Junior Software Tester
Job Location:
Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Reference: ITA005810-Rein-1
Our client is looking for a Junior Software Tester to join their fast-growing engineering team. This role is suited to a detail-oriented analytical and highly motivated QA professional who is passionate about delivering high-quality software and ensuring seamless user experiences across complex SaaS environments.
Our client is looking for a Junior Software Tester to join their fast-growing engineering team. This role is suited to a detail-oriented analytical and highly motivated QA professional who is passionate about delivering high-quality software and ensuring seamless user experiences across complex SaaS environments.
Duties & Responsibilities
The successful candidate will work closely with Software Developers Product Managers and the Senior QA Engineer to support testing processes across multiple client environments validate business-critical functionality and contribute to the overall reliability and release readiness of the platform.
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Beneficial Experience:
Technical & Professional Skills:
Preferred Qualifications:
Key Competencies:
Whats on Offer:
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Reinie Du Preez
Senior Specialist Recruitment Consultant
Key Responsibilities:
- Review specifications and assist with writing detailed test plans covering happy paths regressions and edge cases
- Execute manual test cases across staging and review-app environments
- Validate cross-client functionality and ensure that reusable modules behave consistently across multiple configurations
- Perform exploratory and functional testing across finance-sensitive workflows including vesting leaver processes and accounting exports
- Confirm permission boundaries client scoping and multi-tenant data isolation
- Reproduce document and track bugs with clear reproduction steps screenshots and logs
- Maintain and execute manual regression test suites for critical workflows and production releases
- Assist with final regression testing ahead of production deployments
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Product Owners to ensure that acceptance criteria is testable and clearly defined
- Work closely with the Senior QA Engineer to identify flaky tests test data gaps and implement testing improvements
- Partner with developers to validate edge cases and ensure a shared understanding of expected behaviour
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across QA processes and release management
- Support the long-term evolution towards automation testing and reliability engineering practices
Requirements:
- Degree or Diploma in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field advantageous
- Strong manual testing skills with a structured and detail-oriented approach
- Ability to write clear and comprehensive bug reports and test cases
- Experience testing web applications with complex business logic
- Familiarity with GitHub staging environments and web-based admin tools
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Good communication and collaboration abilities
Beneficial Experience:
- 2 years experience within QA software testing or product validation environments
- Exposure to multi-tenant or B2B SaaS platforms
- Understanding of Django admin environments permissions and relational databases
- Exposure to payroll accounting or HR systems
- Familiarity with Postman Selenium Cypress or similar testing tools
- Basic understanding of APIs logs and debugging tools such as Sentry or browser console outputs
- Exposure to automation testing concepts and frameworks
Technical & Professional Skills:
- Manual software testing and exploratory testing
- Regression testing and release validation
- Bug tracking and defect management
- Test planning and documentation
- Web application testing
- SaaS platform testing
- Basic API and log analysis
- Cross-functional collaboration within Agile environments
- Understanding of QA best practices and SDLC processes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Relevant tertiary qualification in IT Computer Science or Software Engineering
- Exposure to Agile Scrum or product-based software environments
- Interest in QA automation and software reliability engineering
Key Competencies:
- Strong attention to detail
- Curious and investigative mindset
- Structured and methodical approach to testing
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Ability to think from an end-user perspective
- Proactive and solution-driven attitude
- High sense of ownership and accountability
- Passion for software quality and continuous improvement
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
Whats on Offer:
- Competitive salary package
- Hybrid / remote working flexibility
- Direct mentorship from a Senior QA Engineer
- Exposure to cutting-edge SaaS and financial technology platforms
- Opportunity to grow into QA automation and reliability engineering
- Collaborative Agile and no-blame culture
- Career growth within a globally recognised technology group
For more exciting IT vacancies visit:
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- Software Developers (Back-End Front-End Full Stack)
- Mobile Developers
- Business & Systems Analysts
- BI & SQL Experts
- UI/UX Professionals
- Data Scientists & Data Analysts
- Big Data Professionals
- Cloud Experts
- Infrastructure Specialists
- DevOps & SecOps Engineers
- Cybersecurity Specialists
- QA & Automation Testers
- SEO / Digital Designers
For more information contact:
Reinie Du Preez
Senior Specialist Recruitment Consultant
Package & Remuneration
20000.00 - 30000.00 - Monthly
Required Experience:
Junior IC
