Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

The Senior Quality Assurance 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.

• Lead test scenario definition, integrating ATDD/BDD principles and ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across environments and coordinate with developers and DevOps to address root causes effectively.
• Build strong collaboration with DevOps and developers, ensuring smooth integration and troubleshooting across environments.
• Lead quality discussions with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment on quality objectives and timelines.
• Drive QA contributions to Agile ceremonies, embedding quality into every sprint milestone.
• Lead retrospectives, driving meaningful changes to QA and development workflows.
• Proactively mitigate risks through root cause analysis and recommend preventive measures.
• Own quality metrics and proactively implement measures to enhance system reliability and user experience.
• Advocate for customer-focused quality improvements and ensure testing aligns with user needs.
• Define and refine automation approaches, owning the setup and maintenance of robust, scalable automation suites.
• Lead strategy definition and introduce innovative solutions to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
• Identify gaps in tools and recommend or develop custom solutions to enhance efficiency.
• Own and report on quality and automation metrics, offering actionable recommendations to improve efficiency.
• Define and enforce governance standards, ensuring QA principles are consistently applied across teams.
• Mentor Intermediate and Junior QA Engineers while actively participating in hiring and skills assessments.

• A minimum of 5 years hands-on automation testing experience. (required)
• Computer Science related degree, diploma, or similar qualification. (required)
• ISTQB Foundation Level (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 using automation frameworks and tools like Playwright, Selenium (NOT IDE), Nunit. (required)
• Experience in using Typescript/JavaScript, C#, JSON. (required)
• API Testing using Postman or in code. (required)
• Experience with designing, creating, and maintaining automation frameworks. (required)
• Communication skills - ability to communicate with clients, peers and line management (required)
• Experience of agile and the Scrum or Kanban methodology (required)
• Advanced Experience with test automation tools and strategies (required)
• Advanced Experience of using BDD effectively (required)
• Advanced proven experience with C#/Java and JavaScript (required)
• Experience with any of the following Frameworks: WebDriver (not IDE) / WebDriver.IO / Cypress / TestCafe / RestShap / Rest Assured (required)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing. (required)
• Dedicated to staying updated on the latest testing tools and technologies, with the ability to adapt to new frameworks as needed. (required)
• ISTQB Advanced Level Certifications (preferred)
• Previous exposure to Microsoft Azure DevOps & VSTS (preferred)
• Experience with actively developing & managing Docker infrastructure. (preferred)
• YAML / Kubernetes (preferred)
• Cloud (Azure), Azure DevOps. (preferred)
• Knowledge of Message Broker Systems (preferred)
• Comfortable with using Kibana, Grafana (preferred)
• Capable of reading and writing Mongo collections. (preferred)
• Exposure to Saucelabs/BrowserStack or similar tools for mobile testing (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
• Retirement Annuity Subsidy.
• Team socials