Automation QA Engineer

About PayPay

PayPay, a FinTech company that has achieved more than 69M users (as of May 2025) since its launch in 2018, is rapidly expanding its business scale as a payment platform used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.

The company has a diverse team of professionals from more than 50 countries and is building a world-class engineering organization.

Our biggest competitor is "cash". They are seeking people who can accept this challenge positively, brush up on the product at a tremendous speed that other companies could never achieve, and who are passionate about promoting and spreading such a financial life platform in a short time along with professionalism.

PayPay is committed to maintaining a "Day 1" mindset, bringing to life visions of the future that no one else can even imagine. At PayPay, we provide an environment where everyone can deliver outstanding performance as professionals, through a flexible work style that includes remote and office.

Position

Team Missions

Serving as an autonomous QA organization in Product Group.

• To improve the overall quality of PayPay products and services
• To develop PayPay quality standards and best practices
• To gain trust in quality from PayPay Users and Merchants

Job Description

• Utilizing the Testing Methodology, analyzes testing requirements as the basis for developing testing scenarios for a test level to be executed on a project.
• Designs testing scenarios and test cases that will demonstrate conformance to all functional and non-functional requirements, relative to the test level, as defined in business or technical specifications.
• Executes tasks related to the production of the test cases, test scripts, and test data.
• Analyzes the results of the testing process and recommends solutions.
• Supports knowledge management and collaboration through participation in testing discussions, communities and improving testing collateral through lessons learned.
• Performs work assigned by others.
• Accountable for own work.

Your qualification

• Minimum 3 or more years of experience in running and maintaining automated test cases for mobile apps, web apps, or APIs.
• Professional experience in using one of following frameworks/tools - Appium for mobile apps , Selenium for web-based apps, or unirest/Rest Assured for API's.
• Well versed in using Cucumber for all test cases.
• Well versed in using Continuous Integration and Continuous Development tools, like Jenkins/Bitrise or any other.
  *Please note that our main coding language for backend/server side is Java. During the QA selection process, you will have a coding challenge.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in running performance tests using Gatling/Wrk/Jmeter.
• Experience in Docker and Kubernetes.
• Coding experience in building web or mobile based apps.
• Experience in bash or other CLI scripting
• Curiosity and passion about learning new technologies is a definite plus!

What we offer

• Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance)
• 401K
• Language Learning support
• Translation/Interpretation support
• VISA sponsor + Relocation support

Additional details

PayPay 5 senses

• Please refer PayPay 5 senses to learn what we value at work

Working Conditions 

Employment Status

• Full Time

Office Location

• Hybrid Workstyle (flexible working style including Remote and office)
  *There are no fixed rules regarding office attendance in Product group; it depends on each individual's discretion.

• LIFE in JAPAN FACTBOOK

Work Hours

• Super Flex Time (No Core Time)
• In principle, 9:00am-5:45pm (actual working hours: 7h45m + 1h break)

Holidays

• Every Sat/Sun/National holidays (In Japan)/New Year's break/Company-designated Special days

Paid leave

• Annual leave (up to 14 days in the first year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment. Can be used from the date of hire)
• Personal leave (5 days each year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment)
  *PayPay's own special paid leave system, which can be used to attend to illnesses, injuries, hospital visits, etc., of the employee, family members, pets, etc.

Salary

• Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)
• Based on skills, experience, and abilities
• Reviewed once a year
• Special Incentive once a year *Based on company performance and individual contribution and evaluation
• Late overtime allowance
  
  *Payroll payment can be changed to digital salary payment “PayPay Paycheck” for an amount set by you