knowledge of Go is a plus, but not required — we’ll support learning it on the job);
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience with testing in a microservices architecture;
- Proficiency in designing and implementing API and integration tests at scale;
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test automation infrastructure;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for debugging complex backend integrations;
- Detail-oriented mindset with a commitment to quality and reliability.
Nice to Have
- Experience in fintech, e-commerce, or large-scale transactional systems;
- Exposure to distributed systems and high-load environments;
- Prior involvement in mentoring or setting testing standards within a team.
Job Benefits
Relocation
We offer remote work from anywhere in the world and are happy to work out an individual relocation plan for you.
Our employees have the opportunity to choose a country for registration: at the moment those are Armenia/Georgia/Serbia/Portugal/Spain.
We will help you open a legal entity and a bank account. In Armenia and Georgia the taxes are compensated by Tabby. In other countries we provide partial compensation of taxes.
We employ according to B2B contracts (service agreements).
For our employees we cover the following:
We offer remote work from anywhere in the world and are happy to work out an individual relocation plan for you.
Our employees have the opportunity to choose a country for registration: at the moment those are Armenia/Georgia/Serbia/Portugal/Spain.
We will help you open a legal entity and a bank account. In Armenia and Georgia the taxes are compensated by Tabby. In other countries we provide partial compensation of taxes.
We employ according to B2B contracts (service agreements).
For our employees we cover the following:
- Flight to one of the mentioned countries.
- Accommodation during the paperwork completion period.
- Opening a bank account and getting a residence permit in one of the mentioned countries.
- Family relocation (dependants).
- New employees can also choose an alternative method of relocation to another country of their choice. In this case, Tabby will reimburse up to $5,000 of verified costs upon opening a legal entity and a bank account.
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What you can expect
- We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.
- A working environment that gives you autonomy and responsibility from day one.
- You should be comfortable with the idea that the quality of your work will influence the shape of your career.
- Participation in company’s employee stock options program.
- Health Insurance
We are passionate about creating an inclusive, high-performing workplace that gives people from all backgrounds the support they need to thrive, grow and meet their goals (whatever they may be).
If this sounds exciting to you, we’d love to hear from you!
If this sounds exciting to you, we’d love to hear from you!
About Tabby
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save, by reshaping their relationship with money.
The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 32,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA and Shein use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.
Tabby has generated over $7 billion in transaction volume for its partner brands and has the highest rated, most reviewed, largest and fastest growing app of any fintech in the GCC region.
Tabby launched operations in 2020 and has raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors.
The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 32,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA and Shein use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.
Tabby has generated over $7 billion in transaction volume for its partner brands and has the highest rated, most reviewed, largest and fastest growing app of any fintech in the GCC region.
Tabby launched operations in 2020 and has raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Applied
Stage 2:
Review
Stage 3:
Intro Call
Stage 4:
Technical Interview
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