Software Development Engineer in Test (Sr. SDET)

Employment Type: Full-time

About Tala

Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief's The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.

By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.

Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!

The Role

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (Sr. SDET) who is passionate about using cutting-edge test automation tools and technologies to create robust test frameworks and test suites in order to speed up the product delivery process without compromising quality and performance. This hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves role will ensure quality control across Tala’s backend services and mobile applications in multiple markets.

What You'll Do

• Develop test automation suites to expand test coverage to all our microservices and integrate it into regression and release process.
• Support the team for all releases and communicate issues to product in a timely manner.
• Deliver tools to help test integration with third-party services (Payment Rails, SMS/Email, KYC (know your customer), Analytics, etc.).
• Integrate automated tests execution into the software development process.
• Collaborate with Squad Lead and other key stakeholders to strategize rollout.
• Support and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) in identifying automation areas to further increase the quality of our product.
• Maintain, review, propose and implement improvements to existing frameworks, tools and processes.
• Continuous Learning of new tools and helping the team in optimizing the test framework consistently.

What You'll Need

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in building test tools and frameworks using Groovy/Kotlin/ Java/ Scala.
• Experience with Jenkins or similar CI/CD tools.
• Experience with Linux/ Mac OSX for either backend or frontend services.
• Experience with BDD testing paradigm and one of the Behavior Driven Testing frameworks such as Spock or JBehave or Cucumber.
• Knowledge in microservices and automation.
• Experience working in an Agile development process (Scrum/ Kanban).
• Experience with one or more version control systems such as Github, Gitlab.

Company Vision & Culture

Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.