QA Engineer (Playwright/Cypress, Azure DevOps, API Automation) - Contract - Sandton (in-office)

Datafin · Johannesburg, Gauteng · R Undisclosed

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Experience | Skills | Capability

Degree or diploma including 4+ years' working experience in the testing competency, covering both automated and manual testing.
AZ-900 certification and other Azure certifications relevant to QA.
Experience with test automation and continuous integration/delivery tools such as Playwright, Cucumber, Cypress, Appium, JMeter, Selenium, RestAssured, and RestSharp.
Proficiency with Azure DevOps.
Hands-on experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps Pipelines and Test Plans, orchestrating load tests with Azure Load Testing, and instrumenting releases with Azure Monitor/Application Insights.
Support the maintenance and enhancement of the CI/CD pipeline.
Strong technical knowledge and an ability to train development teams in the usage of test frameworks and infrastructure.
Ability to navigate SQL or run queries to set up test data and validate technical aspects of initiatives.
Knowledge of REST API and web/mobile GUI testing, as well as experience writing automated API tests.
Familiarity with AI-enabled testing tools and enthusiasm for exploring emerging approaches.
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills; comfortable working in agile, DevOps-oriented environments.

Automated regression, API, and performance suite coverage of critical user journeys.
Improved release cycle time through reliable, fast feedback loops.
Reduced defect escape rate to production year-on-year.
CI/CD pipeline health dashboards surface quality gates and AI-generated test insights in real time.
Development teams adopt automation best practice through coaching and enablement.
Test plans and test cases are maintained and improved.
Defect management is clear, consistent, and traceable.
Regression maintenance is actively managed.
Active participation in the QA guild and QA community.
Undertake any reasonable duties, aligned to your skills, that are required to achieve team objectives.