Quality Assurance Engineer

The Quality Engineer will undertake the responsibility for analyzing, planning, setting up, monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting, and reporting on advanced automated testing processes across diverse platforms. This individual should possess advanced test automation skills and work closely and proactively with the Development and DevOps Teams to deliver superior quality software while continuously enhancing test effectiveness and efficiency.

• Involvement in user story definition and test scenarios: Collaborate with the team to write clear, upfront test scenarios and resolve outstanding questions.
• Support with issue reproduction and resolution: Take ownership of reproducing and resolving software issues in collaboration with development teams.
• Collaboration with developers and DevOps: Collaborate with developers to ensure proper unit test coverage and validate automation readiness.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Actively engage with teams like Product or Business Analysis to ensure QA needs are represented.
• Agile/Scrum practices: Actively contribute to Agile practices by estimating tasks and aligning testing goals with sprint objectives.
• Continuous Improvement Initiatives: Participate actively in retrospectives, providing ideas to enhance quality and process efficiency.
• Risk Management and Impact Assessment: Assess and prioritize risks during test planning, providing input on potential impact.
• Quality standards and defect prevention: Analyse defect trends and recommend process changes to mitigate recurring issues.
• Customer Advocacy: Represent the customer perspective during testing, identifying gaps in expected functionality.
• Automation creation and maintenance: Independently create and maintain automated test suites, ensuring efficient regression and feature coverage.
• Automation strategies and tools: Begin implementing automation strategies using appropriate tools to streamline testing processes.
• Tool and Framework Development: Configure and extend tools to better align with project requirements.
• Metrics and performance reporting: Provide management with insights from test automation execution and coverage metrics.
• Governance and QA principles: Begin contributing to discussions on process improvement and governance adjustments.
• Technical leadership and mentoring: Mentor Junior QA Engineers, providing guidance on best practices in testing and automation.

• A minimum of 3 - 5 years hands-on automation testing experience. (required)
• Computer Science related degree, diploma, or similar qualification. (required)
• Experience in working with agile teams and successfully delivering agile based software projects. (required)
• Utilizing dev tools like Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. (required)
• Comfortable with source control tools, like GitLab. (required)
• Ability to write integration and UI tests. (required)
• Experience with automation frameworks and tools such as Playwright, WDIO, Appium, Cucumber.io, LambdaTest, ElasticSearch, and Grafana. (required)
• Proficient in TypeScript/JavaScript, C#, and JSON (required)
• Experience with API testing using Postman or Playwright (required)
• Skilled in designing, creating, and maintaining automation frameworks (required)
• Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) (required)
• Previous exposure to Microsoft Azure DevOps & VSTS (preferred)
• Experience with actively developing & managing Docker infrastructure (preferred)
• Experience with managing & creating O WASP Zap testing scripts for security testing (preferred)
• Exposure to Saucelabs or similar tools for mobile testing (preferred)
• ISTQB Advanced Level Certifications (preferred)

• We’re dedicated to your supergrowth . Our comprehensive learning and development programmes give you a range of resources and opportunities to expand your skills and advance your career.
• Your hard work and achievements won’t go unnoticed. Our innovative Performance Tool ensures you receive regular, constructive feedback, helping you to continuously improve and reach your full potential.
• Our Employee Assistance programme offers a variety of benefits which you and your family can benefit from.
• Free Daily Meal
• Free Massages On-site
• Free On-Site Gym
• Group Life Cover
• Funeral Fund Benefit
• Financial Services Assistance
• Curro School Fees Benefit
• Income Continuation Benefit
• Leadership Training
• Referral Bonus
• Medical Aid Subsidy
• Free Sleep Coaching
• On-site Barista
• Team socials