Specialist QA Engineer

SUMMARY:
We're seeking a sharp and driven Specialist QA Engineer to play a key role in safeguarding the quality and integrity of our cutting-edge banking systems. You'll design smart testing strategies, lead automation efforts, and work alongside top-tier teams to ensure our platforms are secure, reliable, and fully compliant. If you're excited by the challenge of delivering flawless tech in a high-impact financial environment, this is your chance to make a real difference.

POSITION INFO:
JOB DESCRIPTION:


Job Title: Specialist QA Engineer
Employment Type: 6 months Contract, Hybrid
Work Location: Johannesburg North


JOB CONTEXT:
Our International Payments team is seeking a motivated Specialist QA Engineer to join their DevOps team. The role involves designing and developing automation test scripts for various technical products and services, covering areas like front-end, back-end, integration, performance, scalability, and regression testing. The goal is to ensure reliable cross-border payments processing via SWIFT, deliver consistent customer experiences across Africa, and drive innovation through streamlined processes and robust test coverage.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish and enforce QA standards, methodologies, and processes.
• Analyze test results and provide detailed reports to stakeholders.
• Identify and implement new tools and technologies to improve testing efficiency.
• Manage test environments and data.
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback on testability.
• Managing and communicate issues.
• Measure and report end to end test progress (Test Metrics).
• Plan and co-ordinate Test strategy and test plans on internal and external projects.
• Monitor test delivery.
• Mentor and manage testing resources i.e check-ins, recruitment, performance and development.
• Manage and mitigate quality risks.
• Ensure Test governance i.e. Implement and monitor quality gated approach.
• Ensure test process improvement i.e. assess maturity, recommend improvements.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish and enforce QA standards, methodologies, and processes.
• Analyze test results and provide detailed reports to stakeholders.
• Identify and implement new tools and technologies to improve testing efficiency.
• Manage test environments and data.
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback on testability.

• Relevant qualification in a related field, e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, Information Management.
• 5+ years of experience in software QA, with at least 3 years focused on automation testing.
• ISTQB Test Manager is advantageous.
• Good work experience with Selenium, Python, REST services, Postman, TestNG, SQL, Git, Test framework knowledge a plus (RobotFramework).
• Good work experience using data, keyword, hybrid, behavior driven frameworks.
• Must be able to create technical integration and automated test suits using automation frameworks.
• Ability to deal with senior stakeholders.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of the National Payment System and background in Payments specifically SWIFT/International settlements will be an advantage.
• Technical leadership will be an advantage.

• Agile Testing.
• Collaboration with developers throughout the SDLC.
• Continuous testing and feedback.
• Test-driven development (TDD) and behaviour-driven development (BDD).
• Risk-Based Testing.
• Prioritizing testing efforts based on risk assessment.

• DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• Integration of testing into automated build and deployment pipelines.
• Shift-left testing approach.
• Page Object Model (POM).
• Design pattern for creating object repositories for web UI elements.
• Data-Driven Testing.
• Separating test data from test scripts for more efficient test maintenance.
• Keyword-Driven Testing.
• Creating modular, reusable test scripts based on keywords.
• Exploratory Testing.
• Complementing automated tests with manual, creative exploration.
• Performance Testing Methodologies.
• Load testing, stress testing, scalability testing.
• API Testing.
• RESTful API testing methodologies.
• Contract testing.

• Compensation will be determined based on qualifications, applicable banking experience, and previous earnings.