QA Engineer

About INQUD INQUD is a crypto payment infrastructure for businesses. We build products that allow companies to accept and send crypto payments: on-ramp, off-ramp, mass payouts, recurring payments, and a full merchant backoffice.

We are a small, tight-knit product team that has been working together for 3–6 years with zero turnover. We ship fast, iterate quickly, and don’t hide behind processes — everyone owns their work end-to-end.

Tech stack: Node.js (backend), React (frontend), Kotlin, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, AWS, Kubernetes, blockchain integrations (EVM, Solana, TRON), Sumsub (KYC/AML), Grafana, DataDog.

The Role We’re looking for a QA Engineer who wants to build quality from scratch — not just close tickets. You’ll be the person who brings structure, automation, and a quality mindset to a fast-moving fintech product.

This is not a maintenance role. This is a greenfield opportunity: there’s an existing test suite that needs to be brought into CI/CD, a product with complex financial flows that needs proper coverage, and a team that will give you full ownership and trust.

Prove yourself — and there’s a clear path to QA Lead within 6–12 months.

What You’ll Do Own the entire QA process: manual testing, automation, API tests, performance testing, release quality Build and maintain an automated test framework (you choose the stack — we’ll support you) Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipeline — this is priority #1 Design and execute API tests for complex financial flows (deposits, withdrawals, AML checks, refunds) Set up and run performance/load testing for payment processing endpoints Define test strategy: what to automate, what to test manually, risk-based prioritization Participate in sprint planning, estimate QA effort, flag risks early Work directly with 2 backend and 2 frontend engineers, PO, and Head of Engineering Improve QA processes with minimal disruption — evolve what works, fix what doesn’t

Must Have 5+ years of QA experience (manual + automation) Hands-on experience with at least one E2E automation framework (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar) Strong API testing skills (Postman, REST Assured, or code-based approach) Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar) Understanding of test strategy: when to automate, when not to, risk-based testing Fintech or payments domain experience (“transaction stuck in pending” needs no explanation) Crypto/blockchain domain knowledge (wallet flows, AML, on-chain transactions, payment processing) AI-native approach to QA: you use AI tools daily for test generation, API contract analysis, exploratory testing hypotheses, and log triage Fluent Russian (team communication language) English: reading documentation, technical communication

Nice to Have Performance/load testing experience (k6, JMeter, Gatling, or similar) Basic security testing knowledge (OWASP Top 10, common fintech vulnerabilities) Experience in small product teams (not just large enterprise or outsource) Diverse background: worked in different environments (startup, product, outsource) and understands trade-offs Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Grafana, DataDog)

Who You Are This section is as important as technical skills. We’ve learned from experience that culture fit matters more than a perfect CV in a small team. You adapt to existing processes before trying to change them. Your first month is about listening and understanding, not restructuring. You’re autonomous but not isolated. You don’t need micromanagement, but you communicate proactively when something is off. You’re ambitious but not political. You want to grow to Lead because you want to build great QA — not for the title. You’re flexible in your approach. You don’t come with “the one true framework” — you assess the situation and propose what fits. You finish what you start. Initiatives that live forever in “in progress” are not achievements. You’re comfortable in a team where everyone is a friend, not just a colleague. We care about each other and expect the same.

What We Offer Competitive salary (B2B contract), based on experience Fully remote — work from anywhere (we prefer UTC+1 to UTC+5 overlap for team sync) Stable product team — zero turnover, everyone has been here 3–6 years Real ownership — you own QA end-to-end, no bureaucracy Clear growth path to QA Lead within 6–12 months based on results Direct access to PO and Head of Engineering — no layers of management Modern fintech/crypto product with real users and real money at stake