Who we are

Yoco was founded in 2015, and has since processed over R100 billion in digital payments for over 400,000 businesses in South Africa. We’re breaking down barriers and unlocking economic opportunities that enable people to thrive.

We have over 330 team members across our key hubs in South Africa and the Netherlands, all with a bias for boldness, and a passion for simple, progressive solutions. We believe in uniting different people to solve hard problems together.

Our mission of making society more equal takes a variety of people, with different backgrounds and points of view, so we can keep building solutions that work for and include everyone.

Yoco is growing, and as we grow we have compelling challenges ahead of us.

Growing means we’re enabling more self-employed people and businesses to thrive every day. It also means that ambitious problem-solvers with big ideas are challenged, stimulated and will thrive at Yoco.

We don’t stop pushing, we break things to rebuild, we challenge ourselves and each other. We’re constantly evolving — and we’re doing it fast.

Grow With Us.

About the role

As a Staff Software Tester in the Hardware & POS Tribe, you will lead the quality & release management of our solution end-to-end, with a strong focus on improving overall quality through automation and efficient processes. You'll contribute as a test engineer within a cross-functional team, ensuring that both new features and bug fixes are delivered quickly and with top-tier quality standards. This includes managing the backlog for bugs and new features, prioritising issues that impact product quality. In addition to functional testing, you will be responsible for ensuring non-functional requirements (e.g., availability, security, performance) are met. Quality is everyone's responsibility, and you will play a key role in the team to maintain and enhance those standards consistently. As part of this role, you will also mentor junior testers, helping them grow and contribute to higher quality standards across the team.

About you

• <10+ years of experience as a software test engineer

• Experience in functional and UX mobile, web, and API testing

• Experience with manual testing, including writing detailed, reusable test cases

• Experience in writing UI test automation code using frameworks like Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, or Maestro

• Familiar with integrating tests with GIT and CI/CD pipelines

• Ability to propose and implement best practices for testing methodologies, tools, and techniques

• A proven track record in mentoring QA team members

• Experience working as part of a globally distributed team

• Experience working in a product-based company (instead of a services-based company)

• The ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility

• Experience in payments is a bonus

• Experience writing automated unit testing, and automated integration tests

The people we’re looking for

We’re looking for people who want to grow and have a thirst for learning. And as Yoco grows, we hope they stay with us for the long-term.

Building solutions for a more equal society is a daunting task—and it’s not for everyone. We never stop pushing, we break things to rebuild, and we challenge ourselves and our teammates. We start over, we constantly evolve — and we do it fast. We know that it’s just the right kind of meaningful madness for our kind of visionary human.

So, who are you? You’re someone who resonates with our mission and our values, and you’re relentlessly effective in your execution.

You’re a curious problem-solver with a passion for doing good. You’re bright, grounded, experimental and bold. You play open cards and get stuck in. You’re not afraid of change. You close the loop.

At Yoco, we laugh, embrace each other’s quirks, and support one another’s growth, all while staying authentic.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, apply below and come grow with us.

Find out more about who we are here.