QA Test Analyst

, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented QA Test Analyst (Merchant) to join our team.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

Think you've been challenged before? Think again

• Scale
  : 4 million happy shoppers shop online on Show them what you can do.
• Learn
  : We work with the best of the best, and then some. Code alongside industry leaders and upskill in record time.
• Grow
  : Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: , and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here's your chance.

Who's who in the tech space
This role reports to the QA Test Manager.

The Role
As a QA Analyst 3, you are an advanced individual contributor who combines strong testing execution skills with analytical depth. You own testing for complex features or domains, define test strategies and guide others in applying sound QA principles.

You collaborate with engineers, product managers and automation specialists to ensure our products meet the highest quality standards, across functional, integration and exploratory testing.

Work closely with the Team and QA Manager to ensure quality is implemented as part of the processes and that quality standards are adhered to.

Your mission should you choose to accept it:

• Own test analysis and design for your feature or domain area.
• Create, maintain and execute detailed test plans and cases for web API.
• Partner with engineers and automation engineers to ensure comprehensive test coverage and efficient test pipelines.
• Identify risks early and design mitigation strategies.
• Perform exploratory testing and identify improvement opportunities in our test processes.
• Analyse issues, log defects with clear reproduction steps and drive root-cause discussions with engineers.
• Support automation by providing test data, cases and guidance on integration coverage.
• Mentor QA Analysts on testing best practices, analysis and reporting.
• Contribute to team retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills needed:

• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Self-motivated with strong capability of fast learning
• Ability to work efficiently both independently and within the team
• The ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to analyse and solve complex problems quickly and creatively.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 4-6 years of experience as a QA Analyst/Software Tester or related software experience, or a strong candidate with solid technical or analytical backgrounds, ideally in an agile environment.
• Experience in functional, integration and API testing across multiple environments.
• Exposure to automation tools such as Robot Framework, Playwright, Postman.
• Proficiency with Jira, XRay test management system and working knowledge of SQL.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to influence across product and engineering teams.
• A passion for quality, you take ownership of the systems you test and the experience they deliver.

Let's talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands
  : We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors
  : We aren't fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Remote working
  : Love water cooler chats and working from home? offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme
  : We aren't kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now's your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community
  & Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times
  : Get to know the other extraordinary minds at during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Staff discount
  . Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave
  : Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
• TakealotMORE
  Benefit
• Right tools, right job
  : Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you'll work on the latest tech, off the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most
  : Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Tech stack (for days):
  ReactJS, Python, Scala, Kotlin, Swift, Google Cloud, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes and all things machine learning. If you build it, they will come.
• Free parking:
  No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

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Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference