Hybrid Mid/Senior QA Automation Engineer for a leading Forex company in Kuala Lumpur

Hybrid QA Automation Engineer in Kuala Lumpur for Industry Leading Forex Company

The company is an award-winning forex and commodities broker, providing trading services and facilities to both retail and institutional clients. They offer various account types, trading software, and tools to facilitate individuals and institutional customers to trade Forex and CFDs online.

Role:

They are seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join their team and help ensure the quality of web and mobile applications. As a QA Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for executing test cases and plans, identifying and reporting software defects, and collaborating with the development team to resolve issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

• Uses, improves, and maintains the company’s test automation framework and tools.
• Designs automated tests to validate the functionality of web and mobile applications.
• Applies continuous integration methodologies and uses test automation servers to automate code deployment and testing, ensuring that code standards are applied.
• Prepares test environments and all necessary procedures and/or infrastructure to develop and execute automated tests.
• Works with the development team to capture and reuse automated unit test cases, test plans, and other development test objects.
• Monitors every phase of the software development process.
• Ensures the quality of a product including reliability, usability, and performance.
• Creates test plans, test cases, test execution, test automation, and reporting activities in an active development environment.

Requirements

• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant field.
• 3+ years’ experience as a QA Automation Engineer.
• A thorough understanding of relevant QA technologies and methodologies.
• Extensive expertise in test automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, and related frameworks.
• Proficient in scripting languages like Bash, Python, Groovy, and Ruby.
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., Jenkins) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Good knowledge of test automation tools such as JUnit, pytest.
• Proven experience with Postman and/or SoapUI for API and backend services testing.
• Practical experience with JavaScript and HTML/CSS to support automated tests development.
• Hands-on experience in Linux environments (e.g., Red Hat, Ubuntu).
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes would be considered an advantage.
• Familiarity with JIRA or similar defect tracking tools.
• Experience with Python web frameworks (e.g., Flask, Tornado, FastAPI) would be considered an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Proactive approach to process improvement.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Benefits:

For Malaysians / Locals:

• 12 Annual Leaves
• 12 Medical Leaves
• Medical Card / Group medical insurance (For the employee ONLY)
• EPF
• EIS
• SOCSO
• HRDF
• TAX - We follow Tax Scheduler

For Expats in Malaysia:

• 12 Annual Leaves
• 12 Medical Leaves
• Medical Card / Group medical insurance (For the employee ONLY)
• Employment permit / Visa (EP) - Validity for 1-2 years – Renewable based on contract renewal.
• Assistance on Dependent pass application(s) – Documentation part only
• SOCSO
• TAX - We follow tax scheduler.