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SeniorLead Automation Tester


Job Location:

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: ZAR 350 - 350
Experience Required: 5years
Posted: 11 August 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 8 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading data center for an experienced Senior/Lead Automation Tester to join their Software Engineering team.

This is a hands-on technical role with genuine leadership responsibility. You will own your deliverables drive quality standards across the team mentor junior testers and work closely with developers and stakeholders in an Agile/DevOps environment.


Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define testing scope objectives and robust test strategies
  • Design build and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks using Playwright
  • Perform functional integration regression and API testing
  • Log track and reproduce defects using Jira or Azure DevOps
  • Work with databases and CI/CD pipelines to validate backend data integrity and support continuous deployment
  • Guide and mentor junior testers review test scripts and drive continuous quality improvement
  • Introduce and streamline testing processes in collaboration with the development team
  • Provide clear reporting and communicate effectively with senior management

Requirements
    Experience with Azure; AWS experience considered acceptable
  • Manual testing ability for certain tasks (automation remains the main focus)
  • Experience with MS SQL Server and data access methods SQL and database technologies (MS SQL PostgreSQL MySQL) including Stored Procedures
  • Strong experience working within Agile/Scrum and DevOps delivery cycles
  • Experience logging tracking and reproducing defects using tools like Jira or Azure DevOps
  • Good written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate with senior management write emails and translate user requirements
  • Ability to introduce adopt and streamline testing processes while coordinating effectively with the software development team

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Test Strategy & Planning
    Collaborate with stakeholders to define testing scopes objectives and robust test strategies
Test Automation
  • Design build and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks using Playwright
Execution & Defect Tracking
  • Perform functional integration regression and API testing
  • Log track and reproduce defects using tools like Jira or Azure DevOps
Environment & Data Validation
  • Work with databases and CI/CD pipelines to validate backend data integrity and support continuous deployment
Mentorship
  • Guide junior testers review test scripts and drive continuous quality improvement across the team
Reporting
  • Some reporting responsibilities


Required Skills:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience. Minimum 6 years backend engineering experience. Strong experience with C# / .NET Core or later. Proven experience building or integrating systems using APIs and asynchronous messaging. Working knowledge of cloud platforms preferably Microsoft Azure.