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Technical Test Engineer

Pty
5 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Cape Town, South Africa
Test Engineer
Reference: WC001296-MG-1

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.

Duties & Responsibilities

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.
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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
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Minimum Requirements
  • 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)