The vacancy is well-structured with clear expectations and compensation, though company information could be improved.
Job description
At R3, we are building the on-ramp for the next trillion dollars of assets to move on-chain, bridging the worlds of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi). We are launching institutional-grade RWA yield vaults, fully composable and integrated into Solana DeFi.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of automated test cases and frameworks for functional and non-functional testing
- Champion quality practices within the team by advising on testability during design and implementation phases
- Drive testing strategies across services, microservices, and UIs for large-scale distributed systems
- Collaborate with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers in Agile ceremonies to ensure test coverage aligns with business needs
- Contribute to the test planning and own the execution for assigned features or product areas, ensuring timely and high-quality releases
- Log, prioritize, and manage defects using tracking tools like JIRA
- Analyse test results, generate quality metrics, and clearly communicate risks and issues
- Mentor junior QA engineers and help drive automation best practices across teams
Requirements
- Strong coding skills in Java, Kotlin, or similar languages, with demonstrated experience building maintainable test automation code
- 4-6 years of hands-on experience in test automation and manual QA roles, ideally in Agile environments
- Proficient in using test automation frameworks and tools such as:
- UI Testing: Selenium, Cypress, Appium
- API Testing: REST Assured, Postman, SoapUI
- BDD Tools: Cucumber, Serenity
- Database Testing
- Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience testing in distributed systems and microservice architectures
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Conditions
- Opportunities to contribute and shape the test strategy for key product components
- The chance to help shape test frameworks and tooling direction
- Opportunities to mentor junior team members and contribute to QA best practices
- A fast-paced, collaborative team environment with modern DevOps and agile workflows
About R3
R3 is a software firm specializing in distributed ledger technology, particularly its Corda platform, which enables secure, private transactions for digital assets, currencies, tokenization, and interoperability in financial markets. Founded in 2014 with support from founding banks, it leads in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization with over $10bn in on-chain RWAs and the largest number of live production solutions.