QA Engineer: Cloud-Driven UI & API Automation

King Price Insurance; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

King Price Insurance is seeking an intermediate QA Engineer to ensure quality, reliability, and performance of digital solutions in the Long-Term Insurance domain. The role blends manual exploratory testing with automated testing using Katalon Studio across Angular front-ends and Java/Spring Boot microservices on AWS.

You will integrate automation into CI/CD, validate complex business logic such as premium calculations and policies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years in formal Software Quality Assurance.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining web UI and API test automation using Katalon Studio.
• Strong testing knowledge of Angular front-ends and microservices (Java/Spring Boot).
• Experience with AWS for test activities and data validation.
• Proficient in SQL queries to validate backend data.
• Knowledge of POPIA and data security standards in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute modular automated test scripts using Katalon Studio for web UI and API.
• Integrate automated regression suites into CI/CD pipelines for rapid feedback.
• Maintain and optimize test automation object repositories and libraries.
• Perform manual exploratory, functional, and UAT on Angular front-ends.
• Conduct end-to-end integration testing across policy engines, payment gateways, and CRM.
• Validate business logic including premium calculations, waiting periods, claims workflows, and policy schedules.
• Perform thorough API testing on Java/Spring Boot microservices.
• Verify database transactions and state changes from front-end interactions.
• Use AWS CloudWatch to review logs and collaborate in Agile/Scrum.
• Log bugs in Jira with steps and logs; document test plans and matrices.

Tools

Katalon Studio

AWS CloudWatch

SQL

English communication

Job description

King Price Insurance is seeking an intermediate QA Engineer to ensure quality, reliability, and performance of digital solutions in the Long-Term Insurance domain. The role blends manual exploratory testing with automated testing using Katalon Studio across Angular front-ends and Java/Spring Boot microservices on AWS.

You will integrate automation into CI/CD, validate complex business logic such as premium calculations and policies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum