Software Quality Tester (SQA)

• Prepare test strategy, test scenarios, test cases, test data, and traceability matrix.
• Perform functional testing, system integration testing (SIT), regression testing, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate complete invoice lifecycle including invoice generation, validation, submission, acknowledgement, rejection, correction, and status updates.
• Perform API testing between source applications, middleware, tax/e-invoicing platforms, ASP/service providers, and downstream systems.
• Validate API requests/responses, authentication, headers, status codes, payload structure, field mappings, error handling, and retry scenarios.
• Validate XML/JSON payloads against required schemas and business rules.
• Test mandatory and conditional invoice fields, data formats, calculations, tax values, rounding rules, exemptions, zero-rated transactions, and other applicable tax scenarios.
• Validate data mapping between trading applications, customer master, finance/ERP, tax engine, middleware, and e-invoicing platform.
• Perform positive, negative, boundary, exception, and data-validation testing.
• Support UAT preparation, test execution, defect triage, and production-readiness assessment.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Strong proficiency in functional and end-to-end testing.
• Strong knowledge of API testing, preferably using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, OpenAPI, or equivalent.
• Good understanding of REST/SOAP APIs, JSON, XML, HTTP methods, authentication mechanisms, and error codes.
• Ability to validate XML against XSD/schema specifications and perform field-level data validation.
• Good SQL knowledge for backend/database validation and reconciliation.
• Experience with defect-management and test-management tools such as ALM/Quality Center, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of integration testing involving multiple upstream and downstream systems.
• Ability to interpret BRDs, interface documents, field-mapping sheets, business rules, and regulatory specifications.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Knowledge

• Good understanding of VAT concepts and tax invoice requirements.
• Prior experience in a securities, brokerage, investment, or trading firm is preferred.
• Ability to understand different transaction and fee scenarios applicable to institutional, corporate, or other applicable clients.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Minimum Qualifications;

  • Bachelor of Computer Science or Information Technology Software Engineering or related fields.
  • Preferred certification or coursework in Islamic Finance/Banking

  Minimum Experience:

  • 4–7 years of software testing / QA experience, preferably in banking, financial services, securities, brokerage, or capital markets.
  • Hands-on experience in API testing and system-to-system interface testing.
  • Experience in tax, VAT, invoicing, finance, ERP, or regulatory implementation projects is highly desirable.
  • Previous involvement in an e-Invoicing implementation would be a significant advantage.
  • Proficiency in test automation tools and test management systems.
  • Familiar with SQL, API Testing and basic scripting
  • having testing certification e.g ISTQB foundation Level or CSTE Certified Software Tester

  Testing Skills Experience:

  • understanding SDLC and STLC
  • experience in Test Planning and Strategy
  • experience in test case design
  • Defect Management
  • Testing types Knowledge
  • Automation testing

Skills

• API Testing
• Test Automation
• SQL