QA Lead - Automation

About Us

Blockswap is building a fixed income protocol that provides sustainable savings from Proof of Stake assets.

The company was founded by leading cross-chain specialists and DeFi engineers, We are a small team crushing the scene with a true passion for DAO, DeFi, and NFT and a relentless commitment to extend crypto benefits to mainstream everyday users.

Our anchor product is Saver (Universal Basic Savings), enabling anyone from anywhere to have permissionless stable dollar savings. We have a laser focus on last-mile user onboarding, and our ecosystem has been growing from strength to strength.

We are well-capitalized and our mission is supported by world-class investors and advisors, including early backers of SpaceX and Robinhood.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join our Engineering team focusing on the quality of Blockswap product releases. This is a key role that will require grit and high discipline. Work together with our developers and privacy/security experts.

Responsibilities:

• You will be in charge of the creation of automated tests for the protocol.
• Setting up and maintaining CI/CD processes
• Work with Engineering team on their QA & Release checklists
• Own Release Management tasks, and Issue tracking/sorting on Github
• Automate as much as is humanly possible, Submit comprehensive defects using the bug tracking system
• Regress and verify defects as needed, record test results, and provide metrics
• Possible extensions; Security / Vulnerability auditing; Load and performance testing
• Assist with designing and maintaining quality system policies and procedures

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience manually testing with Production Quality Software Processes
• Degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science or related field
• Experience as a QAE in a startup - preferably as the only QAE
• Expert knowledge of Smart Contracts JavaScript/Solidity and source code management tools Git
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes and excellent analytical skills to work with developers for troubleshooting and peer review
• Experience with testing of blockchain and/or financial applications
• Experience with Typescript and Rust would be a plus, but it is not mandatory