Total 4 software engineer job vacancies in Quality Assurance / Control category in KUALA LUMPUR

Who are we?

iPiD empowers financial institutions, payment service providers, and enterprises with a single global API for Know Your Payee (KYP) verification—reducing fraud, reducing costs, staying compliant, and streamlining cross-border payments, globally.

We are a fast-growing fintech startup, founded by a global team of industry veterans from iconic organizations like SWIFT and Thomson Reuters. Supported by leading investors such as Monk's Hill Ventures, Jungle Ventures and Saison Capital, and guided by an advisory team featuring C-suite leaders from Microsoft, Commonwealth Bank, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Our team combines global expertise with local insights; we are present across key cities—including Singapore, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, London, New York, and Dubai.

What are we looking for?

We're looking for a detail-oriented Senior QA Automation Engineer to help us shape and strengthen our QA function. In this role, you'll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated test suites that ensure our products meet a high bar for quality and reliability. You’ll work closely with both engineering and product teams to identify automation opportunities, define test plans, and integrate tests into our CI/CD pipeline.

This is a full-time position reporting directly to the Tech Lead. This position would be based in KL Eco City, Kuala Lumpur.

Core Responsibilities:

• Design, create and maintain automated testing suites
• Write automated test with Cucumber BDD in Gherkin syntax that can be integrated with our CI/CD pipeline
• Contribute to test execution in containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Work with the team to come up with test plans that fulfil product requirements
• Ensure overall quality of our products
• Maintain documentation for automation processes and test cases
  

Requirements

• 3 years minimum working experience in software engineering quality assurance, with at least 1 year experience of API testing
• Strong proficiency in automated test concept and strategy
• Basic working knowledge of Docker (building images, running containers, understanding Dockerfiles).
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks that use Gherkin syntax, such as Cucumber or Karate.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts, including pods, deployments, services, logs, and configmaps is an added advantage.
• Ability to write and interpret Gherkin feature files (Given/When/Then)
• Strong understanding of API testing and integration testing workflows.
• Demonstrate tracked records of planning and developing automated test
• Proficient using automated testing tools such as Cucumber, Karate, Postman with Newman, Selenium or any equivalents
• Solid familiarity with agile methodology and distributed cloud architecture
• Strong analytical skills, detail-oriented, and solid problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written English skills
• Ability to work independently and as a reliable team player
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Experience in a globally distributed startup or fast-paced environment is a plus
• Authorization to work in Malaysia is required. Working in the KL office (KL Eco City) 3 days a week
  
  **Note: This position does not offer visa sponsorship as such only Malaysia citizens or PR applicants are welcomed

What do we offer?

You will work with a team of world-class fintech and payments veterans to shape up the future of payments, and will also have:

• Excellent growth opportunities in global payment services technology
• Flexible and collaborative work environment
• Competitive salary
• Discretionary performance bonus
• Medical insurance and wellness flexible spending fund
• Laptop and accessories

As a QA Engineer you will be supporting the development teams by ensuring the quality of their output through a combination of manual and automated testing.

Who we are

Trade Nation is a global CFD and spread betting broker. We help traders make better decisions through clear market insights, transparent pricing and fairer approach to trading.

Since 2014, we’ve grown into a market-leading, low-cost broker with our headquarters in London and offices across Europe, South Africa, Asia-Pacific, and key offshore regions including the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Our platform is available in 14 languages, making it accessible to traders worldwide.

Built on transparency and trust, and driven by our people, our focus is simple: helping customers trade more effectively. We do that by keeping costs low, cutting unnecessary complexity and using technology to put traders first.

Your team

Our Kuala Lumpur office is a bright, modern space located at the heart of the city. The team here is expanding, making it our second-largest hub, and we’re excited to welcome like-minded individuals to join an exciting, collaborative environment filled with professionals who have a passion for innovation and driving change.

Our commitments to each other

We have each other’s backs

There when we need each other most

 We challenge each other

Be more creative, more curious, more bold

We thrive together

Taking our work to the next level

We form strong bonds

Through team building and social events

We don’t judge

Instead, we teach and are open to learning

We step up

Taking ownership and supporting each other to do the same

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with cross functional teams to understand product features and architecture.
• Deriving meaningful test scenarios based on business requirements and system workflows.
• Performing functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing on tasks and epics.
• Developing and maintaining an up-to-date regression pack to ensure ongoing testing of critical functionalities.
• Writing, executing, and maintaining test cases for automation.
• Assisting in bug reproduction, investigation and work with developers on root cause analysis.
• Maintaining test scripts to run in CI/CD environment.
• Promoting delivery of quality software.
• Communicating effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery.

• Proven experience in quality assurance across automated and manual testing within software development with at least 3+ years of experience.
• Should have 2+ years’ experience in front-end, API and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and maintain automated scripts using tools like Playwright, Cypress, K6 and Postman.
• Strong preference for experience in scripting language such as TypeScript, JavaScript.
• Skilled in using CI/CD tooling such as GitLab, TeamCity etc
• Experience using Jira or similar project management tool.
• Maintain and enhance test documentation including test scenarios and bug reports.
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive and independent approach.
• Capable of working on multiple tasks simultaneously and managing deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant testing qualifications such as ISTQB, Agile software testing courses.
• Experience with Playwright using Typescript language.
• Experience in API testing using Postman or similar tools.
• Good to have knowledge in C#
• A positive attitude with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an agile environment.

As a QA Engineer you will be supporting the development teams by ensuring the quality of their output through a combination of manual and automated testing.

Who we are

Trade Nation is a global CFD and spread betting broker. We help traders make better decisions through clear market insights, transparent pricing and fairer approach to trading.

