About Tala
Tala is AI-native credit infrastructure for the global majority, combining proprietary risk intelligence with an expanding network of capital and distribution partners to power credit access at scale. Backed by more than $500 million in funding, Tala has distributed more than $7 billion in capital to more than 13 million customers across Africa, Latin America, and Asia—building one of the most robust datasets on thin-file borrowers anywhere in the world. Our mission is simple yet bold: to unleash the economic power of the global majority. We are looking for daring, data-driven leaders passionate about building the trust and credit infrastructure for the global majority.
Our pioneering work and proven impact have earned us consistent recognition, including being named to:
CNBC’s Disruptor 50 for five years.
CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Companies for two consecutive years.
Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for nine consecutive years.
Visionary investors, persuaded by the economic power of the global majority, have committed half a billion dollars in equity and debt to Tala's success.
Given the global nature of our team, we operate on a remote-first approach with office hubs in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.
Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!
The Role
We are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (Sr. SDET) who is passionate about using cutting-edge test automation tools and technologies to create robust test frameworks and test suites in order to speed up the product delivery process without compromising quality and performance. This hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves role will ensure quality control across Tala’s backend services and mobile applications in multiple markets.
What You'll Do
Develop test automation suites to expand test coverage to all our microservices and integrate it into regression and release process
Support the team for all releases and communicate issues to product in a timely manner
Deliver tools to help test integration with third-party services (Payment Rails, SMS/Email, KYC (know your customer), Analytics, etc.)
Integrate automated tests execution into the software development process
Collaborate with Squad Lead and other key stakeholders to strategize rollout
Support and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) in identifying automation areas to further increase the quality of our product
Maintain, review, propose and implement improvements to existing frameworks, tools and processes
Continuous Learning of new tools and helping the team in optimizing the test framework consistently.
What You'll Need
Minimum 4+ years of experience in building test tools and frameworks using Groovy/Kotlin/ Java/ Scala, Jenkins or similar CI-CD tools, Linux/ Mac OSX for either backend or frontend services
Hands-on experience developing with AI coding assistants and agents (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex).
Proven track record of designing, building, and refining custom AI skills, workflows, and autonomous agents.
Experience with BDD testing paradigm and one of the Behavior Driven Testing frameworks such as Spock or JBehave or cucumber
Knowledge in microservices and automation
Experience working in an Agile development process (Scrum/ Kanban)
Experience with one or more version control systems such as Github, Gitlab
Compensation
Additional Information
Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Tala is an AI-native credit infrastructure platform that provides credit access to the global majority in underserved markets across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The company combines proprietary risk intelligence with a network of capital and distribution partners to power credit at scale, having distributed over $7 billion to more than 13 million customers. Tala has built one of the most robust datasets on thin-file borrowers globally and is recognized as a leading fintech disruptor, named to CNBC's Disruptor 50 for five consecutive years and Forbes' Fintech 50 for nine consecutive years. The company is backed by over $500 million in funding and operates with a mission to unleash the economic power of the global majority through trust and credit infrastructure.
