Lead Automation Tester — Playwright & Data Validation

Careers at DLK Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

DLK Group in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks a Senior Software Tester for a contract role. You will own the testing strategy, drive automation initiatives using Playwright, and coordinate with developers to ensure delivery of high-quality software on complex IT projects.

The position requires 5-7 years of testing experience, hands-on skills with SQL databases, and a proven track record in Agile environments.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of professional software testing experience.
• Expert in both manual and automated testing.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead test strategy and planning with stakeholders.
• Design and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks (Playwright).
• Coordinate testing activities with the software team.
• Mentor junior testers and drive quality improvements across the team.
• Validate backend data and CI/CD pipelines to support deployment.
• Manage defects using Jira or Azure DevOps.

Skills

Manual testing

Automation testing

Playwright

SQL & DB testing

Jira / Azure DevOps

Agile/Scrum

Mentorship

Communication

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Testing certifications

ISTQB / CAST

Tools

MS SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Stored Procedures

Jira

Azure DevOps

Playwright

Job description

DLK Group in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks a Senior Software Tester for a contract role. You will own the testing strategy, drive automation initiatives using Playwright, and coordinate with developers to ensure delivery of high-quality software on complex IT projects.

The position requires 5-7 years of testing experience, hands-on skills with SQL databases, and a proven track record in Agile environments.