Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Hybrid)

SUMMARY:
Make a meaningful impact and join a leading South African health-tech company as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer. This is a hybrid role based in Johannesburg.

POSITION INFO:
Purpose of the Role

Ensure the quality, performance, and reliability of a health-tech platform by leading API and automation testing, applying AI to streamline QA, executing comprehensive test plans, and mentoring the team; provide continuity by occasionally standing in for the QA Lead. Tests explicitly cover functional correctness, data integrity, security, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead API test strategy and build/maintain scalable automation frameworks.
• Implement AI tools to enhance QA processes; design and execute manual/exploratory and automated tests; own regression testing.
• Track and verify defects end-to-end; report progress, quality metrics, and risks.
• Contribute to performance testing and analyse bottlenecks.
• Ensure robust testing across environments, including Azure/GCP; collaborate within Agile ceremonies.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and the role of automated tests within release gates; occasionally provide CAB approval for UAT/production deployments.
• Manage third-party testing schedules and expectations; assist with team troubleshooting and stakeholder communication; champion continuous improvement of tools, standards, and methods.

• API testing with Postman/SOAPUI; deep knowledge of REST, SOAP, JSON, XML; Jest (or similar) advantageous.
• Test automation with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, RestAssured, Karate.
• Strong coding in Java, Python, or JavaScript; solid SQL for validation and test data.
• Cloud testing familiarity (Azure/GCP); sound grasp of QA principles, testing types, and the STLC.
• Tooling: defect tracking (Azure DevOps, Jira), test management (Azure DevOps Test Plans, TestRail, Xray, Zephyr).
• Performance testing concepts (e.g., JMeter) and CI/CD pipeline understanding.

• 5–8+ years in QA with significant hands-on API testing and test automation.
• Proven cloud testing experience (Azure and/or GCP).
• Bachelor’s degree desirable; ISTQB advantageous; health-tech exposure a plus; mentoring aptitude/experience expected.

• Leadership/mentorship, analytical thinking, problem-solving, attention to detail, clear communication, autonomous self-management, collaboration, proactivity, adaptability, quality focus, and continuous learning.