Mid-Level Automation Engineer (JavaScript / Playwright)

RoomRaccoon; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

RoomRaccoon is seeking an Automation Engineer to enhance its hotel management software through rigorous testing and quality assurance processes. You will collaborate closely with developers and product managers while executing comprehensive test plans and performing both manual and automated testing to ensure top-quality software. This full-time on-site role in Cape Town is perfect for a detail-oriented professional ready to thrive in a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Equity

Formal training budget allowance

Annual hotel allowance

Performance bonuses

Medical Aid Contribution

Friday Lunches

Birthday and Christmas vouchers

Qualifications

• 4-7 years solid QA experience required.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright for automation.
• Experience in testing hospitality or hotel management software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans to ensure quality and functionality.
• Perform both manual and automated testing to identify defects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define test requirements.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Automation Testing

Programming Fundamentals

MySQL

API Testing

Load Testing

Performance Testing

Collaboration

Education

ISTQB Foundation Certification

ISTQB Advanced Certifications

Tools

Playwright

GitHub

JIRA

TestRail

Jenkins

Appium

TestNG

Job description

RoomRaccoon was founded by Nadja Buckenberger and Tymen Van Dyl in 2017 with a mission to redefine hotel operations through our all-in-one hotel management system.

Our diverse team of 110 professionals, spread across 5 offices worldwide, serves 2000+ clients across Europe, USA and Africa. Our benefits include equity, formal training budget allowance, annual hotel allowance, as well as birthday and Xmas vouchers.

Interested? Keep reading on!

Location : Only considering applications-based in Cape Town South Africa

Work-type : On-site with one day WFH per week

Terms : Full-time

Tasks

Your North Star

The mission of the Automation Engineer is to define test scenarios for new features, provide information on requirements, analyse the product, identify bug fixes, and ensure that desired outcomes are achieved, primarily focused on writing automated tests.

Day in the life of an Automation Engineer

• Testing and Quality Improvement : Constantly test new developments and features to improve the quality of our product, including quality assurance reporting.
• Test Plan Development : Develop and execute comprehensive test plans to ensure the quality and functionality of our software applications.
• Collaboration : Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers and product managers, to define test requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Manual and Automated Testing : Perform both manual and automated testing to identify software defects, record and track issues, and verify bug fixes.
• Regression Testing : Ensure that previously identified issues have been resolved and that new features have not introduced regressions.
• Load and Performance Testing : Design and execute tests to ensure system performance under load and identify any bottlenecks.
• Best Practices : Introduce and uphold best practices in testing processes throughout the organisation.
• Analysis and Recommendations : Analyse test results, identify trends, and suggest improvements to the development team.
• CI / CD Processes : Contribute to CI / CD pipeline integration and support agile development practices.
• Risk Management : Partner with the Product Owner, Lead Developer, and Head of Product to assess quality risks, focus on critical projects, and advise on test case prioritisation.
• Code Reviews : Help improve overall software quality by participating in code reviews and offering design and architecture feedback.

Requirements

Key Skills :

• ISTQB Foundation Certification
• 4–7 years of solid QA experience
• Hands-on experience with Playwright
• Understanding of MySQL databases
• Solid grasp of programming fundamentals and OOP
• Skilled at diagnosing and resolving system issues
• Experience working with and testing API endpoints
• Familiarity with Git Boards, JIRA, or Trello
• Experience with GitLab or similar CI / CD tools is a plus
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies and best practices
• Comfortable with BVA, equivalence partitioning, and state transition testing
• Deep understanding of the software development life cycle and QA’s role within it
• Able to interpret and apply quality metrics to drive improvements
• Experience prioritising tests based on risk impact
• Certification : ISTQB Advanced Certifications
• Experience : Experience in Testing Hospitality or Hotel Management Software
• Test Automation : Experience with test automation tools such as Appium
• Tools : Experience with TestRail, Jenkins, or TestNG
• Load and Performance Testing : Experience with load and performance testing tools and methodologies

How to be successful as a Automation Engineer

• Thrive in a collaborative team environment
• Adapt quickly to a fast-paced setting
• Strong grasp of testing methodologies
• Solid foundation in automation concepts
• Previous programming experience
• Friday Lunches
• Mac environment
• Medical Aid Contribution
• Performance bonuses
• Equity

RoomRaccoon Values

• Accountability
• Clock Speed
• Deals a Deal
• Empower Another

Disclaimer : Thanks so much for your excitement about joining RoomRaccoon! We’re lucky to have so many talented people eager to be part of our team, so we’re reviewing applications as they come in. If you don’t hear from us within three weeks, it means we’ve decided to move forward with other candidates this time—but don’t be discouraged! Keep an eye on our careers page, and we’d love for you to apply for roles that fit your talents in the future!

The hotel industry is at the very heart of the RoomRaccoon story.

Our Founder, Nadja Buckenberger, faced many challenges when she opened the doors of the Bliss Boutique Hotel in Breda in 2014.

She couldn’t find a single affordable solution to manage all aspects of her property. That’s when she decided to join forces with her partner, tech entrepreneur Tymen van Dyl to create one that could.

In 2016, Tymen began building software that would solve Nadja’s three central pain points by combining a Property Management System (PMS) with a channel manager and booking engine – a technological feat!

The software worked wonders for the Bliss Hotel and piqued the interest of other regional hotels.

We officially launched in January 2017, and six months later, we had over 100 hotels on board. Today, RoomRaccoon is the world’s most complete HMS for independent accommodations with 10 – 100 rooms.

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Automation Engineer • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa