Technical Test Engineer

SUMMARY:
We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Test Engineer to drive the evolution from traditional testing to modern quality engineering. This role focuses on building scalable automation frameworks, validating cloud-native applications in AWS, and leveraging AI-driven testing practices within a DevOps environment.

POSITION INFO:
This is an opportunity to take ownership of end-to-end quality engineering across the software delivery lifecycle, contributing to high-performance, resilient, and production-ready systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Engineering & Strategy: Embed quality engineering practices across the SDLC (shift-left and shift-right), Translate testing strategy into scalable, engineering-led solutions, Define and implement automation, cloud testing, and AI-enabled QA standards
• Test Automation Engineering: Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks (UI, API, integration), Implement automation within CI/CD pipelines (regression, smoke, E2E), Optimise automation coverage, execution time, and reliability
• Cloud & AWS Testing: Validate applications deployed in AWS environments, Test cloud-native architectures (microservices, containers, serverless), Perform scalability, performance, and resilience testing
• AI-Driven Testing: Implement intelligent automation (self-healing scripts, predictive analytics), Apply risk-based testing and data-driven quality insights, Evaluate emerging AI testing tools and frameworks
• Test Design & Execution: Design comprehensive test scenarios across functional and non-functional areas, Drive defect identification, root cause analysis, and resolution support
• DevOps Integration: Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, Collaborate with DevOps teams on deployment validation and environment setup
• Test Data & Environment Engineering: Develop test data strategies and reusable datasets, Automate environment provisioning aligned to production
• Reporting & Insights: Build reporting dashboards on quality metrics and trends, Provide actionable insights to stakeholders
• Leadership & Collaboration: Mentor junior testers and contribute to team capability uplift, Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and business teams

• Grade 12 along with a Diploma or Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 4–6 years in software testing / quality engineering
• Strong experience building test automation frameworks
• Proven AWS / cloud testing experience
• Experience in financial services (essential)
• Exposure to AI-driven testing tools (advantageous)
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (advantageous)
• Automation: Selenium (or similar frameworks)
• API Testing: Postman, SoapUI, Swagger
• Programming/Scripting for automation
• CI/CD & DevOps pipelines
• Version control: Git
• Test management: JIRA, Xray, HP Quality Centre
• Cloud: AWS (Azure exposure beneficial)
• Microservices, distributed systems, and APIs
• SQL and data validation
• Non-functional testing (performance, security, resilience)