Automation Tester

Recruiter:

wePlace

Job Ref:

JHB000912/AS

Date posted:

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Location:

Midrand, South Africa

SUMMARY:

Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is looking for an Automation Tester to join their team.

POSITION INFO:

Job Description:

A unique opportunity to join a JSE listed financial organisation that continually delivers excellent results and growth that exceed all competitors in the market. The successful candidate will do automation testing on the platform used by Advisers nationally, as well as the client facing portals.

Responsibilities:

Create test cases and test the functionality
Apply a client services view to testing to ensure the application not only works, but works intuitively
Run functional tests, customer scenario testing, stress testing, performance testing and scalability testing
The goal is to iron out any bugs and improve the quality of the system as a whole
Attended and contributed towards agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retros, etc)
Adhered to our definition of done to factor in both functional and non-functional requirements (i.e. monitoring, resilience, negative testing, functional testing, performance testing)
Have the ability to make process improvement suggestions
Improved our automated smoke Testing coverage by over 50% across our client facing websites
Ensured our systems are always available by automating 90% of our smoke tests
Continuous relevant research of industry changes and trends
Build capabilities to ensure a robust and scalable business solutions in future
Design and document solutions that are aligned with client need

Minimum Requirements:

BCom / BSc degree or equivalent qualification
Experience in related roles in the financial services industry
Min 4 years Test automation experience (Selenium, Robot Framework)
Agile / Scrum experience
Very good understanding of the software development process
Ability to effectively translate business requirements in technology terminology process

Competencies Required:

Analytical thinker
Problem-solving skills
Attention to detail
Knowledge of wealth management and adviser value proposition requirements
Advanced communications skills

Should you not receive a response from us within one week of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful.

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