Lead, Quality Assurance

Who we are Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month. As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, we power most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions. Through our subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes over $250 billion in digital payment transaction value annually. About the role This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for owning and driving the strategy, execution, and culture of Quality Assurance across our Engineering teams. You will lead a team of smart, detail-oriented QA Analysts and Engineers, ensuring the products we build meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. You’ll be working directly with developers, product managers, and engineering leadership to make sure everything we ship to our users is production-ready and delivers happiness. Curious about what makes Moniepoint an incredible place to work? Check out posts on how we cultivate a culture of innovation, teamwork, and growth. What you’ll get to do Lead the QA function across multiple engineering teams – drive quality standards, strategies, and frameworks that scale. Mentor and manage QA Analysts and Engineers – help them grow into the best versions of themselves through coaching, feedback, and career development. Design and enforce test strategies, including manual and automated testing, regression, performance, and exploratory testing. Build out meaningful dashboards and metrics to measure QA performance: test cases written and executed, bug leakage, regression rates, and more. Collaborate closely with engineers to serve as a gatekeeper of quality, reviewing product requirements, technical documentation, and code when necessary. Drive continuous improvement in QA processes, tools, and team dynamics. Ensure deep product understanding within the QA team so test cases are not only thorough but also relevant and user-centric. Promote a strong quality culture by working hand-in-hand with engineering, product, and business stakeholders Turn data into insight by effectively transforming test metrics into dashboards and reports that guide team performance and product health. To succeed in this role, you should have Experience leading and scaling a QA team in a fast-paced, tech-driven environment. A background (previous experience) as a QA Analyst or Engineer, you understand the job from the inside out. Experience designing and evaluating test strategies and measuring test effectiveness. Strong technical depth, you understand how software works and are familiar with the fundamentals (APIs, microservices, infrastructure). Solid analytical skills, you can connect the dots, interpret patterns in data, and ask the right questions to drive clarity and solutions. A mentorship-first mindset, you’ve built and led strong, collaborative teams and care deeply about your team’s growth. Hands-on experience with creating QA frameworks, building test dashboards, and defining success metrics. High integrity and emotional intelligence, you’re candid, constructive, and deeply aligned with team and company culture. Strong performance management experience, you can assess, evaluate, and coach team members using clear KPIs and deliverables. Proactivity, you don’t wait to be told what to do; you’re constantly thinking about what’s next and how we can improve. Key requirements 10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, including 4–5 years leading engineering teams, with a strong track record of building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing teams. Strong programming skills in Java with a focus on tooling and automation Strong experience in testing APIs, microservices, mobile native, and web applications. Proficiency in working with Linux/Unix environments and cloud infrastructure (GCP, Docker). Strong knowledge of SQL, NoSQL databases, and pub-sub technologies. Experience in non-functional test