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Position: QA Engineer – KYC, Risk, Compliance

Requirements
* Bachelor`s degree or above in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
* Proven QA experience in fintech, payment, digital wallet, banking, or lending systems.
* Solid understanding of KYC, AML, risk control, and compliance processes.
* Hands-on experience testing risk engines, rule-based systems, or transaction monitoring platforms.
* Strong experience in backend API testing and database validation.
* Familiarity with third-party integrations and regulatory-driven systems.
* Strong analytical and logical thinking skills, especially for complex business rules and decision engines.
* Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
* Good communication skills in English, with the ability to work cross-functionally with Risk, Compliance, and Engineering teams.
* Automation testing experience for APIs or workflows is a strong plus.

Responsibilities
* Perform end-to-end QA testing for user activation and onboarding flows, including registration, KYC initiation, verification, approval, rejection, and re-submission scenarios.
* Validate KYC integrations with external vendors such as identity verification, document OCR, liveness detection, and sanctions screening.
* Test risk control and risk engine rules, including user risk grading, transaction limits, velocity checks, blacklists/whitelists, and behavioral risk controls.
* Validate transaction monitoring workflows, including suspicious transaction detection, alerts, rule triggers, manual review, and enforcement actions.
* Verify compliance-related business logic aligned with regulatory requirements (e.g., AML, KYC, sanctions, and internal risk policies).
* Conduct backend API testing for activation, KYC, risk control, compliance, and monitoring services.
* Validate data consistency across systems, including KYC status, risk level, transaction status, account restrictions, and audit logs.
* Execute negative, boundary, and abuse-case testing to uncover fraud, bypass, or risk loopholes.
* Support UAT, regulatory readiness testing, and production verification for activation and risk-related releases.
* Collaborate closely with Product, Backend, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and Data teams to clarify requirements and identify quality and risk gaps early.
* Track, analyze, and report defects with clear root-cause analysis and business risk impact assessment.
* Contribute to test strategy, test case design, test data preparation, and continuous improvement of QA processes within the Activation & Risk Control squad.

Working conditions
There is requirement to go to office.

Benefits:
* Direct work with the customer, ownership culture.
* 20 working days of vacation and 15 sick leaves (all Ukrainian public holidays included).
* Health insurance (after trial).
* Fitness membership (after trial).
* Company legal and accounting support.
* Flexible working hours (no time trackers).
* Corporate events.

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