Intermediate Automation Tester

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Intermediate Automation Tester | Johannesburg | Permanent

Join a fast-paced engineering environment where quality and automation are central to product delivery. This is an opportunity to work on scalable automation frameworks, modern testing practices, and AI-assisted development within a collaborative technology team.

Our client is seeking an Intermediate Automation Tester to support the design, development, and maintenance of automated testing frameworks across multiple engineering teams. The role focuses on building reliable and reusable automation solutions that improve product quality, testing efficiency, and release confidence.

Working closely with QA and engineering teams, you will contribute to automation standards, CI/CD integration, and testing infrastructure improvements while helping drive consistent engineering quality across platforms and services.

Our client is a well-established technology-driven organisation focused on delivering high-quality digital solutions across complex environments. The business offers a collaborative culture, exposure to modern engineering practices, and the opportunity to work on scalable systems with high impact.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain shared automated testing frameworks. • Build reusable automation components for APIs, services, and application platforms. • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. • Ensure automated tests execute reliably across development and staging environments. • Collaborate with engineering teams to improve testing infrastructure and DevOps execution pipelines. • Implement and maintain automation standards aligned with QA best practices. • Leverage AI-assisted development techniques to improve automation efficiency and debugging. • Evaluate AI-generated automation outputs for reliability and correctness.

What You Bring

• Matric / Grade 12. • Diploma, Degree, or relevant certification such as ISEB or ISTQB. • 3–5 years of experience in software testing and automation. • Experience building or contributing to automation frameworks. • Strong understanding of API, service, and platform automation testing. • Experience integrating testing into CI/CD environments. • Exposure to version control systems such as Git. • Experience with Selenium, Cucumber, Katalon, WebDriver.io, Protractor, Grafana, REST, and SOAP. • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability. • Collaborative approach with strong attention to detail.

What Success Looks Like

• Automation frameworks remain scalable, maintainable, and reliable. • Testing processes improve release confidence and engineering quality. • Automated testing integrates seamlessly into delivery pipelines. • Engineering teams benefit from reusable and efficient automation solutions. • AI-assisted development techniques improve productivity without compromising quality.