Test Automation Engineer

Job Title

Test Automation Engineer

Location

Sandton, Johannesburg

Contract Type

Contract (6–12 Month Contract)

Work Arrangement

Onsite/Hybrid

Introduction

A successful candidate will develop, maintain, and optimize both UI and API test automation frameworks, ensuring high-quality delivery across web, mobile, and API platforms. The Test Automation Engineer will integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines, conduct test analysis, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify issues and drive improvements. The role requires hands-on experience in automation tools, programming, and testing best practices, combined with strong analytical and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

UI & API Test Automation

• Develop, maintain, and optimize UI test automation frameworks using tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Eggplant.
• Automate end-to-end test scenarios across web and mobile applications, implementing cross-browser and responsive UI testing strategies.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize API automation frameworks using Postman, RestAssured, Karate, JMeter, or similar tools.
• Conduct functional and non-functional API testing, including versioning, backward compatibility, and authentication mechanisms (OAuth, JWT, API keys).
• Implement API mocking and virtualization for improved test efficiency.

Advanced Automation Concepts & CI/CD Integration

• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
• Implement contract testing (e.g., Pact) to validate API interactions.
• Apply test data management strategies to ensure stable and repeatable test execution.

Test Analysis & Strategy

• Analyse requirements to define robust test automation strategies and identify coverage gaps.
• Conduct exploratory testing alongside automation efforts to enhance quality.
• Optimize automation frameworks for efficient parallel execution.

Teamwork & Collaboration

• Collaborate across teams to ensure seamless testing processes and effective issue resolution.
• Contribute to defect management, including tracking, triaging, and reporting.
• Provide mentoring and knowledge sharing to junior testers.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Work closely with developers, product owners, and business analysts to clarify testing requirements.
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide concise, actionable reports on test progress and defects.

Proven Project Experience

• Demonstrate past automation projects, detailing frameworks, tools, implementation approaches, challenges, and solutions.

Desired Experience & Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of UI and API automation experience.
• 3 years of test analysis experience.
• 3–5 years industry experience in software testing/automation.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Eggplant, Postman, RestAssured, Karate, JMeter.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Familiarity with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow) and Gherkin syntax.

Qualifications

• ISTQB Foundation certification is mandatory.

Skills

• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, defect management, and reporting skills.

Mandatory Skills

• UI Automation frameworks & cross-browser testing – 3+ years
• API Automation & contract testing – 3+ years
• Test analysis and strategy – 3+ years
• CI/CD pipeline integration – 2+ years
• Programming/scripting (Java, Python, JavaScript, C#) – 3+ years

Beneficial Skills

• Mobile test automation (Appium, Espresso, XCUITest)
• Performance testing tools (JMeter)
• Cloud-based testing solutions (e.g., Sauce Labs)

Call to Action

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