This is a 12-month renewable contract with one of South Africa's largest banking institutions.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring products are stable, reliable and production-ready by working closely with QA Leads, Developers and Portfolio teams throughout the software development lifecycle. The role requires someone who is equally comfortable with software development and test automation.
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Review and analyse business requirements, user stories and architecture diagrams.
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Gain product and business understanding and apply it to testing activities to improve coverage and identify defects.
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Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases and capture supporting test evidence.
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Perform end-to-end testing across enhancements and impacted systems.
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Analyse impacted areas and enhance manual and automated regression packs.
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Prepare and manage test data for both manual and automated testing.
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Follow established QA processes and best practices.
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Identify, log and manage defects throughout the defect lifecycle.
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Develop, maintain and debug automation scripts using existing TestNG-based frameworks.
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Enhance automation frameworks by creating reusable components and utilities.
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Conduct peer reviews and self-reviews of deliverables.
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Produce test status reports in accordance with project milestones.
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Collaborate effectively with distributed development and QA teams.
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Mentor fellow Quality Engineers and promote automation best practices.
This role requires an engineer who can develop software—not just execute automated tests.
Applicants must have:
Strong commercial Java development experience
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5+ years of experience within this role
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Excellent understanding of Java programming fundamentals
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Strong Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills
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Confidence writing Java code from scratch
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Experience debugging and troubleshooting Java applications
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Ability to complete live coding assessments
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Hands-on experience in Software Testing.
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Strong hands-on experience with Selenium Automation using Core Java.
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Experience developing automation frameworks using Hybrid, Keyword and TestNG frameworks.
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Strong knowledge of SDLC, software QA methodologies, tools and processes.
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Experience with API Testing using SoapUI, Postman or Rest Assured.
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Database testing experience using SQL.
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Experience with JMeter performance testing.
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Experience with Git and/or SVN.
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Continuous Integration experience would be advantageous.
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Agile delivery experience.
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Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
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Self-starter with a proactive attitude.
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Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
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Strong collaboration skills across cross-functional and remote teams.
To ensure candidates have the required technical capability, shortlisted applicants will be required to complete:
Two live Java coding exercises
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Practical Selenium automation assessment
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Technical discussion before client interviews
Please only apply if you are confident in your hands-on Java development ability.