Since 2014, we’ve grown into a market-leading, low-cost broker with our headquarters in London and offices across Europe, South Africa, Asia-Pacific, and key offshore regions including the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Our platform is available in 14 languages, making it accessible to traders worldwide.

Built on transparency and trust, and driven by our people, our focus is simple: helping customers trade more effectively. We do that by keeping costs low, cutting unnecessary complexity and using technology to put traders first.

Our commitments to each other

We have each other’s backs

There when we need each other most

 We challenge each other

Be more creative, more curious, more bold

We thrive together

Taking our work to the next level

We form strong bonds

Through team building and social events

We don’t judge

Instead, we teach and are open to learning

We step up

Taking ownership and supporting each other to do the same

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with cross functional teams to understand product features and architecture.
• Deriving meaningful test scenarios based on business requirements and system workflows.
• Performing functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing on tasks and epics.
• Developing and maintaining an up-to-date regression pack to ensure ongoing testing of critical functionalities.
• Writing, executing, and maintaining test cases for automation.
• Assisting in bug reproduction, investigation and work with developers on root cause analysis.
• Maintaining test scripts to run in CI/CD environment.
• Promoting delivery of quality software.
• Communicating effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery.

• Proven experience in quality assurance across automated and manual testing within software development with at least 3+ years of experience.
• Should have 2+ years’ experience in front-end, API and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and maintain automated scripts using tools like Playwright, Cypress, K6 and Postman.
• Strong preference for experience in scripting language such as TypeScript, JavaScript.
• Skilled in using CI/CD tooling such as GitLab, TeamCity etc
• Experience using Jira or similar project management tool.
• Maintain and enhance test documentation including test scenarios and bug reports.
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive and independent approach.
• Capable of working on multiple tasks simultaneously and managing deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant testing qualifications such as ISTQB, Agile software testing courses.
• Experience with Playwright using Typescript language.
• Experience in API testing using Postman or similar tools.
• Good to have knowledge in C#
• A positive attitude with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an agile environment.

Enabling safe and rewarding digital lives for genuine people, everywhere

We make it our mission to ensure more genuine people have digital access to opportunities, and businesses have access to more genuine people. Our technology draws on diverse and reliable data to create a single point of truth for identity and address verification.

With over 30 years of experience behind us our team and technology are focused on enabling safe and rewarding digital lives for everyone. Regardless of age, location or background, genuine people everywhere should be able to digitally prove who they are and where they live.

About the team and role

Team - ID3

GBG’s ID3 is a world-leading software-as-a-service product providing identification services to financial institutions, telecommunications providers and other businesses where customer identification is essential. This excellent opportunity will have you working on the ID3 on-line identity product which is used by many of UK and Europe’s most progressive businesses.

QA Engineer

Reporting into the Lead Software Developer, you will champion an automation first testing strategy within the Agile team. You will design, build and maintain automated test frameworks while performing focused exploratory testing to validate new features, investigate defects and ensure broad, meaningful coverage across the product.

What you will do

As part of Agile development teams: 

• Create thorough test scenarios and test cases based on agreed acceptance criteria. 
• Provide advice, especially to the Product Owner, on any gaps in, or issues with, the acceptance criteria from a testing perspective. 
• Perform focused exploratory testing activities, documenting results and creating clear, actionable defect reports (using Jira and Xray). 
• Create and execute automated test scripts and contribute to the maintenance of automated test suites. 
• Assist with the creation, management and execution of test plans for larger feature development activities where needed. 
• Actively contribute to Agile team ceremonies, working to ensure they provide input and value to the team. 
• Actively contribute to quality assurance improvements and initiatives. 
• Provide guidance on QA processes, product knowledge as well as test automation knowledge to the Agile team. 
• Review test automation scripts, as well as monitoring failed test cases and maintain its correctness and efficiency. 

Skills we’re looking for

Technical Skills 

• Strong experience in testing web-based and API-based applications, with a focus on automation-first quality practices. 
• Hands-on experience with modern test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium or Cypress, with the ability to design and maintain scalable UI and API test suites. 
• Experience using API testing tools (e.g., ReadyAPI, Postman, or similar), including creating data‑driven API tests — transferable tooling skills are valued over specific products. 
• Proficiency in building and maintaining automation frameworks using Page Object Model (POM) and data‑driven test design patterns. 
• Knowledge of CI/CD processes and experience integrating automated tests into pipelines such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions. 
• Experience with performance testing using JMeter, ideally executed and managed through Azure Load Testing. 
• Strong exploratory testing skills and a solid understanding of risk‑based testing approaches. 
• Excellent analytical skills for reviewing acceptance criteria, identifying test gaps, and ensuring effective test coverage. 
• Experience working within Agile development teams and contributing to continuous quality practices. 
• Familiarity with cloud platforms — experience with Azure is beneficial, and experience with or willingness to learn AWS is advantageous as we transition. 
• Openness to using AI-assisted development and testing tools, including GitHub Copilot, to accelerate analysis, test creation and automation workflows. 

Interpersonal Skills 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, enabling effective collaboration within cross‑regional Agile teams. 
• A demonstrated ability to work as a team within a fast-paced team. 
• Flexible, resilient and able to change focus on demand. 
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic. 
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly within a continually changing, challenging environment. 
• Ability to prioritise and to work independently, takes ownership of own workload. 
• Ability to guide or coach team members on QA related skills and knowledge. 
• A focus on thorough software quality and documentation, takes pride in high-quality product releases. 

To find out more

As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. Please inform your GBG Talent Attraction Partner if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process.

To chat to the Talent Attraction team and find out more about our benefits and why we’re a great place to work, drop an email to behired@gbgplc.com and we’ll be in touch. You can also find out more about careers at GBG and check out our current opportunities at gbgplc.com/careers.