QA Tester

Location: Cape Town or Johannesburg or Remote, South Africa
Salary: R80k – R100k per month

About the Role:
Opportunity available for a QA Tester with a minimum of 8 years’ experience to work remotely.

Requirements:
Solid engineering background
8+ years’ experience in at least one technical area of testing (Automation / Load & Performance / Security)
Expert level knowledge of physical testing
Experience with one of Java/ .NET / Scala
Excellent knowledge of testing concepts, architecture and practices
Experience with commonly used testing tools (e.g. Selenium / Appium / Rest Assured / Postman)
Fluent in English, written and spoken
Advantageous:
Successfully applied some Agile/XP/Scrum practices and are enthusiastic about Agile techniques (TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment)
Knowledge of Usability testing
Experience working closely with Business Analysts and aiding user story creation
Experience mentoring junior testers and helping to affect institutional change
Experience with Docker

Duties:
You'll integrate into an agile environment, being an ambassador to drive quality within the team.
You'll be in charge of all testing activities, including exploratory, usability, performance, acceptance, integration, and security testing depending on the needs of the team.
You will be expected to automate tests and processes whenever appropriate in order to remove boring repetitive tasks and help the team frequently deliver value to the client.