Senior QA Engineer at Leadway Assurance Company

Leadway Assurance Company Limited was founded in 1970. Sir (Dr.) Hassan O. Odukale, (KJW, D.Sc., FCIIN).It has a chequered history of being a company with close attention to relationships, having started operations as a direct motor insurance company. Soon the relationship developed to a stage where it has established a deep relationship with the brokers’ network in Nigeria, enjoying 80% of its current business from this source. The pivotal point at Leadway is "the customer” and the company has enjoyed a steady growth in its commitment to providing integrated insurance and financial services to its numerous customers. The Company’s remarkable success has been possible because of its sound professional and business standards backed by the uncompromising level of integrity of its Directors. An uncompromising level of integrity of service is a tradition imbibed at LEADWAY and instilled by its late founder, Sir (Dr.) Hassan O. Odukale, KJW, D.Sc, FCIIN (1926-1999). As an astute and honest businessman the founding Managing Director and later Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sir Odukale nurtured the Company to an enviable position in the Nigerian insurance industry. His vision of dedicated service to all customers remains a guiding principle that shapes the policies of the company. LEADWAY is a private company with 42 shareholders, 14 of which are corporate investors, and 2 Trust Corporations.

Role Description

• We are a leading insurance organization developing next-generation business applications for General, Life and Health Insurance.
• As a Senior QA Engineer, you will plan, execute, and automate tests to validate the functional and technical aspects of the insurance SaaS platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Test Strategy & Planning: Develop and maintain test strategies for end-to-end policy lifecycle,claims workflows, reinsurance modules, and regulatory compliance.
• Manual & Automated Testing: Create and execute manual test cases, alongside automatedscripts (e.g., Selenium, Cypress), for functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Integration & API Testing: Validate RESTful APIs across microservices architecture (developed in.NET/Node.js) to ensure seamless data flow.
• Defect Tracking & Collaboration: Document defects, work closely with developers, and trackissue resolution through CI/CD pipelines.
• Continuous Improvement: Provide insights for process improvements and testing automation optimizations in alignment with Agile sprints.

Job Dimensions Reporting Relationships:

• Jobs that report to this position directly and indirectly

Direct Reports

• I.T Analyst
• Graduate Trainees Indirect Reports
• Interns (NYSC Interns and Academic Interns)
• Contract Staff

Stakeholder Management:

• Key stakeholders that the position holder will need to liaise/work with to be successful in this role.

Internal

• I.T department
• Various functional heads within the business division
• Business & End Users across the entity

External

• Vendors

Qualifications & Work Experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• QA certifications (e.g., ISTQB) are a plus.

Experience

• 5+ years in enterprise QA roles, preferably testing multi-tenant SaaS or large-scale cloud applications.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum and CI/CD environments (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

Other Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Comfort testing compliance features (IFRS 17, NDPR).
• Excellent communication skills for on-site, cross-functional collaboration.
• Attention to detail and methodical test documentation

Leadway Assurance Core Values Behaviours (ISCORE)

• Integrity Honesty, probity and uncompromised service consistently at all levels and with all stakeholders.
• Service A desire to help or meet the needs of others. The ability to respond to the changing needs of the customer while maintaining a high standard of quality.

Customer Focus

• Customer Focus is the willingness and ability to give priority to customers, delivering high quality services which meet their needs.
• Openness Objective, Honest and direct in communicating feelings and stance on any issue that would help advance a circumstance or issue.

Respect for Individual

• The ability to hold each and every stakeholder in high esteem, and value their input in service/product development and delivery.
• Excellence To continuously seek to provide exceptional product and service to
• support aspiration for life and business with high impact results.

Ideal Job competencies

Good execution skills

• Excellent problem-solving and testing skills.
• Skilled at collaborating on-site with cross-functional teams (Front-End, Backend, Data, AI/ML).
• Strong communication and organizational skills to handle multiple service components.

Behavioral Competencies

• Customer Focus Strong dedication to providing timely support and ensuring user satisfaction.

Problem-Solving

• Mindset Creative in identifying solutions and improvements for system functionality anduser workflows.

Team Collaboration

• Cooperative attitude when working with Finance, IT colleagues, developers, and vendors to resolve issues
• Continuous Learning Willingness to update skills and knowledge

Method of Application

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