Senior Test Engineer

Confidential
Full-time Nairobi, Nairobi County Other-General
Posted:
February 23, 2026
Location:
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

Job Description

Senior Test Engineer (TypeScript, AWS, Playwright/Cypress, Serverless Testing)
Onsite role - Nairobi or Durban or Johanesburg
Hours: Australian hours (2:00 AM – 10:00 AM EAT)
We are looking for a Senior Test Engineer to establish and lead our quality engineering practice from the ground up, defining how testing is designed, automated, and scaled across our platform.
This is a hands-on engineering role where you will perform deep exploratory testing across UI and APIs while simultaneously building the automation frameworks, tooling, and processes required for long-term reliability and scale.
What You'll Do
• Perform exploratory testing across UI and API layers to identify defects, edge cases, and usability risks before release.
• Translate manual testing insights into scalable automated test coverage.
• Investigate production incidents and convert findings into durable regression tests.
• Design and document the overall testing strategy across unit, integratio...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Posted: February 23, 2026
Deadline: April 04, 2026