Automation QA Engineer with Advanced Testing Expertise

3 days ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Zappi Full time
About Us

Zappi is a fast-growing SaaS platform that empowers Fortune 500 companies to pre-test new ideas and creative content before production.

Our services encompass new products, media campaigns, names, logos, packaging or flavors. We enable companies to refine good ideas and shelve bad ones.

We bring together top expertise in applied statistics, data science, visualization, UX and engineering to create a platform that empowers non-expert users to make high-stakes decisions easily and confidently.

We are committed to running a profitable business while having a positive impact on the environment and our communities.

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Automation QA Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in automated testing with specific expertise in API/UI/Performance automation testing.

The successful applicant will be confident in building and maintaining automation frameworks using tools like Cypress and Playwright (JS/Python) for API/UI and Locust/K6 for Performance testing.

Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain automated test frameworks and test cases for API, UI, and performance testing.
  • Champion a shift-left testing approach, integrating testing early and often in the software development lifecycle.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Product Designers & Engineers to identify and resolve defects early in the development cycle.
  • Validate data integrity, test data pipelines, and ensure the quality of data transformations in data-centric applications.
  • Contribute to continuous integration (CI) processes, enhancing automation at all stages.
  • Analyze test execution results, discuss quality metrics and trends with your teams.
Requirements

Knowledgeable in SDLC, QA methodologies, tools, and processes.

Willing to collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to ensure end-to-end solutions requirements are delivered in high quality.

Able to demonstrate an opinion on when to apply software quality best practices and what should be manual testing & automated.

Comfortable working with data validation, testing data pipelines, and ensuring data quality in systems handling complex datasets.

Enthusiastic about developing tooling and tests that proactively address ambiguous problems.

Confident in identifying quality gaps and risks to fellow teammates & business stakeholders.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Familiar with AWS, micro-services, micro-frontend architecture, and continuous deployment processes.

Proactive with a 'can-do' attitude.

Benefits

We offer a salary range of ZAR 550,000 - 650,000 per annum.

Unlimited holidays – we want well-rested and motivated teams so encourage people to take plenty of time off.

One company-paid mental health day of rest every quarter.

Thoughtfully designed offices to support both individual work and collaboration without interrupting others.

Private medical healthcare cover.

Medical Aid.

Group risk, life & disability contributions.

Wellbeing benefits such as free yoga and access to trained therapists / counsellors.

Paid 24h secure parking in Cape Town.

Free coffee, lunches and in-office snacks.

Tailored personal development through training allowances, coaching, mentorship and career frameworks.

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